craft + activism = craftivism.

The photo below is of Chester. Chester lives out in a giant pasture in Fearrington, a retirement village not too far away. Hanging out with him the other day and making a new friend was delightful. And speaking of retirement, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the future. And how the hell I’m going [...]

An article about a group of people who filmed the lives of 6 homeless individuals in Denver recently came up on the radar. The project was originally filmed for Mania TV, but after it was deemed “too edgy,” the filmmakers are now looking for somewhere to air this reality show. (Or “actuality show,” as it [...]

The photos below are just a few of the many photos online of political graffiti, click on the photo to go to the photographer’s Flickr page. Rome, Italy Oxford, UK, 1993 St. Petersburg, Russia Want more? *Global Graphica *Wooster Collective *GraffitiStudies.info *Art Crimes: War Murals *Graffiti: The Art of Politics *Torontoist: Taking it to the [...]

I just finished the piece above, which is graffiti of the Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled spraypainted on the wall between Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Leila Khaled was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). It was a choice made originally to highlight the fact that what we may view through our [...]

The other day there was a story about “yarn bombing” in The Vancouver Sun. It resulted in numerous comments, either praising or criticizing these public acts of crafting. It’s amazing how people have to get either really excited or really pissed off to comment on newspaper articles. Six in one, half-dozen the other, it’s “What [...]