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.
Creative Products
July 26, 2020

20 Charming Tea Infusers That Are Brewing With Creativity

Do you enjoy tea time? For many folks, having a spot of tea is a ritual of their afternoon. If that’s the case for you, then it’s probably a wise investment to get a tea infuser (or two). These handy kitchen devices are simple to use. Just place loose, dried tea leaves in the infuser's pouch, secure it, and then dunk the steeper in a mug of hot water and wait for it to brew.

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Style
July 22, 2020

Elderly Couple Has Fashion Photo Shoots Using Clothing Left Behind in Their Laundromat

Believe it or not, there are some people who take their clothing to get laundered only to never pick it up. When that happens, one couple has an ingenious idea of what to do with the extra clothes. The man, named Wanji, and woman, named Xiu, are 83 and 84 years old, respectively, and they create stylish outfits based on what was left behind in their Taiwan laundromat.

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Art
July 10, 2020

Letterpress Printing: From Its Beginnings to the Artisan Revival Going on Today

Printmaking has helped change the world. The ability to reproduce text and images allowed information and ideas to quickly and easily spread throughout society, making knowledge not just a marker of the rich or well connected. It was the invention of the printing press, refined in the 15th century, that facilitated this phenomenon. But what technique was used to put ink to paper?

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