The Church of Craft » Press http://churchofcraft.org Welcome, brothers and sisters. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:40:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Church of Craft and Etsy Love http://churchofcraft.org/2011/10/17/church-of-craft-and-etsy-love/ http://churchofcraft.org/2011/10/17/church-of-craft-and-etsy-love/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:48:57 +0000 tvecallie http://churchofcraft.org/?p=1351
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]]> http://churchofcraft.org/2011/10/17/church-of-craft-and-etsy-love/feed/ 0 Summit of Awesome in DC: May 1-3, 2009 http://churchofcraft.org/2009/04/21/summit-of-awesome-in-dc-may-1-3-2009/ http://churchofcraft.org/2009/04/21/summit-of-awesome-in-dc-may-1-3-2009/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:14:37 +0000 Willo :: WilloToons.com http://churchofcraft.org/?p=727 On Friday, May 1st, Hello Craft will host its first ever Summit of Awesome in the heart of the Nation’s Capital!

Geared specifically for independent artists and crafters, the Summit of Awesome is 3 full…

]]> http://churchofcraft.org/2009/04/21/summit-of-awesome-in-dc-may-1-3-2009/feed/ 0 Hear me now, see Handmade Nation later http://churchofcraft.org/2009/02/13/hear-me-now-see-handmade-nation-later/ http://churchofcraft.org/2009/02/13/hear-me-now-see-handmade-nation-later/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:04:29 +0000 tvecallie http://churchofcraft.org/?p=638 I and Faythe Levine, the woman behind Handmade Nation were interviewed for WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show yesterday morning! In case you missed it here we are:

http://churchofcraft.org/?p=146 The indie craft movement is coming to a big screen near you with Faythe Levine’s new documentary and book, Handmade Nation!

Faith traveled to 15 cities and interviewed 80 crafters to gather material for the project. The movie includes an…

]]> http://churchofcraft.org/2008/10/02/handmade-nation/feed/ 2 Acts of Creation http://churchofcraft.org/2007/08/30/acts-of-creation/ http://churchofcraft.org/2007/08/30/acts-of-creation/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:43:52 +0000 Randy http://churchofcraft.org/?p=320 East Bay Life featured the San Francisco Chapter in their August 2007 issue, which closes with a quote from Tristy:

“We never really arrive at our spiritual destination,” says Taylor. “It’s a lifelong process. Making things is a physical symbol

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]]> http://churchofcraft.org/2007/08/30/acts-of-creation/feed/ 0 For the Rebellion of It http://churchofcraft.org/2007/01/30/for-the-rebellion-of-it/ http://churchofcraft.org/2007/01/30/for-the-rebellion-of-it/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:29:59 +0000 Randy http://churchofcraft.org/?p=251 In the Arts Section of the New York Times, Melena Ryzik uses the COC to give some context to the current exhibit at the MAD Museum. This first quote reaches out towards the church’s 2000 AD roots:

“… That same year

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Giving a shout out to all “the artisans in the Church of Craft,” The New York Times published a review of the show Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting at the Museum of Art and Design. If you missed the exhibit,…

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Callie Janoff, the driving force behind the Church of Craft (a nonreligious group devoted to handicrafts), has put together an exhibition of unfinished artifacts by nine New York-based members. From incomplete sweaters to a patchwork quilt that’s been 20 years

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]]> http://churchofcraft.org/2005/03/20/very-short-scarves/feed/ 0 New York Sun: Egg dyers in action http://churchofcraft.org/2004/04/13/new-york-sun-egg-dyers-in-action/ http://churchofcraft.org/2004/04/13/new-york-sun-egg-dyers-in-action/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:58:42 +0000 Randy http://churchofcraft.org/?p=262 The New York Sun covered the NY Chapters April ’04 workshop with the Eggman in their Out on the Town section: 

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The fuzzy yarn is flying on Craft Night at Nocturnal on East Burnside Street.- “Most of the people who work here are either artists or musicians,” says the nightclub’s Seann McKeel. “On Wednesdays it was slow down here, so the

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