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Craftwork Gets Wired


We may be crafty, but that doesn't mean we don't enjoy spending hours in front of a TV with some good video games once and a while. We'd love to tell you that we spent most of our childhood knee deep in crayons and paper-mâché, covered in finger paint, but we grew up in the suburbs of Jersey and in-between trips to the mall we played video games. Zelda, Mario Brothers, Pitfall, Pole Position, X-men, we like to think those pixilated masterpieces influenced our crafty minds. Sure, we can get with some Wii, but when it comes down to it, we prefer 8 bit graphics. So we were thrilled to see this crocheted Atari set on Craft's blog yesterday, and even more giddy when we saw the TV with Pitfall on the screen. We did some digging, and found some more arts and crafts inspired by video games we thought you should see. What a wonderful marriage of two things we love.

The amazing crocheted Atari above and the TV below were both created by Christine Domanic. As Craft mentions in their post, Christine also has an Etsy shop and starting in May she will be doing custom orders for any Atari game you'd like to have crocheted. Pretty fantastic.

Not long ago we discovered the art of Rosemarie Fiore through one of our new favorite blogs, Your Daily Awesome. Fiore works with every medium from ceramics to video, but we like the long-exposure photos she took of 80's video games the best.

You might have already heard about the i am 8-bit art show that happened in LA in 2005 and you've probably seen the book that followed soon after, which is a great tribute to video games. One of our favorites from the book has always been Jason Sho Green's painting of Mario, looking at his hand for cheat codes as he enters a bedroom with the princess waiting.

We love these crocheted Super Mario stars and mushrooms fom FayF's flikr page.

Another favorite from flickr comes from Picbot

Now excuse us while we go to the nearest arcade to play some Ms.Pac Man.

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