Category Archives: People

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Pat Nelson-Jimenez and Mexican Folk Art

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Art for Housewives

  One of the many wonderful things my hometown, San Antonio, has to offer is that of a multi-cultural atmosphere. Mexico, above all,  has certainly influenced San Antonio gifting its citizens with the aesthetics of color, animated music and spicy … Continue reading →

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Linda Schailon and plastic straws

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Art for Housewives

This past September I participated in the London Design Festival thanks to Linda Schailon of Ecopink. Ecopink organizes exhibition events with the intent to promote female creativity via art and design related to ethics and environment. Recently Linda won “Una … Continue reading →

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Something to hug: Teddy Bear

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Art for Housewives

Fred Lessing’s teddy bear Teddy bears: Crafter Uses Belly Lint To Make Teddy Bears + Teddy bear tutorial + Make a unique hat from a stuffed animal + scroll down for bear, Grace Payne, City of London Resident + 1914 … Continue reading →

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Sheila Paine, textile collector

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Art for Housewives

Sheila Paine is an expert on tribal societies and textiles and is the author of Embroidered Textiles: Traditional Patterns from Five Continents and the trilogy The Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush to Razgrad, The Golden Horde: Travels from … Continue reading →

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