Crafts

June 11, 2026

Artist Spends 6 Years Crafting 300,000 Paper Quills for Massive Portrait of Planet Earth

Artist Alinn Akhmetbek uses paper to explore facets of our world. The material is manipulated to express concepts of humanity and ecology, such as reconciling our treatment of the planet with our connection to it. These ideas are the basis for her recently completed work titled 72 Voices of Earth. The paper art is a view of our planet from space, done on a massive scale.

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May 5, 2026

Fifth-Generation Quiltmaker Creates Vibrant Fabric Stories Inspired by African Tradition

Artist Phyllis Stephens begins her quiltmaking with a prayer. In doing so, she recognizes her place within the long-held practice. “I am an heir to the culture and value of the African tradition of quilt making,” she explains. For three decades, Stephens has created African-American story quilts, drawing from both history and personal experiences to create vibrant compositions that are full of life.

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April 29, 2026

15 Top Artists Showcase the Power of Textile Art in Stunning Group Exhibition

Textile art has a long history, existing for thousands of years in some form. But it’s only relatively recently that it has finally been getting the recognition it deserves. Often seen in gendered terms as “women’s work”—and therefore deemed less important—contemporary art is making strides to showcase the beauty and ingenuity of this genre. This is evident in Textile Art Redefined, now on view at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

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April 15, 2026

Artist Manually Creates “Double-Exposure” Portraits by Drawing on Hand-Cut Paper

Toronto-based Korean-Canadian artist Christine Kim explores fragility and memory through delicate paper-cut portraits. Each hauntingly beautiful work blends pencil drawing and nature-inspired cut paper, creating fragmented images that capture fleeting moments. Kim began her Cut Paper Portrait series as a way to move beyond purely traditional drawing into a more material-led practice. “This series began 10 years ago as an experiment in merging two mediums,” Kim tells My Modern Met.

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