by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 22, 2025 | Abject, Abstract Painting, Acrylic, Art Discourse, Artist, Crochet, Doilies, ECUAD MFA, Fiber Artist, Fiber Arts, Fibre Arts, Found Materials, Hand Stitching, Handmade, Handwork, Imagination, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, MakingIsConnecting, MFA, Personalispolitical, Re-use, Reimagine, Stitching, Tactility, Textile Art, Upcycle, Vancouver
Our job as artists is to imagine different futures (Originally published Feb. 23, 2025 on Substack)I made a bit of a scene when Friedrich Irrgang confirmed that he was retiring after 62 short years in the timepiece-repair business. And just what will become of my...
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 | Sep 30, 2024 | Abstract Painting, Aesthetics, Art Discourse, Carlyn Yandle, Conceptual Craft, Distraction, Embroidery, Exploration, Fiber Arts, Hand Stitching, Intrusive Thoughts, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Material Exploration, Meditative, Painting
Dropping out is easy. This art practice is about tuning inFlat on my back in the chair last week, the dentist had just plunged the second needle into my eroded molar area and her assistant was now affixing the rubber dam. This is when my go-to flight response kicked...
by Carlyn Yandle | Aug 9, 2024 | Art Discourse, Art School, Arts And Crafts, Children, Cob Oven, Collaboration, Craft, Craft Camp, Found Materials, Material Exploration, Upcycling
Vacationing with extended family or acquaintances at the campground can be awkward for those makers who devote a good portion of our waking hours to making artwork.Unless you’re cranking out objects for your Etsy shop you will be faced with that one question that...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jul 14, 2024 | Activism, Aesthetics, Aging, Art Discourse, Art Show, Beauty, Carlyn Yandle, Creative Process, Critique, Dissent, Domestic, Embroidery, Fabric, Fiber, Fiber Artist, Fibre Arts, Flow, Found Materials, Fuckwit, Garment, Hand Stitching, Handmade, Handmaking, Ideas, Inspiration, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Knotting, Macrame, Material Exploration, Motivation, Needlework, Painting, Scaffolds, Unbridled, Wall Hanging, Wearable Art
When I first started out as a suburban-newspaper reporter I had a single original artwork tacked to the wall in my basement suite. It was a life-sized acrylic-on-paper, a nude holding her maybe-pregnant belly against a landscape of spewing factories and...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jul 7, 2024 | @tinypricksproject, Activism, Art Discourse, Carlyn Yandle, Crochet, Current Conditions, Discomforter, Embroidery, Fiber Artist, Fibre Arts, Hand Stitching, Handmaking, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Knitting, Protest, Protest Art, Pussy-hat, Slow Craft, Subversive Stitch, Tiny Pricks Project, Trump
The American penchant for patriotic treats is impressive, from jelly shots to meat trays. (Instagram collage) We all sort of forgot about celebrating Canada Day last weekend, up north, on a farm. No fireworks, no flags, no impressive array of themed party foods in the...
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