The History of Blown Glass

Glass is an alluring medium: it is translucent, glittering, delicate, and seemingly weightless. Humans started using glass a long time ago, in the form of obsidian. This is not the…

Digital Mosaics: A Masterpiece Made of Minis

By: Jocelyn Wang We all remember elementary-level art classes—the smell of Elmer’s school glue, the sound of safety scissors on construction paper, and the feeling of pottery clay in our…

Scent

In art, few people talked about the sense of smell. It’s usually visual art and writing, auditory music, and in rare instances, art pieces that can be interacted with by…

What Makes a Good Game?

What makes a video game playable? How does music make or break a games’ quality? Video games are stories and alternate universes that can be outlets for escape as well…

To Be or Not To Be: New Year’s Resolutions

What are some conscious choices we can make to do more for ourselves and our crafts? Making a list of resolutions for the new year is an age-old tradition. Many…

Art With Makeup

Applying makeup is like painting—but your face is the canvas. A large variety of artistic elements come into play when applying makeup, both traditionally and editorially. Linework, color theory, and…

Graffiti Gentrification

When we think of gentrification concerning street art, what might come to mind is street art being painted over or destroyed in search of a more uniform, tidy aesthetic. However,…

Patchwork: Story Quilts

The Physical Art of Storytelling Before pens, paper, quills, and canvases, many societies interacted via art, whether due to a lack of common language or low literacy rates.  Art that…

Digital vs. Traditional

Many people are drifting towards digital art rather than traditional due to the advancements in technology.  Visual art is an ever-shifting medium for expression; new techniques, materials, and ideas come…

The Era of Planners

With remote learning still happening all over the world, students have bought planners to keep them on track with unexpected schedules. Some of them have started drawing, coloring, and creating…