craft + activism = craftivism.

Here’s to the new year and all the dreams and adventures and love it may bring. As for 2010 parting, few things could be more fitting that this piece above. Why this piece, you ask? Because it depicts the juxtaposition of rough, activated and rugged (bull) vs warm, welcoming and beautiful (crochet) and how well [...]

Apologies now to anyone who really dislikes parentheses. This is one of those “in case you missed it” posts, because this story broke earlier this year. Because it’s Saturday and because I find this completely fascinating, here’s a video of the Riot Dog in Greece. While the destructive element of the Black Bloc angers me [...]

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 [...]

One of the coolest things about putting new content online is that people start to send you notices and info about new projects coming up! Yay! Yes, sometimes people even send me promo items. That being said, there are a few amount of promo items I get that I don’t like. And at times when [...]

Wandering down the canal. Discovering new nooks and crannies. Roaming without a map. Back at my house after wandering wherever my feet wanted to take me around DC, I’m reminded of the Prologue to “Off the Map” by Hib and Kika, This is what it means to be an adventurer in our day: to give [...]