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1. Incredible Wooden Marble Machines (and videos) from a Swiss designer and artist \/\/ Paul Grundbacher<\/a>
2. These highly structured and detail sculptures are constructed from paper. Unbelievable! Designed by Irving Harper<\/a>.\u00a0
3. Creatively sculpted ceramic vessels and plates \/\/ Shawn Spangler<\/a>
4. David Meowie
<\/a>5. Masterfully illustrated paper designs and portraits \/\/\u00a0Eiko Ojala<\/a><\/p>\n

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6. Silkscreen printed Masks Cushion in Neon Coral \/\/ Hazel Stark<\/a>
7. Miniature Dream House slipcase for an accordion artist book \/\/ Jacquie Duruisseau<\/a>
8. I recently had an enthralling conversation about gender roles with the talented artist Katrina Majkut<\/a>\u00a0whose current work focuses on traditional wedding festivities.
9. Stone Eye<\/em> is a collection of poetry from Kentucky’s former poet laureate, Richard Taylor. Two editions were printed by Gray Zeitz of Larkspur Press with wood engravings by Canadian artist Wesley Bates. Thirty-one copies were bound by Guild members for a 2002 Midwest Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers exhibit. The exhibition can still be seen online at Northwestern University<\/a>.
10. The psychedelic collage work of Serpentfire<\/a> available at Society6.<\/p>\n

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11. Need a laugh? Head over to the Irony Lab<\/a>\u00a0for some quirky and unusual sentiments \/\/ Tim McCool<\/a>
12. A\u00a0recent Etsy obsession –\u00a0Black Leather & Blue Triangles Pouch \/\/ Blackbird and The Owl\u00a0<\/a>
13. Swiss photographers Taylor Onorato and Nico Krebs<\/a>\u00a0cleverly extend the lines and angles of buildings with the careful placement of wooden beams.
14. Jason and I have been obsessed with shipwrecks lately. These detailed ceramic pieces from Jon Gariepy<\/a> caught my eye and drew me in.
15. I love the odd nature of\u00a0Laura Carlin’s<\/a> ceramic work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Incredible Wooden Marble Machines (and videos) from a Swiss designer and artist \/\/ Paul Grundbacher2. These highly structured and detail sculptures are constructed from paper. Unbelievable! Designed by Irving Harper.\u00a03. Creatively sculpted ceramic vessels and plates \/\/ Shawn Spangler4. David Meowie5. Masterfully illustrated paper designs and portraits \/\/\u00a0Eiko Ojala 6. Silkscreen printed Masks Cushion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[633],"tags":[37,885,1867,1873,875,876,1869,880,877,883,872,878,888,879,889,887,881,1868,873,871,1876,882,874,320,1882,886,884,870],"class_list":["post-5167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swell-things","tag-art","tag-blackbird-and-the-owl","tag-bookbinding","tag-ceramics","tag-david-meowie","tag-eiko-ojala","tag-etsy","tag-guild-of-bookworkersn","tag-hazel-stark","tag-irony-lab","tag-irving-harper","tag-jacquie-duruisseau","tag-jon-gariepy","tag-katrina-majkut","tag-laura-carlin","tag-nico-krebs","tag-northwestern-university","tag-painting","tag-paper-sculptures","tag-paul-grundbacher","tag-photography","tag-serpentfire","tag-shawn-spangler","tag-society6","tag-swell-things","tag-taylor-onorato","tag-tim-mccool","tag-wooden-marble-machines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-1ll","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7313,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/31\/swell-things-no-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":5167,"position":0},"title":"Swell Things No. 11","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"December 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"1. 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