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.
Tattoos
April 6, 2021

Artist Creates Supernatural Animated Tattoos With Moving Neon Lights

You might already be familiar with black light tattoos created using ultraviolet ink, but Russian artist Maxim Sipakov takes glowing body art to a whole new level. The talented 18-year-old animator digitally alters videos from tattoo artists around the world. He adds neon lights to their designs that appear to move around the skin like magic. Each modified bit of body art looks like the tattoo of a superhero!

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Sculpture
April 1, 2021

Feather Sculpture Pays Tribute to Native American Generosity to Irish During the Great Famine

Between 1845 and 1852, the potato crop in Ireland failed and caused what became known as the Great Famine. Around one million people died of starvation and two million fled the country. This cultural shift became one of the greatest mass migrations from a single island in history—in addition to having serious economic consequences. Humanitarian aid came from around the world, but there was one group of people whose generosity stood out.

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Music
March 31, 2021

Isolated Vocals From Beatles Song ‘Something’ Reveals Raw Emotion in Each Voice

Whether you’re a John Lennon or a Paul McCartney fan, The Beatles wouldn’t have been the same without the four famous members. Each musician contributed their own unique sound and talent to the rock and roll band, together creating countless top hits during the 1960s and '70s that are still popular today. Each member had instruments they preferred to play, but all of them loved to sing.

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Art History
March 27, 2021

6 Themes That Defined Alphonse Mucha’s Iconic Art Nouveau Posters

In a bid to counteract the academic art of the 19th century, a new creative movement began to take shape in Europe. Called Art Nouveau, it was aimed at modernizing design. It became a style that spread across many creative disciplines including architecture and applied art—but especially decorative arts. Artists drew inspiration from both organic and geometric forms that resulted in elegant designs which featured flowing, plant-like motifs and architectural shapes.

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My Modern Met

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