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.
Photo Contest
May 25, 2018

Early Highlights of the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Whether an animal is the hunter or the hunted, surviving in the wild is serious business. And while many wildlife photographers aim to capture this “dog-eat-dog” world, some have been able to show that even the toughest creatures have their silly moments. Now in its fourth year, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards recently released some of the funniest entries from the 2018 competition so far.

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Drawing
May 13, 2018

Artist Spends Hours Recreating the Beauty of Nature With Millions of Hand-Drawn Dots

Many great artists will tell you that it takes time to perfect a craft, and this definitely rings true for pointillism artist Nicholas Baker. Based in Salt Lake City, the talented illustrator creates incredible, nature-inspired stippling art composed of millions of tiny hand-drawn dots. From tree-studded forests to crashing ocean waves, Baker completes each piece using black ink pens, dot by dot. With an impressive portfolio, Baker’s work highlights his amazing skill and dedication.

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Sculpture
May 10, 2018

8 Contemporary Glass Artists Who Shatter the Boundaries of the Craft

We’re so familiar with glass being used for everyday objects, it’s sometimes hard to believe that the same brittle material can be sculpted and molded into incredible works of art. Glass was first developed as a decorative material by ancient Egyptians, who used it to create trinkets and colored beads for jewelry. The material was then adopted by the Romans who used it to create glass vessels and mosaics from the 1st century onwards.

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