Today's NY Times has an article in Thursday Styles on "yarn bombing," a "cozy, feminine style of graffiti" that is popping up all over the world. Contrary to the notion that St. Louis catches a trend a year after it surfaces on either coast, we had a "yarn bombing" of our own last May, see…
Category: Handmade
Meet Designer Kelly Reding
I am well aware that a clever opening sentence grabs the reader's attention. To that end I have been struggling for several days to come up with one to introduce you to Kelly Reding, another of the extremely talented artists who call the CWE home. I first met Kelly three years ago when she and…
Mona McPherson, the newest addition to alley art
Artist and pop-up shop favorite Wade Crowder, whose fabulous garden was featured on this blog last September (see it here), emailed recently that he had painted a Mona Lisa on his garage in the alley between McPherson and Westminster. Readers may remember seeing a weathered painting of Frida Kahlo, below, gracing another garage in the…