LYNDA BENGLIS

Y E S . Artist Lynda Benglis painting a floor with 40 gallons of bright latex and pigments at the University of Rhode Island. 1969 via LIFE

EVELYN ROTH

If you like 1970s textiles and Canadians, these vids are a must see. Evelyn recycled 110 sweaters into an Environment for Living, and crocheted discarded video tape into car cozies to costumes. She also developed Family Sweater, which is basically a giant snuggie for family and friends. Note : Her knitting needles are made from [...]

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Lambda looking good. Gay rights demonstration, Albany, New York, 1971 photographs by Diana Davies via NYPL

SOX & POMO

Soft, Cozy, Warm—basketry socks from the Artic! And their California-made mates, feathery Pomo basket bowls. The name Pomo derives from a conflation of the Pomo words [pʰoːmoː] and [pʰoʔmaʔ]. It originally meant “those who live at red earth hole” … (not hip abbr. for Post Modernism) via Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at [...]

TIN MEN

Gorgeous photographs of Civil War soldiers. 1. Lorenzo Hawkins of Company I, 12th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer 2. Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with knitted stole 3. Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and forage cap 4. Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform Close to 700 ambrotype and tintype photographs highlight both Union and [...]

AK – GOLD & COLD.

Alaska is a beautiful land, with lush vibrant archives. Thanks to Weird Friends for turning me onto the wonders of digital Alaska many months ago. 1. $1,250,000 clean up2. A woman gathering walrus intestines3. Masks on exhibit in display case with mounted birds on top4. Robe5. Lilly Abbot Nigh, Haines, Alaska, skin sewing, Alaska, Skin [...]

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