craft + activism = craftivism.

And so it begins. The strung-out laziness of summer officially ends with October 31′s Halloween hijinks, no longer can we convince ourselves that we have plenty of time to relax. It’s on. This part of the year with is as equally beloved as it is dreaded, as it conjures up warm memories of hugs and [...]

Said the parents of Harm Van Der Dorpel while their son tried to explain his work to them. If you make anything even the slightest bit conceptual, chances are you’ve heard this exact phrase, or something eerily close. The dividing line it places between maker (smart) and viewer (less so) completely starts things off wrong [...]

People often ask me what craftivism is. Generally I talk about how it’s about using what you make with your hands as your mouthpiece. It’s about speaking a different way, a non-vocal, raw, visceral way that pulls no punches. I never really learned how to embrace my anger verbally, but I sure as hell can [...]

The post below was originally posted on the now defunct Make and Meaning, a project headed by Diane Gilleland and Paul Overton. Other contributors included Pip Lincolne, Alice Merlino and Kim Werker. After the chaos and stickiness and vacations that summer tends to bring, autumn ushers in that familiar longing for knitting with wool, the [...]

I get awesome emails from you people! Emails that make me ooh, ahh, cheer, cry, act, just plain happy along with many more reactions. One such email I got from Huck and Stuff not too long ago about some self-proclaimed “awesomely crocheted monster masks.” And… what do you know… They not only are crocheted, but [...]