The creative wossname

I had a brilliant afternoon yesterday, simply following links to the websites of different artists (in all kinds of media and at all kinds of levels of competence). It was funny, touching, inspiring, and sometimes just downright weird....

I found a lot of the links on the Craftzine blog, although once you're on an artist's website it's fun to follow the links they recommend, too. Some of the best (for a variety of reasons!) were:

• Weird chocolate from Japan on PingMag
• A tutorial from Skinny laMinx on her amazing papercuts (click the gallery button, too)
• Photos of the winning entries in last year's Washington Tribune Peeps Diorama contest
• SockPixie's stashbusting Munchkin Slippers pattern
• The slightly unnerving work of Diem Chau (check out her crayon sculptures in 'Past Work', too)
• Party dresses made of balloons (yes, you read that right...)
• A Flickr set from the woman whose job it is to create kid-friendly craft projects for the official LucasArts Star Wars site. How cool a job is that.....

This is why I love the 'net. I would never have seen any of these by other channels. I find other people's work so inspiring - not in a plagiaristic way, but because the best art (and craft) makes you look at things a different way. And because some of the stuff out there is more bizarre than anything I could ever have dreamed up myself.

Tigger says, "I'm very artistic too, you know. I create poses."