Artists I like: Yukari Miyagi

Line is the most basic element of art, yet it takes an adept artist to render a subject using a few simple lines.  I have always been captiv...

Inspired by sashiko

My favorite pair of jeans had been stashed away for nearly a year due to an indecent tear on the backside.  Several weeks ago, I finally fel...

Fashion illustration

In my last post , I featured Tina Berning's illustrations of women.  Fashion plays an essential part in Berning's art, which is one ...

The forecast calls for clouds

1.  Suppose Design Office , Designtide , Tokyo, 2009 2.  Kecky , Umbrellas in the Rain 3.  Will Cotton , Candy Clouds (Hannah) , 2008 4.  Ta...

The wonders of salt

photo courtesy of The Meadow Last summer, we toured Oregon's wine country for a day with several other couples.  At one of the vineyard...

Seeing spots before your eyes?

Yayoi Kusama started using dots in her art work when she was 10.  She turned 80 this year and has been celebrated as one of the greatest li...

Fractal art, not your mama's color-by-number

A couple of years ago, a fellow Willamette University alum introduced me to Professor Junpei Sekino's mathematical art.  Sekino, the son...

Exquisite chairs made out of paper

One of my favorite group projects for art students is the "Cardboard Chair." Students are in teams of 3 or 4 and the objective is ...