Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture

Nov 8-9 2012 @ Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Proposals must be received by April 2!

Riva on 03/08/12#

Going to be in DC on Nov 1? Join the dia de los muertos craft party at Malaka Gharib's crib. Malaka edits The Runcible Spoon, a paper-and-glue food zine, recently noted by the NYT. Can't make the party? Write for the zine's winter issue.

Riva on 10/26/11#

I love this site: Let's Remake. It's like a time capsule of radical 60's and 70's thinking about living. Plus plans for bat houses. And PDFs of 1974's How to Build Your Own Living Structures.

Tsia on 04/25/11#

...was an incredible Chicago street photographer from the 1950-90s.

"She was a Socialist, a Feminist, a movie critic, and a tell-it-like-it-is type of person. She learned English by going to theaters, which she loved. She wore a men's jacket, men's shoes and a large hat most of the time. She was constantly taking pictures, which she didn't show anyone."

See fantastic memorial blog

Tsia on 04/19/11#

I like this combo of scarf and mobile QR code. Now if I just had a reader app I could find out what it says...

Tsia on 04/13/11#

Why don't more people knit shoes? And by that I mean, why did this never occur to me before?
Check out padraig for inspiration.

logan on 04/04/11#

I just moved from Canada to DC and what a great opportunity to go through my personalia, including 9 sheaves of hand-printed noney. Each sheaf contains 10 notes packaged together with a gorgeous, printed 'NONEY' band.

Riva on 02/22/11#

It's official, I am already thinking about the fabric for a summer mu-mu

Tsia on 02/12/11#

This sparrow caught my attention. I wonder where he is going with that suitcase. I fear he might be dead.

Tsia on 01/31/11#

Thanks to Design Sponge these re-imagined Kilim rugs are blowing my mind.

Tsia on 01/13/11#