DIY dragon costume: make a dragon mask out of cardboard!
This is the Chinese zodiac year of the Azure Dragon (青龍), and I was born in a dragon year. It […]
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Shibori: awesome and easy home dyeing techniques
Shibori combines two of my craft loves: origami and fabric dyeing. You fold and press fabric like origami, create resist
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Indigo dyeing: bringing a beautiful ancient craft home
Indigo dyeing (藍染, lán rǎn), is a plant-based fabric dyeing process used for the past 5,000 years in Asia and
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Masjid Negara (National Mosque of Malaysia) and the Islamic Art Museum in Kuala Lumpur
You can visit the Masjid Negara, or National Mosque of Malaysia during certain times of the day between prayer service
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Street art in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Wandering around old, preserved streets is even more fun when there is street art to be found. George Town is full of street art, especially around the Armenian Street area.
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Dots!! Yayoi Kusama’s “Life is the heart of a rainbow” special exhibit at Singapore’s National Gallery
The special exhibit of Kusama’s work at Singapore’s lovely, newish, well-organized National Gallery was as wide-ranging as Kusama herself.
Making Saisiyat 賽夏 aboriginal good luck owls in Nanzhuang, Miaoli, Taiwan
Owls are a good luck symbol in Taiwan. I had the amazing good fortune that my Auntie knows Teacher Zhang
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kitenge kraziness!
check out swatches from the kitenge cloth i have purchased from markets and shops in Tanzania! Almost all are made
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Bagamoyo Represent!
above: sculptor Omari and me at the Seaview Sculpture Arts Center Bagamoyo: lay down my heartAside from the eau-de-poo water,
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