We’re wrapping up 2022 and revisiting some of the craft projects we wrote about this year. From a 2,000-year-old Roman glass bowl to a menagerie of paper bats, the stories Colossal readers loved most are diverse in medium and subject matter and show a vast array of creativity around the globe.
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A January archaeological dig in the city of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, unearthed a stunningly preserved bowl made of blue glass that’s estimated to be about 2,000 years old.
Image © Larysa Bernhardt
Artist creates colorful moth sculptures embroidered with vintage tapestries, often portraying historical people, animals, and delicate botanical forms on their wings.
Image © Guardabosques
A project by Juan Nicolás Elizalde, who is half of the creative team behind the Buenos Aires-based studio , explores the incredible diversity of bats through geometric paper sculptures.
Image courtesy of SJSA
In a time when witnessing inequity is like digging into an already numb wound, the offers the power of touch. Program director Stephanie Valencia speaks about the work of honoring the victims of violence and their families through community art, supporting young entrepreneurs with creative or social justice-oriented businesses, and most importantly, giving people something to hold on to.
Image © Ryan Eicher
Intricate linework and trippy, geometric motifs flow through the minuscule glass-blown serpents by .
Image © Sew Beautiful
The vibrant embroideries of capture the awe-inspiring breadth of the outdoors within a tiny wooden hoop.
Image © Raya Sader Bujana
Barcelona-based artist defines her work as something between sculpture and illustration, creating impossibly tiny replicas of houseplants that rest atop a finger.
Image © Diane Yevtukh
Ukrainian artist draws inspiration from her surroundings by carefully situating cornucopian floral arrangements made of thread in the hollows of trees.
Image © Brian Giniewski
Referencing a melty summertime ice cream cone or icing on a cake, Brian Giniewski’s are covered in mottled pastels, speckles, or single colors that trickle down the exterior of mugs and cups.
Image © Cai Wei Qun
constructed an impressively immersive book on weaving, which opens to reveal a trove of history, techniques and tricks, and an entire loom tucked between its covers.
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