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 21, 2024 | Community Building, Gardening, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Kintsugi, MakingIsConnecting, Mending, Perfectionism, Re-use, Repairing Is Caring, RepairingIsCaring, Sewing, SharingIsCaring, Upcycling, Use Object, Wabi-sabi, Zero Waste Art
Making things better requires thinking creatively, not throwing it all awayCan you do me a favour, a neighbour-friend asked, and I knew his sweet, destructive dog had done it again.The pup, bred to herd, over large tracts of land, has made uneven progress adjusting to...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 22, 2022 | Community Building, Costume, DIY, Fashion, Halloween, Handmade, Performance, Recycling, Sewing, Textile, Thrift Stores, Thrifting, Upcycling, Value Village
Just a week before Halloween — prime creative costume time — we in these parts are again reminded of the tragic, toxic end to our local Value Village.The general love-hate relationship came to a fiery finish one summer night four months ago yet I can’t shake thoughts...
by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 10, 2020 | Activism, Art Quilt, Art School, Art Show, Braided Rug, Braiding, Carlyn Yandle, Community Building, Denim, Exhibition, Fiber Artist, Fibre Arts, Found Materials, Grad 2020, Hearth, Installation, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Macrame, MFA, Quilt, Quilt Block, Resurge, Scaffolds, Slow Craft, Social Engagement, Tapestry, Weaving, Zero Waste Art
Where is the joy when you’re living in a time of a global coronavirus pandemic and a local toxic-drug epidemic? What is the use of making when your city is seized by global investment-real estate schemes, when there’s too much stuff in a overheated planet and a...
by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 3, 2020 | Carlyn Yandle, Community Building, Coronavirus, Cover-19, Craftivism, DIY, Fibre, Found Materials, Handmaking, Innovation, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Masks, Pandemic, Sewing, Social Engagement, Utility, Vancouver
We who turn to rote hand-making activity to quell our anxiety have been knitting, sewing, embroidering, crocheting and needleworking up a storm. My go-to, like countless others stuck at home, is making masks. As the death tolls roll in, I am on auto-pilot. The thing...
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