Art by Orly Cogan

The New York Times might call knitting the latest "hip hobby", but few wield a needle in quite the same way artist Orly Cogan does: "My work explores common feminine archetypes and stereotypes, such as Madonna/Whore, Pin-up Girl, Lolita, and the Femme Fatale. Searching for that odd thing, the Feminist Beauty Queen, I mix subversion with flirtation, humor with power, and intimacy with frivolity." We'll never look at Grandma's tea towels in quite the same way again.

Orly Cogan (Flash portfolio @ orlycogan.com - thanks Dana)

Previously: Soft Porn: Whitney Lee, Stained Glass Smut, Art by Mark Newport