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.
Sculpture
September 16, 2019

Interview: Artist Makes Faces Emerge from Brilliantly Manipulated Netted Tulle Fabric

Most portrait artists opt for paint as their medium, but British artist Benjamin Shine folds and presses giant sheets of tulle fabric into beautiful abstract faces. His stunning Flow series features dreamy, peaceful faces that seem to emerge from the delicate fabric folds like clouds of smoke. His latest Sky Flow piece, titled Quietude, takes his signature fabric sculptures to a new, much larger scale.

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Food Art
September 11, 2019

Brilliant Food Artist Turns Boring Cakes into Imaginative Miniature Scenes of Life

Italian pastry chef Matteo Stucchi creates desserts that not only look delicious, but they also double as fantastical miniature worlds. The 26-year-old’s playful culinary creations feature tiny figurines that are cleverly placed among his cakes to appear as though they’re farming candied land and exploring sugary terrains. Stucchi has a dedicated Instagram fan base of over 200,000 followers, and it’s clear to see why.

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Photography
September 2, 2019

Germany’s Retro Bowling Alleys Look Like They’re Straight Out of a Wes Anderson Film

While many bowling alleys around the world are being constantly updated to suit modern strike-chasers, there are others that have been left as they were back when the recreational sport was at its most popular. Inspired by his childhood, photographer Robert Götzfried returned to southern Germany to document the many vintage bowling alleys (or Kegelbahnen in German) that are still functioning in all their retro glory.

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Sculpture
August 29, 2019

Brilliant Artist Creates Incredibly Realistic Little Animals Entirely Out of Wool

Russian artist Anna Yastrezhembovskaya crafts adorable, needle-felted animals by hand. The mother of two first began felting when she came across toys made from wool and felt inspired to try making some herself. From textile birds to a tiny fuzzy hedgehog, her growing portfolio of handmade toys pays homage to the many creatures that inhabit the artist’s nearby forests. “My first toy wasn’t nearly as pretty, it was rather funny,” confesses Yastrezhembovskaya.

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My Modern Met

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