Prolific Crocheting Yarn Bomber Olek Shares Her Vision for Changing the World One Loop at Time
Olek, the prolific crochet artist, yarn bomber and friend of Laughing Squid sat down with Great Big Story to share details about her life, her…
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Olek Covers a Finnish House With Pink Yarn to Symbolize Those Forced to Flee Their Homes
A photo posted by olek (@oleknyc) on Aug 25, 2016 at 7:47am PDT In order to bring attention to the more than 21 million people…
Yarn, A Fascinating Documentary That Profiles the Colorful Lives of Popular Yarn-Bombers
Yarn is a documentary that profiles the very colorful lives of different yarn-bombers who have become well known for their art. Filmmaker Una Lorenzen traveled…
Olek Covers an Obelisk in Santiago, Chile With Crocheted Rainbow Designs to Highlight the Issue of Equality
Earlier this year during the Hecho en Casa Festival in Santiago, Chile, the talented and prolific crochet artist and yarnbomber Olek left her distinctive mark…
Olek Covers a Homeless Shelter in New Delhi With Crocheted Yarn to Highlight the Issue of Poverty
To help raise the profile of a homeless shelter in New Delhi, artist Olek (previously) and a team of local volunteers recently covered the structure…
Olek Visits Ron English’s Studio and Covers a Dinosaur Sculpture in Crocheted Yarn
Artist Olek recently visited the Beacon, New York studio of artist Ron English and adorned one of English’s dinosaur sculptures in her signature crocheted yarn.…
Underwater Crochet Installations by Olek
Artist Olek recently created a series of crocheted yarn installations at a most unusual venue: The Museo Subacuatico de Arte, an underwater art museum of…
Santa Agatha, La Torera, An Exhibition of Olek’s Crocheted Yarn Art in Seville, Spain
photo by Diego Diez Artist Olek has created a yarn-bombed room and crocheted wall art for her exhibition “Santa Agatha, La Torera” at Delimbo Gallery…
Surreal Photos of People Swimming Underwater in Olek’s Crocheted Bodysuits
During a recent visit to Seville, Spain, yarn artist Olek captured these surreal photos of people swimming underwater in her colorful crocheted bodysuits. The photos…
Olek Crochets Over the Doggie Diner Heads
We’re excited to report that yarn artist Olek has crocheted over the Holy Trinity of the Dogminican Order, the three vintage Doggie Diner heads that…