Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice. Sara is also an embroidery illustrator and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She runs Bear&Bean, a studio where she stitches pet portraits and other beloved creatures. She chronicles the creativity of others through her website Brown Paper Bag and newsletter, Orts. Her latest book is Threads of Treasure: How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread, published in 2014. Sara’s work has been recognized in Be Creative With Workbox, Embroidery Magazine, American Illustration, on Iron and Wine’s album Beast Epic, among others. When she’s not stitching or writing, Sara enjoys planning things that bring together the craft community. She is the co-founder of Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults with hands-on workshops in the Seattle area.
Technology
November 20, 2018

This Life Changing iPhone Keyboard Trick Makes Fixing Typos Way Easier

The iPhone is packed with helpful features that make using it a little easier. But as it turns out, many of us are unaware of such useful tricks. Luckily, food blogger Krissy Brierre-Davis recently shared one that has the internet stunned. In a tweet, she uploaded a screenshot of the iPhone keyboard in the Messages app. The typed text revealed a very simple and helpful trick.

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Photography
November 8, 2018

Photographer Uses Forced Perspective to Transform Ordinary Beaches Into a Land of Giants

Photographer Moises Levy transforms otherwise ordinary beach scenes into fantastical landscapes inhabited by giants. Using forced perspective, he arranges his camera at a low vantage point—essentially placing us at the same level as the surface. The resulting images feature backlit figures that appear larger than life; we are, in turn, no taller than a few grains of sand. They tower over us as they play games, ride horses, and enjoy the beach day.

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My Modern Met

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