Carlos N Molina - Community Art Project

Take a little time and check out this community art project that Carlos N Molina did with some of his students. The video is only 2 1/2 mins. See more of his work at carlosNmolina.com - He is known as the paper genius around the web - once you visit his site you will understand why.

DIY City Mag brings you DIY in D C

Just a little Sneak Peek for now! Election Year - No better time than now to feature DC. DIY City Mag brings you the DC issue on October 6, 2008. This issue is a little smaller than our last 2 - we wanted to go light and add a little fun with some political art. Of [...]

Uncommon Thread Wearable Art Show

Photo from Culture Candy.org The Uncommon Thread Wearable Art Show will be held October 18, at 8 p.m. at the  Louisiana State Museum- Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This is the second year that the non-profit Culture Candy has partnered with others to offer the public show. If you are an artist, you still have time [...]

Glamasauras

  Today I want to introduce you to Andreanna of http://www.glamasaurus.com/ Sara: Please tell me a bit about you and your background? Andreanna: My name is Andreanna. I am the middle child in a family of all girls. Being Greek American various roles are pushed on children for what they are going to be in life. My [...]

Dedicated to the Hurricane Survivors - 3rd Anniversary

This is the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Of course, those of us in Louisiana are all preparing for another dangerous storm - Hurricane Gustav. We don’t know yet what it will do - but it is very dangerous. This post is dedicated to all of the Katrina survivors and those who survived Rita. Wendy [...]

Design Sponge visits 5 designers from Sydney

Design Sponge has to be one of my favorite blogs for eye-candy and now I discovered these regional roundups that they are doing. Sure you will enjoy them as well. This is based on Sydney. You will get to meet 5 amazing designers from the area - Kareena Zerefos - an illustrator, Dieu Tan - [...]

Alyse Radenovic - artist - designer

   Many of you know Alyse Radenovic - co-designer for Aelisheva. We interviewed Alyse and her partner Sanja in our last issue of DIY City Mag. I’m sure most did not know she is also an artist. Her paintings are based on abstract themes - most are from photos that she has taken. Alyse’s paintings can also be [...]

Upcycled - recycled- Handbag contest by Venus Zine

Hurry time is running out - Don’t forget to send your entries in by August 20th to enter the VenusZine Make A Bag Contest. Details from their Press Release: “Are you an upcycler? As in, are you into making stuff from things that others cast away? Now is your chance to show the world your trashy treasures. The [...]

Printing by Steamroller power

  Steamroller printing - have you ever thought about it? I never thought on that scale but when the boys were young we would try different methods of printing. Well over at Make Magazine I ran across an article about it. Martha Street Studio just had their 2nd annual “Under Pressure” Steamroller Printing Festival. Jump on over to Make Magazine [...]

Etsy Favs -

Check out some of DIY City Mag’s favs from Etsy. One of my favorite things to do when I just want to chill is to look at everyones favs from Etsy. You can learn a lot about an artists/designer by there favs.