craft + activism = craftivism.

Sometimes it’s overwhelming to think how potentially, as well as literally, that every move we make effects others. Some in ways we are aware of, but in so many more that we’re oblivious of. Catching a glimpse of ellen allien’s 2011 Summer collection yesterday, I was struck by this particular t-shirt, along with what she [...]

I am constantly amazed by the possibilities of trash. How can we use it to make our world a better place? How do others use it earn a living? How much do we take our own separation from trash for granted? And I’m by far from being the only one asking these types of questions! [...]

When I was younger, I fell full into the myth of the tortured artist. I inhaled the work of Kerouac and Pollock and Thompson. I worshiped at the altar of Arbus and Ginsberg and Warhol. I cried in solidarity with the lives of Basquiat and Haring. I made a lot of mistakes. I mistook pain [...]

One of the greatest things about craft is that it lets you explore freely without fear of failure. You can follow your whims just to see where they go, and they just might take you somewhere magical. Now, while there isn’t an inherent activist bent to Behar’s work (that I know of?), it has us [...]