craft + activism = craftivism.

First off, thanks to Sarah of the Craftivist Collective, whose Facebook post tipped me off to this this morning. When I was in London a year or so ago, I had the change to meet JP Flintoff in person, who Sarah told me was “lovely.” And, after we had coffee (thanks for the cuppa, JP!), [...]

Text from here. Photo from here. On Monday I got an email, followed by a phone call with Bill Harris who works for the city. He was very nice, and said the city’s hands were tied and they tried to find a way to keep them — but they have to go. Councilmember Lorie Zapf [...]

Love this video by the wonderful Reel News of Carrie Reichardt’s mosaic project with excluded youth in Miraville, Mexico. She posted it up on the wall of the Craftivist Collective Facebook page, which you should definitely go check out. Definitely worth the watch. Plus, Carrie’s work is always inspiring and beautiful. (Well done, Carrie! x)

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I first discovered this video in 2010 thanks to a post on Elephant Journal. And I can’t remember a video making me happier to just simply be. And as I recently re-discovered it, I realized that it was finding craft that finally made to uncover the facts that a) it’s okay to be alone and [...]