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.
Portrait Photography
February 21, 2023

Artist Travels Across the U.S. To Capture Portraits and Ask for Life Advice From 1,000 Strangers Along the Way [Interview]

Many people avoid talking to strangers, but not artist and storyteller Imran Nuri. He designed an entire project that centers around talking to people he doesn’t know. Over the course of an epic road trip that had him traversing all of the 48 contiguous U.S. states, he set—and met—a goal of photographing 1,000 strangers while asking each person their best advice on life.

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Crafts
February 10, 2023

Learn How to Upcycle Your Jars and Vases With DIY Glass Painting

Is your glassware looking a little stale? Don’t replace it; breathe new life into it with glass painting! It's a fun and easy DIY project in which you add original artwork to a drinking glass, mason jar, vase, window pane, and more. When you’re done, you’ll have a piece that is totally unique. Like other forms of art and crafts, glass painting requires some special tools to get started.

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Architecture
February 8, 2023

Boss Transforms Office Into a “Neighborhood” Where Each Employee Works Out of a Tiny Home

One company has a unique take on showing up to the office. They don't work from home, but the employees are working… from a home. As a TikTok user named Kylie shared, her boss transformed the company's headquarters by building everyone their own tiny homes to serve as individual offices. There’s no walking down a hall, but rather walking down a sidewalk and knocking on the front door of someone's “home” that they've decorated themselves.

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