Crafts

March 15, 2025

Delicate Paper Sculptures Showcase the Beauty of Nature and Botany [Interview]

Under Ann Woodโ€™s patient hands, paper isnโ€™t as fragile as usual. Instead, itโ€™s magic: it transforms into decadent clusters of blueberries, ornate flower bouquets, and charming toadstool mushrooms. For years, Wood has created dazzling sculptures through Woodlucker, a visual partnership founded in the 1980s with Dean Lucker. Woodโ€™s work primarily revolves around paper and showcases the mediumโ€™s endless possibilities through botanical and naturalistic forms, such as flowers, fruits, and, most recently, mushrooms.

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March 4, 2025

Learn 3 Essential Crochet Tips In This Class for Beginners

If you love working with your hands and want to learn a new skill, there's still time to take advantage of a special winter sale at My Modern Met Academy. Until March 20, get 25% off our Crochet Crash Course by entering FIESTA25 at checkout. That means you only pay $26.21 rather than $34.95 to learn to crochet while creating a fashionable purse. Why learn to crochet?

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February 18, 2025

Celebrate National Embroidery Month With a Bundle of Online Classes

February is a month known for many things, above all love and diversity. But did you know that February is also National Embroidery Month? Celebrating the art of decorating fabric with a needle and thread, it makes this month to perfect time to start on an embroidery journey. And to help, My Modern Met Academy has packaged two online embroidery classes into a special bundle.

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