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Spark<\/b> goes in search of artists who have put aside their brushes, instead opting for the stitch-by-stitch, tat-by-tat universe of needlework.<\/p>\n

First, the art of the tattoo, which was once on the fringes of Western culture and is now a mainstream phenomenon — meet one of the world’s best-known tattoo artists, Don Ed Hardy<\/b>.<\/p>\n

In our second story, explore the method, meaning and madness behind Anna Von Mertens<\/b>‘s quilts, which are covered with as many as 100,000 hand-sewn stitches.<\/p>\n

And finally, take on issues of gender and identity with Anna Maltz<\/b>‘s works of hand-knit whimsy, anatomically correct nude body suits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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