Faune Yerby doesn’t knit much, but she spins a lot of yarn. This is not the uniform, neatly wrapped balls that appear on the shelves in craft stores and local yarn shops. Yerby, who is also a photographer, makes art yarn, each skein of which is unique. She hand selects colored wool to combine, then [...]

The second annual Creative Week NYC is coming up May 10-16, and there are plenty of artsy events to be had. While many of them cost money to attend (in a couple of cases, quite a lot), several of the events next week are free. Check them out: Monday, May 10: Parsons Illustration Senior Show [...]

Barbed-wire t-shirts, kimchee hotdogs, and a hand-painted portrait of your beloved ten-speed bike.  When Deb Klein organizes a craft fair, she makes sure to mix it up. Klein, who’s been running the Food and Craft Market series at the Brooklyn Lyceum for the past two years, has quotas for popular items like jewelry and soap. [...]