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stuffedwork is hip again - march 2001 sofas and sausages come to my mind, but 'stuffedwork' is used here to name the craft of sewing and stuffing fabric skins - this winter's hype. stuffedwork is back after what seems like an age, the predominant theme is tongue-in-cheek glamour - big stuffed statements. do these objects of divine opulence yourself! ... the fabric skin may be closed by intermittent stitching to make a quilted surface or it may expand completely to make a stuffed form... sometimes the stuffing is more significant than the form and some forms can be not fully stuffed. some are meant to shift, like beanbags and loose floor furniture. here stuffing must consist of many small independent pellets - beans, rice, sand, birdseed, or tiny balls of synthetic foam. stuffedwork in the hands of artists has been called 'soft sculpture'. it's very softness points out paradox. anyone who works creatively will find his or her own ways to make their own contribution to this emerging, expressive thoroughly modern craft. --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	'valentines' shoes stuffed and beaded 'sandwich bag' satin fabric, foam rubber filling 'stone'seaters. dyed canvas stuffed with foam rubber soft u.s.a. white duc, synthetic stuffing leopard chaise english art deco chaise