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.
Design
January 29, 2018

Kintsugi-Inspired Tableware Fuses Broken Dishes With 24-Karat Gold “Glue”

Have you ever accidentally broken your favorite mug or plate, and reluctantly thrown it in the trash? As an alternative to immediately discarding shattered tableware, Japanese artisans actually celebrate their broken pottery and give them new life using a centuries-old technique called Kintsugi. Translated to “golden joinery,” the process involves repairing shattered ceramics with a special gold lacquer that acts as an adhesive to glue the fragments back together.

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Food Art
January 26, 2018

Japanese Artist Embroiders Miniature Meals You Can Actually Play With

When it comes to textile art, we thought we’d seen it all, but Japanese artist ipnot’s miniature food embroidery designs show there’s no limit to innovation with a needle and thread. ipnot was drawn to embroidery having grown up in a creative family, and watching her grandmother as a child. While exploring the traditional craft herself, the artist discovered the ball-like French knot, calling it her “favorite type of stitch.

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Sculpture
January 24, 2018

Ceramicist Uses Masking Tape to Create Exciting Geometric Vase Designs

Perhaps one of the most enjoyable things about working with clay is the broad range of techniques that can be used to create new and exciting decorative designs. One artist who might agree is Brooklyn-based ceramicist Jon Van Patten (aka JVP Wares) who hand-crafts one-of-a-kind ceramic vases that feature minimalist, geometric patterns, created using blue masking tape.

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