Radical Cross Stitch

for crafty types who don’t dig rose-scented doilies.

Celebrating all that is irreverent, kitchy, delightfully offensive & made lovingly by hand.

The Craft Cartel is about providing community support for makers of objects that don’t normally have a space within the retail sphere. We support crafters who use innovative techniques, recycled materials, make provocative statements or just crafters who don’t have the capacity to make a full time living out of making what they make. We recognise and seek to promote the value to our communities and our environment of buying interesting and wonderful handmade objects as opposed to mass produced plastic crap. We also see the importance of strong communities and we like to open the craft cartel experience to people of all walks of life. We do not subscribe to art wank and we are prone to ridiculing the pretentious.

Podcast Archive

Episode Six (Seex) 08.08.13 - This episode we hit the streets with the Melbourne Revolutionary Craft Circle on their world famous radical craft action.
Episode Five 08.07.08 - This episode we have a nice long interview with Zoe Thompson-Moore from the Addington Revolutionary Womyn’s Craft Circle.
Episode Four 02.06.08 - This episode we go on a crafty adventure to the outback. Talk to Sharna Nolan from the Skateistan project. And we have a wee feminist analysis of some current craft trends. Plus music, events and websites.
Episode Three 16.04.08 - This episode we talk about craftivism. Interview Cate Lawrence from Polka Dot Rabbit about Buy Nothing Craft Month. And we have another zine review, music and websites to check out.
Episode Two 31.03.08 - This episode we talk about the politics of buying handmade. Interview Kirsteene from Scrumptious Productions. And we’ve got our very first crafty zine review. Plus music, websites, events and more.
Episode One 17.03.08 - This episode we talk about the Cartel and where it all began. We talk to Melanie from Satchel. And share some fun and subversive crafty projects for you to get involved in. Plus a bit of music and a lot of laughs.

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Market Details
The Craft Cartel Market is having a Winter hiatus. But we are supporting the Craftea Chats series of Craft Workshops being organised by Ms Cate, you should too.

The market will be back. In the meantime, we’re always looking for more cartel members. So if you specialise in crazy, subversive, political or just plain bent crafts drop us a line
Strictly no products that would be inoffensive to Rotarians x

Not only do you get the opportunity to be part of the market but we are constantly scouting for new opportunities to share with the cartel.

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