I am so super lucky. I have in my hot little hands a copy of the second issue of World Sweet World. WSW is a new craft magazine that’s fresh out of Aotearoa and it’s gorgeous.
This issue features an article about Craftivism from my lovely buddy Zoe Thompson Moore, whom you may remember from the TiNA workshop, fence stitching and the Addington Women’s Revolutionary Craft Circle. It’s a great analysis of craft as a radical activity. And I must give a big ups to WSW for seeing this as an important topic to cover in a craft magazine.
The rest of the issue has all sorts of great articles, crafty tips and tutorials and a showcase of local and international craft talent. In fact, I sat down, read it. Read it again. And then immediately started making something out of it!
I can only see this magazine getting better as more people hear about it. And it’s great to see a ‘not your nanna’s’ craft mag coming out of this part of the world.
Even better it’s pretty damn affordable. Despite being printed on sustainable forest paper with vegetable-based inks (which is never overtly cheap), and being over 60 pages, it’s only NZ$8 which is insanely good value considering how ace it is. And it’s even cheaper if you subscribe. Right now they have a special subscription competition, so check it out. I’m certainly getting myself a subscription!
