Tanya Aguiñiga is a Los Angeles-based artist, designer, and activist who grew up as a binational citizen of Mexico and the United States. Much of her work speaks of her divided identity and tells the larger and often invisible stories of the transnational community. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on using craft to push back on injustice for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Watch the full video here.

Between animal, plant and fungus, it becomes hard to tell the difference: Jack Craig’s furniture collection seems to have a life of its own. Created primarily out of melted carpet, the work is soft and fuzzy—and it passively invites interaction. Craig, a former electrical engineer who worked on stealth technology for the U.S. Navy before he pivoted into the world of industrial design, is fascinated by altering familiar materials in unexpected ways. His process is about transformation and regeneration. Breathing new life into material that is often discarded or overlooked—in this case, carpet—he first melts it and then proceeds to sculpt it into extravagantly grotesque furniture and fantastical design objects—from chairs and mirrors to coffee tables and vases. Read full review here.