Category Archives: Handmade

The recession-proof artist

June 5, 2009 – 11:23 am

New York Times recently published a lovely piece on making art in challenging times.
Artist, friend and coworker Alexander Conner is featured in a short, yet wonderful video in this article in which he speaks on living while breathing art. Alex makes drawings, photographs and new media art despite of enduring what many refer to as [...]

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Made by Hank

March 24, 2009 – 10:00 am

 
Philadelphia’s Made by Hank makes the cutest ’small but tough’ purses and clutches.
“Madebyhank is madebyhank because my last name is Henry and I am far too tough to be a Katie.
I grew up in a town with a gas station, a hardware store, a little chocolate shop that my mom owned, and not much else. But somehow I [...]

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