Graphic food for thought Some meaty, cheesy stats to chew on

Graphic food for thought
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We're soaking in it Fibre artwork drowning in metaphors

Atmospheric river as art inspiration:
#creativeprocess #artblog #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes

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Working on my night cheese Granny-square project is the right move

It’s not a Slanket, dammit!
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Learning to resist
#MakingIsConnecting
#artblog #resist #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes

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Censoring the satirists ABC suspends "indefinitely" Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show

And yet she persisted

#anntelnaes #politicalart #politicalcartoon #makingisconnecting #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes

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Back to basics Small, quick gestures spark creative action

Creative action beats despair

#creativeprocess #artblog #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #lyndabarry #makingisconnecting

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Picture imperfect Another tussle with the Inner Critic

Another tussle with the Inner Critic

#artblog #creativeprocess #makingIsConnecting #innercritic #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes

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This is no time to play it safe Silly satire and kidding around builds resilience

This is no time to play it safe

#JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes #MakingIsConnecting #artblog #politicalart

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Let's get real Still making it as a 100-per-cent non-synthetic human

Hand-making against the generative-AI tide:
#MakingIsConnecting #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes #CanadianFibreArt

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C Leonard on Substack This is frigging hilarious and fucking terrifying in the same breath…

My gut hurts. And my heart hurts.
#bobross #AIslop #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes

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Good-enough grief work Making can connect with a loved one gone

How craft connects with a loved one gone
#griefwork #makingisconnecting #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #twigart

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New ‘dictator approved’ sculpture arrives in DC - but nobody knows who is behind it The sculpture boasts quotes from other dictators praising Trump

Art matters.

#dictatorapproved #makingisconnecting #artmatters #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #politicalart

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Quilting and connecting If you stitch it (in public) they will come

Making is connecting!

#makingisconnecting #nofear #socialart #fibreart #artblog #strengthinnumbers #thepeopleunitedwillneverbedefeated #canadastrong #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #carlynyandle #vancouverartist

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Once a collector... It's a thin line between gathering and hoarding

Making Stuff and Writing About It: This week: The thin line between collecting and hoarding

#artblog #makingisconnecting #thingpower #hoarding #artwriting #canadianartist #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes

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I'd rather be cycling Taking time out is all part of the practice

Making stuff and writing about it ⬇️

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Makers and menders unite! 'Dark factories' can't replace humane creative action

#MakingIsConnecting #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes
#MendInPublicDay 🧶🧵🪡

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Loom-woven wall hanging or rug depicting Donald Trump with fringe as hair. Created by Little Tree as posted in Michael Moore’s Substack gallery of public portraits of Trump.

My new favourite in Michael Moore’s public call for POTUS portraits:

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#joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #weaving #handmaking #craftivism #makersgonnamake #makingisconnecting #trumpportrait

Gags are fun but art endures From Trump toiletries to Strawberry Fields

Trump gags are fun but art endures

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#elbowsup #trump #ukraine #canpoli #canadaisnotforsale #canadian #artwriting #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #protestart #makingisconnecting #beatles #vancouver #satire #handmade #creativeprocess #uspoli #criticalthinking

Springing into action Good orderly direction starts with a hand-written list

Spring into creative action!

#joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #art #artsandcrafts #protestart #mentalhealth #sewster #stitcher #handmade #upcycle #thinkpositive #canada #usboycott #fibreart #fiberart #denim #makingisconnecting #subversivestitch #socialart 🧶🧵

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Letting go and getting on it Our job as artists is to imagine different futures

When the small stuff is piling onto the big stuff…

#joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #makingisconnecting #imagine #artwriting #substackartists #visualart #conceptualcraft #craftartist #canadianartist #vancouverartist #artessay #creativeprocess #carlynyandle #handmade 🧶

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My dystopian vision board An early artwork can stay because it has something new to say

Actual collage from actual magazines made by an actual human

#50501movement #craftivist #craftivism #uscoup #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #nokingsday #makingisconnecting #buildtheresistance #resisters #socialart #artblog #artwriting #writing #personalispolitical

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Drawing on gratitude US coup a warning to defend vulnerable CBC

Drawing (and painting and stitching) my gratitude for Canada’s public media service

#makingisconnecting #artandlife #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #savetheCBC #CBC #disinformation #UScoup #craftivism #embroideryart #fibreart 🧶

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Joyful making in perilous times

#makingisconnecting
#🧶 #stitchresisters #sewsters #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #yarnbombing #socialart #knitting 🧶

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Political cartoon of Trump with embroidered red clown nose shooting himself in the head with a flag coming out the other temple that reads Tariffs.

Needling at tariffs threats to Canada

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#canadastrong #resisters #subversivestitch #handmade #embroidery #politicalcartoon #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes
#craftivism 🧶

Beyond a cozy retreat Handmade quilts of found fabrics layer up multiple meanings

Kinda new here so posting this to connect with my craftivist community

#art #craft #craftivism #quilting #subversivestitch #makingisconnecting #slowcraft #handmaking #artwriting #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes

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