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AnimeIowa 2011
Noisy, joyous, full of life. Reading old radio plays with Kyle Hebert at the helm. Hanging out with Jan Scott-Frazier. Dinner with the Brothers Ayres. Meeting Lea Hernandez again for the first time in sixteen years. Rubber ducky racing. Host and maid cafes. Judging the Masquerade and gaping at some lovely cosplay (including my first-ever [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )On Collaboration
Creative collaboration = me+. I’ve gained and learned so much by working with gifted people. Find out more about them and what we made together.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Yarn bombing in Texas
“You like crafts” said my friend Marc. “We must take you by some yarn bombing sites.” Marc lives in a quiet Dallas suburb, not the kind of place you would normally expect to find the world’s newest, and cuddliest, street art movement. But it turned out I’d timed my visit perfectly. The weekend of A-Kon 22 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Anime North 2011: Canada is BIG
Anime North was my first visit to Canada, and it was a blast. They gave me an award, but that was only the beginning.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Crafts Remade
Rebirth, remaking, re-invention: all good themes for spring, and all features of the alt.crafts movement. Manga Cross-Stitch has its own spring revival in the blogosphere.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Prinzhorn Collection
Outsider art from the inside – an astonishing collection of works by psychiatric patients.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Global textile design with a Japanese accent
Global cultural flows aren’t just about high art or elite ghettoes – anime and manga are establishing themselves in the domestic design market.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Workshopping: or, why I love making things with kids
Why, apart from the money, does a writer or artist want to run summer holiday workshops for children?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hang ‘em, flog ‘em, or stitch ‘em up? Embroidery as rehabilitation
Fine Cell Work is a charity enabling rehabilitation of prisoners through needlecraft. If you think that sounds bonkers, read on and find out why it’s working.
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