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Alright. Time to start digging in.

Let's kick things off on a whimsy, warm-fuzzy note and on a more local scale. This chick is making "soft-sculpture" everyday objects out of hand-dyed and hand-sewn felt. Everything from blenders to NES to SLR cameras! She also makes monster dolls and robots... sew cute! Pun totally intended there, har har.

I love that her work is inspired by Claes Oldenburg (type his name into Google images and you'll understand why he's one of the pop-art masters).

Word on the street is that Blythe has a new exhibit of her work showing at Argyle Fine Art called The Pitch of the Stitch. I'm going to have to pay a l'il visit myself but for those who can't make it, you'll get a good sense of the show by crusing through the pics on her blog: http://sewnbyblythe.blogspot.com/

What do you think... is this the type of show you'd get up out of your pod to go see?

Introducing... CRIT-POP!

Pop Culture turns me on. Specifically I enjoy analysing, questioning, criticising and deconstructing pop culture (and its influences/origins) while actively engaging with it.

This is meant to be a space for sharing our newest and most exciting pop-discoveries and generating an on-going discussion about them. If something makes an impact on you in any way, speak up about it!

It's all up for discussion... and pop culture is so much more fun when you dig in and get your hands dirty.

I'll be posting all sorts of fun and thought-provoking items and links as conversation-starters. Feel free to add your own and sound off!