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 [...]

Wow, do I get excited when people have new craftivist projects! And today, The Guardian gets excited, too, with an article about the Venus Envy Project. Venus Envy from Venus Envy on Vimeo. And what does the artist herself say about the project? In an attempt to undermine classical notions of idealized feminine beauty, Venus [...]

For the past year I’ve been looking for full-time work. It’s what people don’t like to admit, talk about, or even think about it because it stamps a giant “LOSER” on your forehead, whether you put it there, or society puts it there or, most regrettably, both. As I dove into this search, I stopped [...]