Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
Inspiring
May 10, 2017

91-Year-Old Man Spends 56 Years Building His Own Cathedral From Scratch

Many people are compelled to make things despite their informal (or complete lack of) training. In these cases, it's often the result of an undeniable feeling of kismet or a vision they can't ignore. Justo Gallego Martínez, aka Don Justo, is one of these extraordinary folks. At 91 years old, the former Trappist monk has spent the last 56 years constructing his own cathedral completely from scratch in Mejorada del Campo, Spain.

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Photography
May 8, 2017

Photo Retoucher Transforms Real-Life Animals into Cubed Creatures From Minecraft

Photo manipulation ideas can come from anywhere. For Aditya Aryanto, inspiration struck from the wildly popular computer game called Minecraft, in which players build things out of textured cubes in an ever-expanding 3D world. Similarly, his series called Minecraft in Real Life (or Anicube) imagines photographed furry animals in the same cubic format you'd see in the game.

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Sculpture
May 4, 2017

Intricately Cut Paper Portraits of Endangered Animals Around the World

Philippines-based creative Patrick Cabral is a man of many talents. At age 11, he discovered a love for calligraphy, but as he got older he was drawn to a career in the digital world as a web programmer and animator. Now, he's combining the structure inherent in digital design with the type of flourishes you'd find in calligraphy. His gorgeous work features portraits of animals adorned with exquisite lace motifs stacked in layers of three-dimensional beauty.

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Art
May 3, 2017

‘Marble Lips’ Beauty Trend Has Women Painting Their Lips Like Beautiful Statues

In the world of beauty, nothing is too unconventional. Even if it starts out as a joke, chances are it'll still take the internet by storm. From pastel braids to feathered eyebrows, current styles prove that the body is a fantastic canvas for unique forms of self expression. Building on this is one of the latest makeup trends that's taking over Instagram—and it's creatively stone cold.

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