This past month I stumbled across a wonderful artist from the Chicago area. His work in textile design spoke to me in such a profound way that I wanted to share him with you here. Perhaps you know him already - if not, I think you will enjoy his sense of reckless abandon, quality of workmanship and high level of creativity.
Danny was written up most recently in Fiber Arts There were photos of his studio (inspiring!) and some of his soft sculptures and large scale works. His website SCRAP is full of pictures and statements about his work. It was hard to choose just two photos as his work is so vast. Check out his photographs pages and Etsy shop for some smashing work and inspiring use of junkmail, coffee filters and alternative materials of all sorts. He was voted best textile artist in Chicago this past August and has collaborated with other artists with very interesting results. For those of you in the USA - New England area - in Portland Maine, Edith & Edna carry his work and in March and April, we at artstream will be exhibiting some of his art in a textile show in March and April.
I think that having an eye for the unusual doesn’t always transfer into beautiful works, but in the case of Danny Mansmith, from sculpture to 2-D work to wearables to reconstruction and mixed media pieces, this artist just knows his way around a stitch and it is all stunning.

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