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Craftivism

Betsy Greer
Craftivism Book PDF

Author : Betsy Greer
Publisher : Arsenal Pulp Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781551525358

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Craftivism is a worldwide movement that operates at the intersection where craft and activism meet; Craftivism the book is full of inspiration for crafters who want to create works that add to the greater good. With interviews and profiles of craftivists who are changing the world with their art, and through examples that range from community embroidery projects, stitching in prisons, revolutionary ceramics, AIDS activism, yarn bombing, and crafts that facilitate personal growth, Craftivism provides imaginative examples of how crafters can be creative and altruistic at the same time. Artists profiled in the book are from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Asia, and their crafts include knitting, crocheting, sewing, textiles, pottery, and ceramics. There's the Brooklyn writer who creates large-scale site-specific knitted installations; the British woman who runs sewing and quilting workshops for community building and therapy; the Indonesian book maker and organizer of a DIY craft center; and the Oxford, England, cultural theorist and dress designer. A wonderful sense of optimism and possibility pervades the book: the inspiring notion that being crafty can really make the world a better place. Betsy Greer is a writer, crafter, researcher, and the author of Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social and Political Change Stitch by Stitch. She also runs the blog craftivism.com and believes that creativity and positive activism can save not only the soul, but also the world.

How to be a Craftivist

Sarah Corbett
How to be a Craftivist Book PDF

Author : Sarah Corbett
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781783524082

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How to be a Craftivist by Sarah Corbett Pdf

'This is mindful activism . . . thought-out, strategic and engaging' Guardian 'I love what Sarah does! It's quiet activism for everyone including introverts' Jon Ronson 'Sarah Corbett mixes an A-grade mind with astonishing creativity and emotional awareness' Lucy Siegle If we want a world that is beautiful, kind and fair, shouldn't our activism be beautiful, kind and fair? Award-winning campaigner and founder of the global Craftivist Collective Sarah Corbett shows how to respond to injustice not with apathy or aggression, but with gentle, effective protest. This is a manifesto – for a more respectful and contemplative activism; for conversation and collaboration where too often these is division and conflict; for using craft to engage, empower and encourage us all to be the change we wish to see in the world. Sarah's craftivism has helped change laws and business policies as well as hearts and minds; here, with thoughtful principles and practical examples, she shows that quiet action can speak as powerfully as the loudest voice.

A Little Book of Craftivism

Sarah Corbett
A Little Book of Craftivism Book PDF

Author : Sarah Corbett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 1908714077

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An inspirational introduction to the ideas of the Craftivist Collective; a worldwide group of activists using craft as their medium.

Craftivism

Tal Fitzpatrick
Craftivism Book PDF

Author : Tal Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1388836904

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Whether you are dabbling in craftivism for the first time or are a seasoned craftivist, this craftivism manifesto/methodology handbook is designed to help you think deeply about your practice.

Craft Activism

Joan Tapper,Gale Zucker
Craft Activism Book PDF

Author : Joan Tapper,Gale Zucker
Publisher : Potter Craft
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780307586834

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Join the Handmade Movement! We make to give. We make to share. We make to connect with others. Crafters all over the world are using their hands and hearts to make a statement, change the world, and build community. Craft Activism is an inspiring celebration of this growing movement. Inside, dozens of superstars of this grassroots phenomenon share their experiences, tips, and advice on living, teaching, and promoting a more meaningful DIY lifestyle. Learn to craft for your cause, connect with other crafters, think green, organize a fair, host an online exchange, create yarn graffiti, and more. The book also includes 17 creative projects from designers who challenge you to reimagine how your craft skills can be used to make a difference. Whether you knit, sew, crochet, or collage—and even if you’re not sure where to begin—this book is your guide to the incredible power of handmade.

Craftivism and Yarn Bombing

Alyce McGovern
Craftivism and Yarn Bombing Book PDF

Author : Alyce McGovern
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137579911

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Craftivism and Yarn Bombing by Alyce McGovern Pdf

This book explores the use of handmade crafts as a vehicle for protest. Craftivism has experienced a resurgence in recent years, often in direct response to the social, environment and political concerns of those who engage in the practice. Acts of craftivism raise important questions for criminologists about the use of public space, power, and resistance. McGovern focuses on an example of the ‘craftivist’ movement that has been steadily gaining momentum since the early to mid-2000s: yarn bombing. As an urban craft movement that melds the skills of knitting or crochet with the act of graffiti, yarn bombing has the potential to contribute to criminological understandings of graffiti and street art, particularly on issues of gender, perceptions of and motivations for graffiti, and the commodification of crime. Drawing on interviews with yarn bombers and craftivists, Craftivism and Yarn Bombing explores how such acts can be understood and explored through a criminological lens, and will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including criminology, sociology, cultural studies, gender studies, and urban studies.

