Nothin’ like a good old fashioned hooked rug. Mix in a little typography and I am totally hooked, pardon the pun. I love this piece by Jim Houser. The rest of his work doesn’t really look like this (still really great), but this was the one that made me wish I hadn’t put away my rug hooking tools when I was 11 ~ hmmm, they’ve got to be around here somewhere…

There were a whole bunch of these weird and wonderful hankies that Kate O’Connor had showing at Katharine Mulherin Gallery on Queen West in Toronto last fall. I always love it when crafty techniques are used to make fine art. Well, almost always… there are a few exceptions to that rule, but I’m too polite to link to any of them.

I’m a big fan of deer heads, and a lover of cable knit so this piece pretty much does it for me. Is it craft, is it art? Who cares, I love it and I wish I had made it. Nicely done Rachel Denny.

If I could curate an entire show of only felt food I totally would.  I think they are hilarious, weird, and beautifully hand crafted. Sadly, all of these objects are on etsy.com priced anywhere from $8 to $24 because they’re considered craft, not art. Show them in a white walled gallery with shiny wood floors, add some much needed intent by calling the show something like “Comfort Food – A Nation Consumed” and mark my words, they’d be selling like hotcakes for a lot more than $8. It probably couldn’t hurt to adjust the scale a bit too… just ask Claes Oldenburg.