Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
Social Cause
October 5, 2018

Hyperrealistic Pastel Drawings Reveal How Climate Change Is Making Arctic Ice Move

Artist Zaria Forman uses her immense creative talent to document the devastating effects of climate change. For many years, she has produced large-scale landscape drawings using soft pastels. Rendered in hyperrealistic detail, the images are an incredible yet poignant representation of the majesty of glaciers that are rapidly deteriorating, despite their awe-inspiring size, because the Earth is getting warmer. Forman’s previous soft pastel art depicts forms that are instantly recognizable as glaciers and icebergs.

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Portrait Photography
September 28, 2018

Intimate Portraits of Tattooed Seniors Reveal How Ink Looks on Aging Bodies

Tattoos are a common sight on young people nowadays, but there are a growing number of senior citizens who are sporting their own body art. Many of them had it long before it was socially acceptable and provide a peek into how tattoos age on the skin. One project called TattooAge. Never too old. highlights 25 seniors with tattoos.

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Installation
September 26, 2018

Immersive 3D Installation Invites Viewers to Step Inside a Giant Photograph

Photographer Chris Engman invites you to enter a world within a world. His photography installation, titled Containment, is an immersive work that features images spanning the walls, ceilings, and floors of a specially constructed room. Upon stepping foot inside the space, you’re transported from a gallery setting to the middle of a bustling stream surrounded by a dense forest with trees cloaking most of the blue sky above.

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Travel
September 24, 2018

Airstream Launches Ultra-Luxury Camper Van That Fits Into a Parking Space

The legendary company Airstream might be known for their quirky 1950s-era trailers, but they’ve continued to reinvent themselves over their long tenure. They’ve since created contemporary mobile homes that can trek off-road or depart on spontaneous adventures—and beyond. But not everyone wants to drive across country in a spaceship-like vessel or by attaching a camper to their car. This is where Airstream’s Interstate Nineteen comes in. They’ve condensed their best-selling Interstate EXT trailer into a “smaller, nimbler 19-foot package.

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