A few days late on this one, thanks to traveling, but here is week #4, about the arpilleras of Chile and the arpilleristas who made them. During the reign of Augosto Pinochet (a dictator in power from 1973 to 1990) in Chile, men were disappearing and the government wouldn’t tell the people who were asking […]
Next in the interview series, we have the work of Elizabeth Shefrin! To see more of her work, go to stitchingforsocialchange.ca and middleeastpeacequilt.ca. You can also see more of the Embroidered Cancer Comic here on Facebook. 1. What is your definition of craftivism? Craftivism is a new word for me. But I understand it as […]
I found out about this video via a Bitch magazine blog post. It already has over 3 million views. It’s by an Indian rapper named Sofia Ashraf, who changed the words to Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda,” turning it into an environmental protest song. Â To keep up with what Sofia is up to, you can follow her […]
Last week I gave a talk at Fabrica Gallery in Brighton! As promised, here are links to some of the topics I spoke about, in the order in which they were discussed. *Sadie Plant’s Zeros and One’s *Library of Congress’ Gee’s Bend archive *Gee’s Bend quilts *Craftifesto *Helping the Trawlers *Tina Selby’s knit hats *Stop […]
Yesterday I gave a talk at Unravel: A Festival of Knitting in lovely Farnham. I talked about how you can make craftivism your own and help other people with it. During the talk, I noted that I would be placing links to what I was talking about here, so here we go. In some cases, […]