Eco Art Explores the Collective Consciousness in "Visionary Sugar" by Kiki Smith
Now more than ever, ecological themes are present in the collective consciousness. Nature is calling to be nurtured, and you can see the human response everywhere from the trend of floral patterns in fashion to images of the natural world in the fine arts. Our awareness of ecological issues is…
Artist Rachel Miller Brings Together Environment, Travel, Textiles, Nature and More
Drift, Materials: bent-laminate oak Rachel Miller‘s work focuses on environmental patterns and how they interconnect with our own patterns of growth, departure, and rejuvenation. Using both the body and landscape as cynosure and subject, she coalesces topics from ritual, archeology, architecture, travel, textiles, and nature. Her works, which include sculpture,…
Eco Art in Textiles: Liz Burow’s Landscape-Inspired Creations
Prairie Scene- Golden Perspective (01) Dimensions: 9”x17” Materials: Handmade wool felt, industrial felt, upholstery thread, machine sewn I can’t think of a more perfect time of year to feature the landscape fabric and quilt artist Liz Burow than at this moment when summer is abruptly shifting and transforming itself into…
(Re)Fashioning Fiber Exhibit on NOW at Greenspaces, NYC
If you can’t make it to NYC, check out my visual tour of the (Re)Fashioning Fiber Exhibit Abigail Doan curated the (Re) Fashioning Fiber exhibit (now through August 13th at Greenspaces in Manhattan) because she thought that among eco fashion and sustainable style showcases, there wasn’t enough focus on the…
Eve S. Mosher: Eco Art Visualizing Powerful Intentions
48 Hours of Sao Paolo – Time’s Square, what are we not seeing? ▪ (proposal, 2008) If seeing is believing, Eve S. Mosher is helping us to stretch our imagination to conceive our world as it might be in a future whose outcome we determine. Among her public art projects,…
Endangered Species Print Project: Adorably Hip Eco Art
They’re cute. They’re modern. They’re affordable. And, they save animals. What can’t these awesome art prints do?
Eco Artist Claire Morgan: Ecological Order and Disorder
Fantastic Mr Fox, 2008. Torn black polythene bags, taxidermied fox, nylon, acrylic, rabbit meat 2.4m (h) x 2.4m (d) x 2m (w) Exhibited at the James Hockey Gallery, UCA, Farnham, UK Photo courtesy of Claire Morgan Visual artist Claire Morgan, who hails from Belfast and now lives in London, stages…
