Sculpture
May 5, 2016

Broken Vases Are Restored by Sewing Them Back Together with Gold Thread

Brighton-based embroidery artist Charlotte Bailey constructs her patchwork vases by sewing fragmented porcelain back together, using patterned fabric and metallic thread. Her creations put a dazzling new spin on the ancient Japanese custom of kintsugi. In the traditional kintsugi technique, broken pottery is repaired by rejoining the pieces with golden lacquer, which highlights the damage as a celebrated aspect of the heirloom's history.

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Books
May 4, 2016

Inspiring Couple Turns Truck into Mobile Library with 4,000 Books to Promote Reading Across India

Satabdi Mishra and Akshaya Kumar Rautaray (of Walking BookFairs) are on a mission to help raise literacy across India. They took this dream to a whole new level earlier this year by launching a traveling project with a truck brimming with over four thousand books. The duo set out to travel for 90 days across 10,000 km and 20 states.

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Photography
April 30, 2016

Fast-Paced Street Photographer Celebrates Candid, Fleeting Moments in Tokyo

With sleek monochromatic tones, Chulsu Kim strips away unnecessary distractions from his visually stimulating street photography, leaving behind just the candid expressions of the people he photographs. Originally from Yamaguchi, Japan, Kim has now become an expert at capturing human moments in the urban jungle of Tokyo. As he explained to Instagram Blog, he maintains a triple pronged rule set for taking exceptional street photos: “Go with your instincts. Take lots of photos.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.