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.
Photography
January 18, 2018

Photographer Seamlessly Creates What ‘Star Wars’ in Real Life Would Look Like

Photography has the power to make our wildest fantasies a reality. With the fandom that surrounds Star Wars, it should come as no surprise that people like to imagine what it’d be like if R2-D2 was bleep-blooping down the sidewalk alongside everyday people. Photographer Laurent Pons creates a world in which a galaxy far, far away is seamlessly integrated with Earth.

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Portrait Photography
January 15, 2018

Powerful Expressions of Runners Before and After the NYC Marathon

Running a marathon is no small feat. It takes months of dedication and hours of literally pounding the pavement, often alone. In warmer weather, a runner is likely to be on the road so early that people are still heading home from the wild night before. But, for those that complete the grueling 26.2 miles, it’s hard to beat the sense of accomplishment they feel.

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Sculpture
January 4, 2018

Interview: Dramatic Bronze Figures Burst to Life with Streaks of Real Electricity

Sculpture art has long been part of Paige Bradley’s life. At just nine years old, she became fixated on a figurative bronze sculpture in an art gallery window and later dedicated her artistic skills towards working with the yellowish-brown metal. In her late teens, she finally got to experience this time-honored material and has never looked back. Over the past 25 years, she’s cast hundreds of pieces in bronze.

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My Modern Met

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