by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 6, 2025 | Abject, Abstract Painting, Activism, Agency, Art Activism, Art Quilt, Covid, ECUAD MFA, Exhibition, Found Materials, Gathering, Hand Stitching, Handmaking, Hearth, Installation, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Log Cabin, MakingIsConnecting, Pandemic, Quilt, Quilt Block, Rote Activity, Social Art, Social Distancing, Social Engagement, Upcycle, Upcycling, Zero Waste Art
Hand-making outside the dominant economic system The news is inescapable. The Trump tariffs announced last week will “rupture the global economy,” warns the Prime Minister. This is on top of the inflationary wallop on 45 per cent of Canadians who reported that rising...
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Aug 31, 2022 | Carlyn Yandle, Collaboration, Collage, Covid, Craft, Embellishment, Embroidery, Fabric, Fashion, Feminist, Feminist Art, Fiber Artist, Fibre Arts, Hand Stitching, Handwork, Pandemic, Stitching, Tattoo, Text, Textile, Unbridled, Upcycling
Exploring tattoo tropes (Carlyn Yandle photo) Thirty years ago this month I floated down the aisle in a pearly silk dress. Recently I pulled this relic out of deep storage to give it new life.It is a ballerina-length A-line number, a fitted silhouette of crisp,...
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