by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 13, 2015 | Craftivism, Found Materials, Installation, Mosaic, Social Engagement, Tagging
I’m sure I didn’t come up with the term ‘mosaic tagging’ but the idea of embedding found remnants of domestic culture into the built landscape has been rolling around my brain for a while. It finally happened this summer, in an East Van back...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 12, 2015 | Architecture, Artist, Environment, Photography, Visual Field
I really want to believe our Prime Minister’s — what, pledge? Hope? Prediction? — that we will be a fossil-fuel-free nation by the year 2100, as he told the rest of the Gang of 7 at their Bavarian get-together last week.But any hope I have for a truly green-fueled...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 5, 2015 | Additive, Art, Collaboration, Draw Down, Fiber, Fibre, Fibre Arts, Knotting, Macrame, Mt. Pleasant Community Centre, Network, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Social Media, Upcycling, Vancouver, Weaving
I’m not knocking social media. Hitting ‘Like’ to one posted act of injustice after another is nothing like joining a sit-in at your MP’s office or marching in protest. But I also get that there is power in those tweets and online petitions. We...
by Carlyn Yandle | May 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
My mother shared the above image in a Facebook link with me because she knows what makes my heart go thumpety-thump: a dazzling visual pattern tied to a hefty underlying concept. @billmckibben shared this staggering image on Twitter. I and thousands of other social...
by Carlyn Yandle | May 22, 2015 | Building, Cob, Cob Oven, Collaboration, Construction, Handwork, Ideas, Industrial Design, Mud Girls, Nature, Raw Materials, Social Engagement, Vancouver
Where it all began: The Mud Girls retreat that sowed the seed for new/old building modes. Playing with mainly found materials, and whenever possible with other people, offers me the chance to learn about properties and potential of those throw-away materials as well...
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