#craftivist

Playing around with both ends of my scrappy Musselburgh hat before I shorten it to a wearable length. Pulled all the way down, I appear to have been detained by the Stockinette Chapter of The Knitting Craftivists (interesting image). I almost like the massively wide brim but it hides the Trans Pride stripes, and I want to be a visible ally. The bag cap has a kind of Renaissance or liberty cap look, but it's not exactly a 21st century look. Onward!

Test Version 1

What if I turn tapestry crochet in the gauge of filet crochet? It becomes a tiny tapestry or in other words: a patch.

I wrote a pattern and I'll make version 2 because I'm not completely satisfied.

What I learned is that you can theoretically do any 'pixel art' into crochet. Also every pride flag is possible and those will certainly follow.

hey new blog and looking for accounts to follow

reblog if you post about anti-capitalist punk things

The scrap yarn test is complete! I should be getting the good stuff I ordered in the mail tomorrow. This is a charity project; all proceeds will go to organizations fighting the human rights injustices immigrants/refugees are facing in the US right now. More details to come.

I’m pretty excited about this new body of work. This series is headed to the new Soho House in Los Angeles. 

The first 6 pieces were inspired by some vintage sewing patterns that I scored at an estate sale in the suburbs of Chicago.The ones that I found were from the 40s/50s/60s and all of the illustrations were of white women. Not terribly surprising but I decided to hit up Ebay and see if I could get some diversity in my vintage sewing patterns since the major sewing pattern companies have been around for over 150 years. Turns out...women of color were not featured on sewing patterns until the late 60′s early 70′s as best as I can find (and with confirmation from one of the major sewing pattern companies). So the two women of color featured are from the first sewing patterns I could find that featured women of color. 

I hope to expand this series and bring a level of representation that did not exist. 

Hand embroidery and watercolor on cotton. 8x10

The final piece is for the text wall in the main clubhouse. 

This is Art

(despite what the patriarchy would have you believe)

My intention is to encourage people to pause and consider what gets considered art and what gets considered craft and why....(spoiler alert: it has to do with WHO makes it - their gender and color)

Goldwork embroidery on silk 11x17 

(and it’s hella hard to photograph it so I did the best I could)

I have an essay due in very soon. I only found this out this afternoon because it was in an attachment and I couldn't get them to open, and was afraid to email to say that I couldn't open it lest the sender think poorly of me (yes, I am aware the this is completely ridiculous)

I need names of craftivists. Protest works of art (eg 175lb pile of sweets). Ideally, academic essays on the subject. Anything you can throw at me, please, that I might then look it up