radical knitting

Althea Merback, Gloves, 2005, Wire-knitted silk, Collection Kentucky Gateway Museum Center

as knitting, crafting and diy in general are making their way out of grandma's house...the projects get more interesting, more difficult, more "radical." the museum of arts & design in new york will have an exhibit called "radical lace & subversive knitting." it will feature 27 international artists, doing all sorts of crazy stuff.

another post on craft:
UPDATE: nytimes article "flair & flash, not frumpiness"