Way back in February, Studio 360 asked you to take the IRS’ 1040 tax form and do something — anything — creative with it. We received a number of beautiful, funny, and even dark entries (you can see all of them here).
This week Kurt Andersen caught up with the De-File Your Taxes judge, Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal. After looking at the entries, Ryssdal says they fit into three categories: drawings and paintings, abstractions, and tangible objects. Here are his picks:
Erin Farley
Erin Farley’s paper dress caught Ryssdal’s eye immediately. He praised the wearability of its style, and admitted “the real reason it caught my eye: Project Runway is huge in my house. My two children and my wife and I watch all the time. And this one just clicked with me right away.”
Ruth Monnig Steele
Ann Martin
Isabella Hander
Liz Collins
Alicia Enstrom
Charlotte Jones
Robin McClintock
Les Barker
Liz Collins
Cynthia Alberto
Donna Meyer
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