March Links: 2016

• Author Susan Cain discusses why creative people are rarely seen as leaders. 

• I really enjoyed this interview with illustrator Olivia Knapp, one of my favorite artists!

• Using the arts to promote healthy aging is brilliant!

• This device creates elaborate pictures using drops of coffee.

• Some artists are seeing red over a new "black". 

• Amy Judd's paintings of mysterious, faceless women are absolutely captivating.

• Using 3D technology, floral human figures digitally bloom from dried flowers. 

• In praise of melancholy and how it enriches our capacity for creativity. 

• I love these intricate, hand-carved bookmarks by designer Massimo Moreale. 

February Links: 2016

• 9 things that happen when you carry a sketchbook everywhere you go. 

• Russian artist Asya Kozina creates beautiful, intricate Baroque wigs from paper. 

• Did you know that making art is tied to fewer cognitive problems in old age? 

• This clever notebook provides 100 pages of "skin" for tattoo artists to practice their craft. 

• An artistic time capsule called MoonArk prepares to hitch a ride to the moon. Some of the unique contents include a mixture of artists' blood and microscopic sculptures! 

Ghost Towns & Red Lipstick.

I had been suffering from a massive creative block in the new year, but thankfully it passed this week! My first two new pieces of 2016 make me happy. I've noticed I'm getting back to my drawing roots and my pieces have become a bit more labor intensive with even tinier details. I hope this streak continues! 

In other news, the book I coauthored, The Art of Fashion Tangling, comes out a whole month earlier than expected. It's available for preorder now on Amazon and begins shipping on February 21st! Thanks for all the kind words and messages on my Facebook and Instagram. It's humbling to know so many of you are excited, too. 

Until next time. <3 

Link Love: 1.2016

• Simon Beck creates immense geometric patterns in different climates using just his feet! 
• Astronaut Scott Kelly shows off the first zinnia flowers grown in space. 
• The surprisingly beautiful diversity of unique fungi. 
• 14 time management tips especially for creatives.
• Nubby explains how age can actually be an asset when pursuing a creative career. 
• 10 free tools to revive the lost art of handwriting. 
• Foraged pieces of Michigan forest are encased in delicately laser-cut wooden pendents by artist Erin LaRocque. 
• The MoMA cookbook has vintage recipes and reflections on food by Salvador Dalí, Louise Bourgeois, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, and other great artists. 

Link Love: 12.2015

• This life-sized skull carved from a meteorite is amazing.
• Scientists say that art has health benefits. 
• I adore Philippa Rice's heartwarming illustrations of true love in all it's simple beauty and joy.
• French artist Arthur Coulet created a Tumblr called the Gluten-Free Museum that removes everything containing gluten from famous classical paintings. The results are very amusing!
• The largest art festival in the world takes place every 3 years in Japan.
• I love these nature-inspired tattoos whose tiny dots mimic scientific drawings.
• 37 art therapy techniques for de-stressing during the holiday.
• This poignant Dublin-based exhibition seeks to convey trauma through art.
• I'm fascinated by the melancholy art of Japanese floral arrangements.
• These embroidered psychological landscapes by artist Michelle Kingdom are wonderful.