Creative Products
February 8, 2021

Artist Combines Her Love of Bees and Seas Through Beautiful “Honeycomb Ceramics”

Clay is a very versatile medium with no end to its creative possibilities. That is just one of its many draws for self-taught potter Amy Gentry. Based out of Virginia, the artist started to develop her craft in 1989 when she acquired a slip casting business in order to make ends meet as she simultaneously pursued an equestrian career. Eventually, pottery won over her interest entirely and became her main pursuit and source of income.

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Architecture
February 6, 2021

Get a Crash Course in Modernist Architecture With 8 Styles That Define the Movement

Describing an architecture style as “modern” may inherently be a bit confusing. After all, a structure was modern while it was being designed and built. Why then, do so many movements and styles in the 20th-century fall under modernism? What was so different that designers felt the need to label their work as indicative of a new future?

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Sculpture
February 6, 2021

Artist Fuses Ceramics Plates With Fringe To Explore Her Dual Heritage as a Mexican-American

Massachusetts-based ceramics and fiber artist Nicole McLaughlin uses her artwork to explore the complexities of her dual heritage. Though born and raised in Massachusetts, she remains deeply connected to her Mexican roots. As a result of that cultural duality, McLaughlin’s dynamic sculptural installations fuse two distinct and traditionally domestic media to reflect the interwoven traditions and expectations that have been passed down to her as a first-generation Mexican-American.

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Design
February 4, 2021

5 Modern Rube Goldberg Machines That Are Brilliantly Nonsensical

Remember the breakfast machine in Peewee's Big Adventure? Or perhaps “The Snoozatron” device in Wallace and Gromit? These wacky inventions—haphazardly built to perform simple tasks—aren’t just designed for movie sets. They’re real, and they're known as Rube Goldberg machines. What is a Rube Goldberg Machine? Named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, a Rube Goldberg machine is a hand-built contraption that uses a chain reaction to carry out a simple task.

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