For the 21.3 million refugees currently in the world, hope is something that doesn't always come easily. But one artist has joined forces with a group of refugee women from Syria and Ukraine in an ...

Last week, artnet News reported that crochet artist Olek (whose real name is Agata Oleksiak) was undertaking one of her most logistically challenging projects yet—installing crochet wrappings around ...

Artist, refugees cover house in crochet to bring attention to displaced women. The stories of Olek's Syrian and Ukrainian refugee volunteers inspired her to create the pink house. Olek — -- Not ...

A plane comes in to land over a person covered in crocheted yarn on a beach on St Martin in the Caribbean. Polish-born artist Olek has created wacky crocheted and knitted artworks around the world.

Earlier this year the artist Olek was commissioned to recreate a home made entirely out of yarn for the Verket museum in Avesta, Sweden. She found herself working alongside many refugees from the ...

Knitting her way through a cellphone commercial, crochet-crazy artist Olek is Samsung's latest spokesperson, starring in a commercial for their Galaxy Note smart phone. Watching the commercial, Olek ...

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