craft + activism = craftivism.

This year for the holidays I’m going down to my grandparents house, and it got me thinking about my grandmother’s college major, home economics. All I remember from my home economics class in 9th grade was that I learned how to make a pineapple upside-down cake. There was also some really weird lesson where we [...]

I couldn’t resist taking the photo below when I was at the library the other day. I like how the titles equally evoke hope and despair, respectively. In a nutshell, this photo pretty much explains the modern job search. And lately: *Art and Culture *Online drawing lessons! *GoogleLabs FastFlip! So cool! *Learn about sock machines! [...]

It’s funny how quick we can cling to our ideals so much that we overlook stark realities. How we can wrap ourselves up in our own lives and thoughts and projects and fail to really truly see what’s right in front of us. Recently there has been some discussion online about what craftivism is. Is [...]

Sometimes I forget to turn off the radio or click off the tv, finding myself inundated with news almost constantly somewhere in the background. I want to know what’s happening, when it’s happening and whom it’s happening to. I want to know what’s going on outside my little bubble and love being aware of the [...]

So excited to be going to Portland in just a few days for the Handmade Nation Portland premiere! Yay! Also excited to be on the CraftPerspectives panel* moderated by Museum of Contemporary Craft curator Namita WIggers.at 2pm on Saturday with old friends and new: Susan Beal (West Coast Crafty, Susanstars), Jill Bliss (Blissen), Kate Bingaman-Burt [...]