Swedish assemblage artist Michael Johansson constructs complex 3D puzzles, filling in strict boundaries with a tight jumble of everyday objects. “Sometimes I describe my process as playing…
Textile artist Michael C. Thorpe first used a longarm sewing machine in 2018. That first one belonged to his mother, Susan Richards, an experienced quilter. After it became clear that one machine…
Monika Grzymala is an installation artist who uses adhesive tape to document her movements in a specific place while constructing new, ephemeral boundaries and spaces. This Polish artist, based in
Each/Other (2020–2021), a large, multicolored fabric sculpture of a she-wolf, is the first collaborative work by Cannupa Hanska Luger and Marie Watt. The pair invited members of the public…
The hand-embroidered portraits of Black girls and women by Tampa-based artist Nneka Jones focus on themes of exploitation and empowerment. Her training as a painter informs her expressive…
Tape is a household staple that is easy to take for granted, but its versatility is truly astounding. Since the surgeon Horace Day created the first pressure-sensitive tape in 1845, these adhesive
Piñatas—hollow sculptures of paper or clay meant to be broken open—are known to contain surprises; Roberto Benavidez‘s hold layers of cultural and personal associations. The Los Angeles–based…
Bisa Butler creates vibrant, life-size quilt portraits of Black Americans. The unique process by which she translates photographs into luminous, pieced-cloth images is a synthesis of her…
Sara Hendren is an artist, researcher, and writer who explores how the built world affects lived experiences of disability and access. Her work has included collaborative public art pieces and…
People have been sticking things together for millennia. Fifty thousand years ago, Neanderthals applied a birch-tar adhesive to tools. Around 2000 B.C., Egyptians utilized liquid glues in wooden