Late, last summer I sat down with San Francisco artist Sarah Applebaum. Below are pics I took and our podcast. Although the podcast is a bit late -- what we talk about is relevant and I think you'll enjoy what Sarah has to say about creating and connecting to the larger world around her. Enjoy!
You can listen below or download from iTunes (and subscribe ;)
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When you're giving a book as a gift, how about including a bookplate with the recipient's name? Or as a little bonus, add a pack of labels printed on sticker paper. Benign Objects has created a set (top row) that you can download here. They're modeled after the freebies posted by Besotted Brand Blog (bottom row), available here. 
By Phoebe Philo, worn by models in Céline's Spring/Summer 2013 show at Paris Fashion Week. Co..(Read...)
Artist Carolina Fontoura Alzaga constructs impressive chandeliers using chains, wheels and other parts from old bicycles as part of a series she calls CONNECT. Alzaga has lived in Brazil and Mexico and now works out of a studio in Los Angeles where the Etsy Blog recently caught up with her to conduct the interview and tour above. Of her work she says:
This developing body of work draws inspiration from the aesthetics of victorian era chandeliers, DIY and Bike Culture, and follows an art tradition of utilizing non artistic materials for sculpture.
This series addresses class codes, power dynamics, reclaimed agency, and ecological responsibility. The traditional chandelier is seen as a bourgeois commodity, a cachet of affluence, excess, and as such power. The recycled bicycle parts become a representation of the dismissed, invisible, and powerless, but are also an affirmation of self-propelled movement. The bicycle chandelier thereby creates a new third meaning of reclaimed agency.
I think if I ever had need for a chandelier it would definitely be one of these. Alzaga has a number of pieces currently available in her shop. (via laughing squid)
Instructables member msel found a good use for an old washing machine that was ready for the dump. He added some handy features including caster wheels on the bottom and a light in the interior.