There’s still time to re-think toxic and tasteless Halloween decor​ I am harnessing both my irrational and quite-reasonable fears of two looming nail-biter elections — one provincial within days…

Masks keep our germs to ourselves but I don’t have to like them People ! 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…

Hand-makers will be the change when or if ‘The Big One’ hits​ Of all the things I fret over — a neighbourhood arsonist, identity theft, Trump burning it all down, an all-out war in the Middle…

Dropping out is easy. This art practice is about tuning in ​ Flat 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…

Making things better requires thinking creatively, not throwing it all away Can you do me a favour, a neighbour-friend asked, and I knew his sweet, destructive dog had done it again. The pup, bred to…

New modular building blocks create a visual for more humane density ​ I blame my dream-home fantasies on that OG influencer Martha Stewart. ​ When the thick, slick  Martha Stewart Living  was…

The one great store that fuels textile dreams is closing due to small-business struggles ​ ​Judging by the early deluge of reactions on Reddit last week, we Vancouver makers are stunned to learn…

Picture a nine-year-old and her little brother singing,  There once was a union maid who never was afraid of goons and ginks and company finks… and you’ll have a snapshot of our 1970s…

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…

I am beyond excited at the prospect of a former prosecutor debating a current felon on Sept. 10, if Trump doesn’t wuss out . Kamala Harris has said she thinks “the voters deserve to see the split…