craft + activism = craftivism.

After seeing a post on The Dress Doctor regarding Grayson Perry’s exhibition The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsmen at the British Museum, I watched the first video below to learn more about it. Then, through the wonderful world of the internet, I found the video below, from the V&A with Grayson Perry talking about craft, [...]

The quote below was written by Sarah Corbett regarding the work of the always inspiring Craftivist Collective, which she posted on her Facebook page yesterday. Just heard that one of the Craftivist Collective prints was bought for a banker and the banker emailed the giver to say thanks providing a good discussion starter with his [...]

I was sent the following by my friend Carrie Reichardt last night, and really think it’s worth spreading the word about. For more pics (at a larger size, too!) and to contact Carrie, see Carrie’s website. I love how Carrie and Nick’s work embraces the issues directly, but ultimately allows them both to back off [...]

And not the band Parliament, either. This video is from the folks over at the Craftivist Collective and features one of their recent campaigns. What I like about this video the most is that it shows the softer side of activism. No smashing or yelling or hatred or breaking things, just some honest voices (from [...]

As kids in school, we had to ask permission to do much of anything. We had to get a hall pass to do anything autonomous like go to the bathroom or the water fountain. We had to procure that pass and risk asking for it first. As adults we think we don’t need permission, but [...]