This is repost from March 23, 2004. You can see the entirety of that post here. I still think that the “grandmother” issues is as important today as it was then. What do you think? Also, aren’t you glad I use “regular” punctuation now? there is a press frenzy surrounding [knitting] and i’ve been dealing […]
Below is the most visited post in my archives, one from March 23, 2004 called Why Craft = Punk Rock. In 2004, I was living in London, getting my MA and had just started writing and researching about craft and community. It was before all the press and essays and was a true time of […]
ever since the seeming dark days of high school, i have not-so-secretly loved the spinanes. at 18 i thought rebecca gates was a nothing but a genius when she sang, “did you give up punk for lent?” i thought about this on the tube this afternoon while reading the new issue of punk planet. about […]
living in london, i’m constantly amazed by the fact that the so-called ‘subversive craft scene’ is non-existent. in the u.s., it is everywhere you look and it’s not so much a ‘call to arms’ as it is an expression of something i/you/we can do with our own hands to make our own lives as well […]
Awhile ago I asked people to help me write a manifesto for craftivism. Twelve people shared their thoughts; this is what we created. These thoughts perfectly encapsulate how I envisioned craftivism from the beginning and I am thankful beyond words to have had input from such amazing and inspiring makers. This is not the end […]