Extra/Ordinary

Maria Elena Buszek
Extra Ordinary Book PDF

Author : Maria Elena Buszek
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780822347620

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Artists, critics, curators, and scholars develop theories of craft in relation to art, chronicle how fine art institutions understand and exhibit craft media, and offer accounts of activist crafting.

Crafting Change

Jessica Vitkus
Crafting Change Book PDF

Author : Jessica Vitkus
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780374313333

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An informative and inspiring exploration of craftivism — the intersection of handicraft and activism — designed to encourage young creators while providing meaningful historical context. You don’t have to be old enough to vote to drive political change. In Crafting Change, author, TV producer, and craftivist Jessica Vitkus explores the rich lineage of craftivism, with profiles of craftivisit icons, many of whom are women and people of color. This YA non-fiction book shines a light on artist-driven projects like This Is Not a Gun – workshops where people sculpt objects the police have mistaken for a gun in fatal shootings -- alongside creative movements that mobilized entire communities, like the AIDS Memorial Quilt and the Pussyhat project for the 2017 Women’s March. This engaging narrative combines compelling artist interviews with full-color photos of creators and crafts alike. A perfect book for teens who want to channel their creativity into political action, with ideas for simple projects sure to appeal to budding craftivists.

Knitting for Good!

Betsy Greer
Knitting for Good Book PDF

Author : Betsy Greer
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0834822482

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Every time we knit, we have the opportunity to create positive change in ourselves, our community, and in the world. That’s Betsy Greer’s fervent belief, and in this book she shows us how. Betsy explores the ways we can use knitting to slow down in a fast-paced culture, while using the craft to benefit charities in our communities, to advocate for worthwhile causes, and to support individuals and communities across the globe. Filled with insights from knitters and crafters on how they use craft to benefit others, Knitting for Good! will get you thinking about knitting in a whole new way. To learn more about the author, visit her website: craftivism.com

Crafting the Resistance

Lara Neel,Heather Marano
Crafting the Resistance Book PDF

Author : Lara Neel,Heather Marano
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781510731394

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Knit, sew, and craft your way to self-empowerment. Are you a Nasty Woman ready to smash the patriarchy with a needle and thread? Proudly proclaim your feminism with your very own DIY Bleeding Heart T-shirt? Or stage a protest with the rest of the girls, wearing knitted Pussyhats? Be part of the revolution by reclaiming the "domestic" arts of knitting, sewing, and more—to channel your feminist rage. With pictures, step-by-step instructions, bonus patterns, and tips for crafters of all skill levels from beginner to advanced, Crafting the Resistance is the book for women’s rights activists on a DIY path to self-determination. Put your homemaking and protesting skills to the test with thirty-five girl-powered, easy-to-make, kickass projects such as: "Snowflake" knitted wristers "Bleeding Heart" T-shirt Clear vinyl protest tote bag to speed up security screenings The Pussyhat as knitted hats, holiday ornaments, throw pillows, and cat beds “Nasty Nag” zippered pouch Well read bookmarks And More! Take politics into your own hands, literally, and craft your message out into the world. Including an essay and quotes on the history and importance of craftivism, Crafting the Resistance is the ultimate book for political crafters, DIY activists, empowered protestors, and any woman—or man—who is part of the resistance.

Fray

Julia Bryan-Wilson
Fray Book PDF

Author : Julia Bryan-Wilson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226077826

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In 1974, women in a feminist consciousness-raising group in Eugene, Oregon, formed a mock organization called the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society. Emblazoning its logo onto t-shirts, the group wryly envisioned female collective textile making as a practice that could upend conventions, threaten state structures, and wreak political havoc. Elaborating on this example as a prehistory to the more recent phenomenon of “craftivism”—the politics and social practices associated with handmaking—Fray explores textiles and their role at the forefront of debates about process, materiality, gender, and race in times of economic upheaval. Closely examining how amateurs and fine artists in the United States and Chile turned to sewing, braiding, knotting, and quilting amid the rise of global manufacturing, Julia Bryan-Wilson argues that textiles unravel the high/low divide and urges us to think flexibly about what the politics of textiles might be. Her case studies from the 1970s through the 1990s—including the improvised costumes of the theater troupe the Cockettes, the braided rag rugs of US artist Harmony Hammond, the thread-based sculptures of Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña, the small hand-sewn tapestries depicting Pinochet’s torture, and the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt—are often taken as evidence of the inherently progressive nature of handcrafted textiles. Fray, however, shows that such methods are recruited to often ambivalent ends, leaving textiles very much “in the fray” of debates about feminized labor, protest cultures, and queer identities; the malleability of cloth and fiber means that textiles can be activated, or stretched, in many ideological directions. The first contemporary art history book to discuss both fine art and amateur registers of handmaking at such an expansive scale, Fray unveils crucial insights into how textiles inhabit the broad space between artistic and political poles—high and low, untrained and highly skilled, conformist and disobedient, craft and art.

