by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 25, 2024 | Counter Culture, Crochet, Found Materials, Fuzzy Logic, Goblin Core, Granny Square, Grannycore, Hand Stitching, Handmade, Knitting, Logo Sweater, Material Exploration, Needlework, Roses Against Violence, Seattle Art Museum, Spore, Vancouver, Xenobia Bailey
The Wet Coast is no place for this fuzzy fantasyThe trees are sun-kissed radiant red and gold as I hunker down to write this, in that little sliver of crisp and dry days between the months of dumb-dumb flipflops and the damn rain boots. Not that I’m complaining...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 22, 2024 | Arts And Crafts, Decorations, Halloween, Handmade, Homemade, Seasonal Decor, Upcycling
There’s still time to re-think toxic and tasteless Halloween decorI am harnessing both my irrational and quite-reasonable fears of two looming nail-biter elections — one provincial within days and that bigger scary one with the global impact — and funnelling...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 12, 2024 | Art Activism, Art Discourse, Arts And Crafts, Community Building, Coronavirus, Covid, Fiber Artist, Fibre, Fibre Arts, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Masks, Pandemic, Sewing, Social Distancing, Social Distancing Hat, Social Engagement, Socialart, Subversive Stitch, Textile Art, Vancouver
Masks keep our germs to ourselves but I don’t have to like themPeople! Am I going to have to bring out my Social Distancing Hat again? Everyone I know is either in the grips of one plague or another or sharing stories about a friend with Long Covid or flu or...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 2, 2024 | Abject, Anxiety, Architecture, Artifact, Assemblage, Binding, Braiding, Dystopia, Found Materials, Handmaking, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Material Exploration, Meditation, Scaffolds I, Seismic Rug
Hand-makers will be the change when or if ‘The Big One’ hitsOf all the things I fret over — a neighbourhood arsonist, identity theft, Trump burning it all down, an all-out war in the Middle East — ‘earthquake’ is not one of them. But it may seem like I’m...
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