The Dawn of Modern Fabric Art

French artist Emilie Faif specializes in mixed medium art. Most recently, she has begun to work with our favorite material: fabric. Her dreamscape-esk work leaves the viewer believing that they are looking at much more than colorful cotton; it seems as though you have stepped directly into the artist’s subconscious. Here are some examples of the artist’s work:

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Little Critters

Every year from age eight to age twelve, I insisted upon being a which for Halloween. I got to paint my face green, run around pretending to ride a broom, and make ‘potions’ in my back yard using everything from sticks to my dad’s hair gel (he just loved that). Looking back on it, I wish that someone had shown me all of my options! If I had known how cool it would be to put on some boxing gloves and a long brightly colored cotton robe and be a kick butt boxer, I totally would have done that. In that spirit, we compiled our top five favorite kid’s Halloween costumes: