Mark Barsocchini sees knots everywhere he goes. In the scarf draped around somebody’s neck, or the shoelaces we tie every day. He’s entranced by something most of us take for granted. “There’s a lot ...
Artist Windy Chien is up for a challenge. So much so, she learned how to make a knot every day for a year and shared the results on Instagram and wrote the book, The Year of Knots. Windy shares how ...
Do you know what a sheepshank is? How about a sheet bend, a carrick bend, a clove hitch or an Eskimo bowline? Not familiar with Western culture? Then perhaps you know the Pan Chang, Chinese button or ...
Artist Windy Chien is best known for her 2016 work, The Year Of Knots, in which she learned how to make a new knot every day for a year. Her work ranges in size from a knot that can fit in the palm of ...
Every Boy Scout and sailor learns them: clove hitches, sheet bends, half hitches and bowlines — knots to tie ropes together or to something. Wesley E. Sullivan III learned them as a Scout in East ...
Children at the “It’s Knot Art-Bottle Holder” H2O Art Challenge at Sterling Public Library make bottle holders using string tied into knots. Next week’s Art Challenge will be “Bas Relief With Clay.” ...