by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
My four-year-old niece asked Santa Claus for lights this year. “For the bushes.” And so when the family car pulled up to their house after Christmas Eve dinner the shrubbery was all a-glow. And so was she.You know we’re in trouble when even the wee...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 19, 2014 | Aesthetics, Art, Art School, Artist, Climate Change, Collaboration, Craftsmanship, Design, Form, Handwork, Industrial Design, Maker, Marketing, Production, Sculpture, Technology, Use Object
Dear Santa,I know I haven’t written since I was a kid, and when it comes to wants, I’m pretty much good. Unlike a lot of my neighbours who rent homes that are slated for demolition in the coming year or who have to hit the food bank at the end of every...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 12, 2014 | Art, Artist, Caroline Eriksson, Ceca Georgieva, Christmas, Color, Colour, Craft, Craftsmanship, Creative Process, Culture, DSquared2, Emily Blincoe, Gingerbread, Ideas, Maker, Making, Meditative, Performance Art, Sculpture
It’s not too late to say, Nay! I will not be coerced into this coming two-week commercial frenzy. I will steer my little ship into calmer waters! Instead of joining the throngs of harried consumers grabbing up plastic chocolate-pooping reindeer and ironic...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 5, 2014 | Art Show, Craft, Craftsmanship, Creative Process, Crochet, Cultural Hub, Culture, Dear Human, Design, Exhibit, Fabricating, Festival, Fiber, Fibre Arts, Fuzzy Logic, Gallery, Handwork, Ideas, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Installation, Knitting, Lecture, Maker, Openings, Playing, Process, Project, Rachael Ashe, Spore, TO DO, Toronto Design Offsite, Vancouver
It’s getting close to a decade since I packed it all in: my needles and wool, my sewing machine and fabrics, my mid-level-management career. There was more to explore.I’ve been mixing it up with a wide range of materials (and makers) ever since but even...
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