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.
Portrait Photography
April 10, 2023

Photographer Highlights the Vibrant Energy in Portraits From Los Angeles’ Black Market Flea

Photographer Jason Armond arrived at Los Angeles’ Black Market Flea with a portable orange backdrop and a desire to capture striking portraits of the flea’s attendees. Armond is a staff photographer at Los Angeles Times, and the pictures were for a story about the event. Black Market Flea happens once a month (for most of the year) at the Beehive, an event space and hub for technology and entrepreneurship in South Los Angeles.

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Portrait Photography
April 5, 2023

Photographer Recreates His Dad’s Old Modeling Photos in Then-and-Now Portraits

Photographer Kasey Kerbox is reliving the past through his dad by recreating photos of him from nearly 40 years ago. His father is none other than Buzzy Kerbox, a professional surfer-turned-model who made a splash in the late 1970s and 1980s. Posing in major advertising campaigns, he even had the chance to model alongside the iconic Cindy Crawford.

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Art
April 5, 2023

5 Best-Selling Online Art Classes to Help You Learn to Draw and Paint

Our e-learning platform My Modern Met Academy has been around for over a year. In that time, we’ve launched many online classes covering art, photography, and crafts. You can start anywhere in your My Modern Met Academy journey, but if you’re wanting some suggestions, take them from our students. Here, we’re sharing some of our best-selling classes on our platform.

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Crafts
April 3, 2023

These Bespoke Globe Makers Spend Years Crafting the Perfect World for Their Clients

Globe-making is a long tradition, dating back to the middle of the second century BCE. Although our contemporary world loves GPS, we'll never tire of the beautiful artistry and tactility of a globe. Bellerby & Co. Globemakers is one of the very few workshops in the world still handcrafting globes. Based in London, the company creates a variety of bespoke orbs to suit any space. The Bellerby & Co.

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