Sarah Lapinski of Wound Menswear shows us her studio and talks about her love of highways and cities, especially Detroit. A unique twist on fashion, Wound is a line that...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Friday November 4th, 2011 5:00 AM
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Bryce Moore talks to us about furniture, commodification, and democratic design from his shop in the nearly abandoned basement of Northland Mall in Detroit. We also learn about how his...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Wednesday November 2nd, 2011 5:30 AM
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A chance meeting with the EastSide Riders Bike Club leads us to the Georgia Street Community Center. Both organizations are dedicated to improving their community, through education, gardening, and neighborhood...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Friday October 28th, 2011 5:00 AM
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Downriver Detroit native Anthony Reale shows us around the Downriver area, which is a major source of inspiration for his art and engineering projects. His most recent endeavor is an...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Wednesday October 26th, 2011 5:00 AM
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Meet Ryan Doyle, the co-creator of Gon KiRin, a 69' fire-breathing dragon. Ryan learned to create in many mediums while working in his grandmother's doll hospital, and took his recycled...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Wednesday September 14th, 2011 1:30 PM
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Denny Daniel is the creator and curator of the Museum of Interesting Things. At first glance these mundane objects from throughout history seem disjointed and random, until you realize that...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris | Tuesday September 13th, 2011 11:30 AM
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Bethany Shorb of Cyberoptix TieLab recently acquired a stash of old used silkscreens to be reclaimed and reused to print her tie designs. But a closer inspection revealed something too...
Posted by Becky Stern | Wednesday September 7th, 2011 10:30 AM
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Carlos Nielbock is a Master Craftsman in architectural ornamental metalwork and design. He started his craft as an apprentice in a German monastery, then trained further in the ancient Journeyman...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Monday August 29th, 2011 4:00 PM
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Todd Williams is jewelry maker with a fine hand, a sculpture maker with a wit, and a performer trickster. He might spend 200 or 300 hours perfecting one of his...
Posted by Becky Stern | Thursday May 19th, 2011 11:27 AM
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Jordan Champagne, owner of Happy Girl Kitchen, is a preservationist. She cherishes reclaimed wood, she only plays records in her shop, and she has a giant Velvet Elvis in her...
Posted by Becky Stern | Monday May 16th, 2011 2:09 PM
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Christina McFall is obsessed with color, texture, form, and chemical reactions. She approaches the art of cyanotype printing with the mind of a scientist, carefully recording tests and cataloging results....
Posted by Brookelynn Morris | Wednesday May 11th, 2011 10:00 AM
Maurice Connolly built a 300 lb steel sculpture and dropped it off a cliff. He pitted his art against gravity, just to see what would happen. The piece is a...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris | Monday May 9th, 2011 8:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, General, Makers | 3 Comments
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