The Craftivist Collective Handbook

Sarah P. Corbett
The Craftivist Collective Handbook Book PDF

Author : Sarah P. Corbett
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781800182516

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If we want our world to be more beautiful, kind and fair, can we make our activism more beautiful, kind and fair? ‘Gentle Protest’ is a unique methodology of strategic, compassionate and visually intriguing activism using handicrafts as a tool. Since its creation in 2009, the award-winning global Craftivist Collective has helped change laws, policies, hearts and minds around the world as well as expand the view of what activism can be. This handbook is for everyone, wherever you are in the world: whether you are a skilled crafter or a burnt-out activist, an introvert, highly sensitive person, or struggling with anxiety or overwhelm. These 20 projects and tools use the slow, soothing and thoughtful process of craft to help channel feelings of sadness, anger or powerlessness into proactive, encouraging effective actions to help make hope possible.

Crafting Dissent

Hinda Mandell
Crafting Dissent Book PDF

Author : Hinda Mandell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538118405

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Pussyhats, typically crafted with yarn, quite literally created a sea of pink the day after Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States in January 2017, as the inaugural Women’s March unfolded throughout the U.S., and sister cities globally. But there was nothing new about women crafting as a means of dissent. Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats is the first book that demonstrates how craft, typically involving the manipulation of yarn, thread and fabric, has also been used as a subversive tool throughout history and up to the present day, to push back against government policy and social norms that crafters perceive to be harmful to them, their bodies, their families, their ideals relating to equality and human rights, and their aspirations. At the heart of the book is an exploration for how craft is used by citizens to engage with the rhetoric and policy shaping their country’s public sphere. The book is divided into three sections: "Crafting Histories," Politics of Craft," and "Crafting Cultural Conversations." Three features make this a unique contribution to the field of craft activism and history: The inclusion of diverse contributors from a global perspective (including from England, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Australia) Essay formats including photo essays, personal essays and scholarly investigations The variety of professional backgrounds among the book’s contributors, including academics, museum curators, art therapists, small business owners, provocateurs, artists and makers. This book explains that while handicraft and craft-motivated activism may appear to be all the rage and “of the moment,” a long thread reveals its roots as far back as the founding of American Democracy, and at key turning points throughout the history of nations throughout the world.

Making Matters

Leigh Gruwell
Making Matters Book PDF

Author : Leigh Gruwell
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781646422555

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Making Matters by Leigh Gruwell Pdf

Craft is a process-oriented practice that takes seriously the relationships between bodies—both human and nonhuman—and makes apparent how these relationships are mired in and informed by power structures. Making Matters introduces craft agency, a feminist vision of new materialist rhetorics that enables scholars to identify how power circulates and sometimes stagnates within assemblages of actors and provides tools to rectify that uneven distribution. To recast new materialist rhetorics as inherently crafty, Leigh Gruwell historicizes and locates the concept of craft both within rhetorical history as well as in the disciplinary history of writing studies. Her investigation centers on three specific case studies: craftivism, the fibercraft website Ravelry, and the 2017 Women’s March. These instances all highlight how a material, ecological understanding of rhetorical agency can enact political change. Craft agency models how we humans might work with and alongside things—nonhuman, sometimes digital, sometimes material—to create more equitable relationships. Making Matters argues that craft is a useful starting point for addressing criticisms of new materialist rhetorics not only because doing so places rhetorical action as a product of complex relationships between a network of human and nonhuman actors, but also because it does so with an explicitly activist agenda that positions the body itself as a material interface.

Pioneering New Perspectives in the Fashion Industry

Elaine L Ritch,Catherine Canning,Julie McColl
Pioneering New Perspectives in the Fashion Industry Book PDF

Author : Elaine L Ritch,Catherine Canning,Julie McColl
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781803823478

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Pioneering New Perspectives in the Fashion Industry by Elaine L Ritch,Catherine Canning,Julie McColl Pdf

Tailored for fashion students and equally relevant for fashion professionals, Pioneering New Perspectives in the Fashion Industry: Disruption, Diversity and Sustainable Innovation presents a ground-breaking, comprehensive and cutting-edge analysis of the challenges and opportunities reshaping the global fashion industry.