In the mood to get inspired by some innovative work using fiber media? Check out this latest selection of sites curated especially for SDA NewsBlog viewers by web-roaming SDA member Mickie McCormic.

Experience the thrill of seeing Barbara De Pirro’s creative mind at work while getting your consciousness raised by her unexpected mixing of organic & synthetic (and environment-damaging) materials in her outdoor installations.

01/28/2011

Web Links to Confluence Winter 2011 SDA Journal

by NewsBlog Editor

To entice you to register for CONFLUENCE: 2011 International Surface Design Conference in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (June 9-12), this issue spotlights featured speakers Pat Hickman and India Flint along with SDA’s President Emeritus Jason Pollen, who will have an exhibition there. Other articles consider ways in which the notion of “confluence” is textile-specific, where “ideas meet and mingle”–whether it be the surface design of municipal recycling trucks or how etsy.com has supercharged the DIY craft movement. Get your hot links here!

04/30/2010

Link About This

by Mickie McCormic

Hyperbolic disc by Dr. Daina Taimina for exhibition at the American Center for Physics

You’ve sampled tidbits from Mickie McCormic’s web-roaming click list by typing or searching the URLs from the printed SDA newsletter…now experience the instant gratification (and dopamine rush) as you click directly to them from the SDA NewsBlog.