It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.
Excuse my indulgence, but these are my first daffodills that I planted myself!
Aah…
Ain’t that cool?
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If you haven’t already seen this, watch. And then get really excited!
I can’t wait for the doco to come out. Although, goddess knows how long it will take to get to Australia…
The thing I love the most about this trailer is the number of times people say recycled!
Oh and sorry I’m a bit [...]
Presenting, my latest finished piece!
I got this cushion cover from a charity shop in Smith Street, Melbourne a while ago and I’ve been holding on to it for the right moment of inspiration. One day I had a polar bear moment and knew exactly what needed to be done.
I had a great time making [...]
No that’s not a print, or a photoshop image. It’s one of the latest amazing tapestries from John Nava.
Political Fabric is comprised of a group of tapestries that seeks to record resistance to the disastrous policies of the destructive and corrupt Bush/Cheney reign. When the work on these images began the national polls measuring [...]
And I don’t care that it’s still August!
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I hope you’ve all been keeping up to date with the awesome actions at Heathrow for Climate Camp 07. I’d been reading updates along the way, mostly through Schnews and thinking ‘boy I wish I was there, looks like fun!’.
Well, turns out one of my old school friends was there (Facebook does have it’s [...]
Welcome to all the visitors from Sew, Mama, Sew! I’m so honoured to be a part of such an inspirational project. I’ve already made two things and have a long list of other projects to do. Hope you find this tutorial useful
We all know that making our own things is [...]
Sometimes when you’re friends with really cool jewish anarchist hippies and you find a cool jewishy font on the internet, you just get compelled to cross stitch.
I never got to turn it into a proper patch cause I made this before I got my sewing machine. And if I took the photo it would [...]
Once in a previous web incarnation I wrote:
Even having fun is political. And the most political fun stuff you can do is stuff that costs no money! Screw the GDP!
So here’s Tara having fun for free.
This is Tara in her spaceship. It’s just a box lined with a blanket and she loves [...]
Visit Indiepublic
Like I needed another distraction, but all you crafty kids out there should check out indiepublic. It’s a social networking site for independent art and craft designers. It’s a seriously pretty and uberfunctional site and a great way to promote the work you do.
My profile is here if anyone wants to be [...]
Despite previous claims of exploiting Tara for political gain, I haven’t really done it too much at all. Yeah she is the founding leader of BAdGE (Babies Against Genetic Engineering), and she has been to a few protests, but still…
But we bought her this tshirt and I have to show it off cause she’s [...]
Ladies and gentlemen I’d like to introduce you to a new face that will be hanging around here a bit. Hailing all the way from Sweden, please say hello to Cross Stitch Ninja!
CSN does really cool stuff like this one
The text translates to “put a flame under your rage, sister”. You go girl!
And this [...]
In the theme of the infamous downmind media spoof of the Aussie Tourism ads, NZ political spoof series Facelift has done this rather amusing spoof. It’s not quite as visually clever as the downwind version but certainly politically accurate.
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Check out this AMAZING project from the International Fiber Collaborative.
The goal of the International Fiber Collaborative is to provide an opportunity for people who enjoy working with crafts, whether professional artists, hobbyists or students to come together from all over the world to express their concerns about their countries extreme dependency on oil for energy. [...]
Old skool Melbourne rave dude Gary has put together this fantastic wee blog dedicated to that great dance institution, the Melbourne Shuffle.
Melbourne Shuffle site
It’s insane. There’s this rennaissance of shuffling going on out there and there’s youtube’s all over the place. Unbelievable.
Check this dude out.
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In case you live under a rock or don’t give a flying f**k what the ‘West’ is up to these days you would’ve noticed that the Empire is having an ‘election’ again soon. Given that the world’s greatest democracy has the least democratic electoral system imaginable these crafty kids have come up with some [...]
Head over to the art of the possible (sorry can’t figure out how to imbed this baby) and check out the wee vid on Bike Valet Parking in San Francisco.
This guy is an uber legend!
Why don’t the Melbourne sporting venues offer similar services? Melbourne’s supposed to be a bike friendly city but it’s always [...]
The weirdest things pop up on Craftster some days. But imagine my stunned delight when I stumbled on this beautiful wee object
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!
I do think they would look slightly better on a scungy old pair of y-fronts but this look is pretty stunning. I’m predicting a new [...]
If I was a government department I really wouldn’t buy adspace on news sites.
The whole key word ad matching thing often does bad things to government depts. I remember once seeing an ad for the IRD (tax dept) which was matched to an article about a massive IRD stuff up.
And if I was in [...]
Mixtape zine has published some interviews that didn’t make it into the zine. They’re all interviews with etsy sellers who use recycled materials for their work. Just like me! Yay!
Have you come across any obstacles in finding or using materials to recycle?
No way! I’ve realized just how much clothing is out there already, waiting to [...]
"I don't regard myself as an artist. I am a craftsman. Fuck art." - Clifford Harper
