Posts by Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years, where she fostered a career in the arts, dabbling in everything from illustration and animation to music and ceramics. She now calls Edinburgh home, where she continues to work as a writer, illustrator, and ceramicist. Her ceramics, often combined with hand-painted animation frames, capture playful scenes that celebrate freedom and movement, and blend her passion for art with storytelling. Her illustrations have been featured in The Berliner Magazine as well as other print magazines and a poetry book.
Creative Products
October 19, 2018

Become a Real-Life Woodland Fairy With These Enchanting Accessories

Once upon a time, fairies might have only existed in your childhood imagination. However, self-taught costume artist Rosanna Long brings the tiny mystical beings to life with her handmade accessories. From human-sized wings to glittering fairy crowns, these enchanting pieces allow you to become a real-life woodland pixie. Long crafts her fairytale accessories from transparent plastic, ribbon, metal, gems, glass beads, flowers, leaves, and, of course, a sprinkling of fairy dust.

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Drawing
October 16, 2018

Illustrator Reimagines Iconic Artists as Modern-Day Hipsters

Have you ever wondered how history’s famous artists would look like if they were alive today? This is the concept for the work of Tel-Aviv-based illustrator Amit Shimoni, who has reimagined iconic artists such as Frida Kahlo and Vincent van Gogh as if they were modern-day hipsters. His colorful portrait paintings are part of his ongoing series, aptly called HIPSTORY. Shimoni has previously transformed world leaders from buttoned-up professionals into bohemian freethinkers.

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Art
October 11, 2018

Artist Crafts Miniature Replicas of Japanese Houses Filled With Traditional Details

While we’ve seen many different forms of dioramas, there’s something that all of them have in common: the alluring beauty that comes from capturing our world in miniature form. The work of New York-based artist Simon Lo is no exception. The talented miniaturist creates incredible, scaled-down versions of traditional Japanese houses that are filled to the brim with tiny hand-crafted items. Each charming miniature is planned and hand-built with incredible attention to detail.

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Drawing
October 6, 2018

Incredible Pen Drawings Visualize Futuristic Cities With Densely Detailed Architecture

If you’re into sci-fi art, the work of South Korean concept artist Jae Cheol Park (aka Paperblue) might just make it to the top of your favorites list. This artist’s incredible pencil and pen drawings detail imaginary worlds that blend science fiction with fantasy. Futuristic cities appear as expanding, industrial metropolises built upon chaotic layers of construction.

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