A bunch of Rad things
Apologies for the lack of blogging. I’m in full on pregnancy countdown mode at the mo, and it’s not being the easiest one. So I’m thinking things will be pretty sporadic for a while. But there’s some stuff I just HAVE to share with you all!
I’m sure most of you have checked out the handmade internet sensation regretsy.com – it’s a hilarious site and has quite the cult following these days. I was very proud to have not one, but TWO products featured on there! First off (and not that surprisingly) was the embroidery porn piece I did for the Craft Cartel Trashbag Rehab workshop earlier in the year. It sold within hours of being posted on regretsy and I’ve had tons of custom orders. It’s been quite surreal.
What was then even more surreal was the email I got from Regretsy asking if I’d be keen to be part of a card series they were planning. Yeah why the hell not?
So you too can own your own piece of embroidered gay anime porn, and even better – share the love with your friends and family!
That’s mine discretely being censored by the others.. You can buy 8 of one design or a set of two of each. And at $10 a set, that’s quite the bargain.
And in other regretsy news, they’ve managed to sign a book deal with Random House. I’m thinking the porn might not pass their censorship standards. But luckily I have another product on regretsy’s site – the legendary Plug Rugs! Which have, of course, now sold out. These also popped up on the salon.com story about regretsy. So hopefully they get in the book.
The other rad thing I’ve been meaning to post for ages is the pdf of the Interventionist Guide zine! If you go to the website and click on Guides, mine is about halfway down. The zine features a whole lot of my thoughts about urban spaces and how we relate to them as humans. As well as the tutorial on how to cross stitch a heart on a bicycle basket.
Finally, have you checked out the London-based Craftivist Collective yet? They’re getting up to some seriously ace stuff. This latest pic popped up on Facebook and I reckon it’s a big bucket of brilliant. They’ve got tons of things going on so if you want to join in go join them on FB.
xox
Embroidery Porn
This is probably going to be my least safe for work post ever, so if you’re looking at this at work. Make sure you’re the IT guy, or the boss – unless you’re a primary school principal…
So last night the Craft Cartel hosted the second Trashbag Rehab – craft workshops for people overdosed on cutesy crap. And like the first one, it was packed. We even had to turn a fair number of people away this time. It was craziness! I was most impressed at how seriously every one took it. At one point I thought ‘gee it’s a bit quiet..’ and then I realised it was just that everyone was concentrating so hard! Love it.
We even dragged out the boys in blue. I understand it was a noise complaint. But they were wooed with a serenade and a breasty embroidery gift to take back to the watchhouse. Even the police need nice walls, people. But I reckon no one should tell the Herald Sun eh?
So on to the pictures..
That last one is one of the demonstration models made by me before the event. And it’s for sale. G’arn you know you want to.
UPDATE: Our porn made it to the hallowed arrrrts page of The Age, hello visitors!