Inspired by the Brandywine’s new special exhibition “Ralston Crawford: Air & Space & War,” I wanted to make a craft that could merge Crawford’s multiple abstract languages—his loose, sketchy drawings and his hard-edge, geometric paintings. Handmade paper platonic solids seemed...

This past year has been a time when many people have taken up new hobbies and for me that has been making simple syrup from scratch. Basically, a simple syrup is nothing more than water and sugar—however, you can get really creative with that basic base and add loads of other flavors. When they...