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.
Art
December 8, 2017

Paper Artist Creates Elaborate Origami Crane Every Day for 1,000 Days and Counting

In early 2015, paper artist Cristian Marianciuc challenged himself to make an origami crane every day for a year. Using a paper bird as a blank canvas, Marianciuc would add various colors and embellishments as a way to express himself. “I describe my day through colors, shadows and everything that surrounds me,” he explains. 365 paper birds later, he loved the ancient art of paper folding so much that he decided to keep going.

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Sculpture
December 5, 2017

Surreal Ceramic Sculptures Expertly Crafted to Look Like Carved Wood

Last year, we introduced you to Christopher David White—a sculptor who expertly tricks the eye with his surreal ceramic sculptures that look like decaying pieces of wood. Believing that “humanity is inextricably linked to the natural world,” White’s work features tree-like human body parts—such as hands, arms, faces, and torsos—that look like they could have been found in a mythical woodland.

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My Modern Met

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