Craft Actions!
It’s weird there was a bit of a lull in craft actions going on around the world and now I’ve heard about three at once. Although only two of them just happened.
We got a nice mention from microrevolt (hi back!) and in the post was the wonderful knitwit crew, who do such ace stuff as
That is pretty chur eh?
And they’re looking for people to contribute to the project, check out their website.
Also I spoke in the 1st episode (I think) of the podcast, about the Wild Earth quilt project. Well, it’s finished!
Here’s some great pictures of all the gorgeous craftiness involved.
The Wild Earth Quilt Project was inspired by our deep feelings for the wild spirit of the Weld Valley in Southern Tasmania, a stunning wilderness valley being rapidly destroyed by industrial clearfelling and woodchipping. In mid-2007 flyers were distributed calling-out for individuals to make quilt patches inspired by their feelings for wild places, wherever that may be.
Patches started trickling in from all around Australia, and then from places all over the world. It has been fascinating being privy to other people’s feelings and ideas about wild places. Cultural and environmental differences greatly influence our perception of what is “wild”; from the swirling depths of the wild Franklin River in Tasmania, to the farm animals of Ireland.
The Wild Earth Quilt was recently exhibited at the annual collaborative exhibition Weld Echo, held in Hobart as a fundraiser for the campaign to protect the Weld Valley.
(The Black Sassy Collective is the artistic arm of the Huon Valley Environment Centre in Southern Tasmania. The HVEC is a grassroots volunteer-run organisation that campaigns for the protection of Tasmania’s threatened native forests, and promotes sustainable living. www.huon.org www.blacksassy.org)
And kind of along the same theme and with some of the same crafters is this action, which went down on World Environment Day.
Giant Environment Minister Peter Garrett visited six ALP offices across Australia on 5th June as community members held a National Day of Action to highlight their critical concerns with the destruction of Tasmania’s old growth forests and the ALP’s continued support for Gunns Ltd.’s proposed pulp mill. Giant Garrett was kept extremely busy on World Environment Day, appearing in Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane and Darwin.
“Today’s National Day of Action has sent a very clear message to Minister Garrett that the ALP’s continued support for the woodchipping and burning of Tasmania’s ancient forests as well as Gunns Ltd.’s forest munching pulp mill is simply unacceptable to the Australian people. The federal government must take immediate action and put a stop to these environmentally criminal acts” said Still Wild Still Threatened spokesperson Ula Majewski.
Yay crafty people!