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Archive for the ‘Out And About’ Category
Sunday, December 4th is the Got Craft? Craft Show at the Royal Canadian Legion
Monday, November 28th, 2011David Suzuki is Awesome
Monday, October 24th, 2011
image: HAROL BARKLEY/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO
On Saturday, I heard David Suzuki speak at Occupy Vancouver. Here’s a video of his talk:
on #Occupy (in Vancouver)
For me, the occupy movement is about ‘ecos’, the greek word for ‘household’ or ‘domain’. It’s about defining our place in community, in the state, in the nation, and in the biosphere. What is our home? And how do we live in it sustainably, with opportunity, and meaning, and happiness as our highest asperations. The word ‘ecos’ is home; ‘ecology’ is the study of home; ‘economics’ is its management. But we elevate economy above ecology.
in Montreal
In 1972 Comparing Humans to Maggots:
David Suzuki is the shit.
Jam Jar Natural Dyeing Session
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011This summer, myself and some friends led a natural dye community workshop at the Means of Production Community Artist Garden. We walked through the garden, identified plants that could be dyed, and dyed some wool with jam jars, soaking in the sun. Big thanks to Sharon Kallis for setting this up!
All of these materials have been dyed naturally (not on this day, though). Some blackberry, indigo, woad, tansy, onion skins …
Check out more photos on my flickr feed.
Crafty Workshops: Basketry and Mighty Ugly
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011I recently took part in 2 awesome workshops led by 2 lovely individuals. The first was a basketry workshop with Sharon Kalis, who works with the Park Board to collect invasive species – that she then turned in to public art that’s displayed around the city. To make these installations, she invited those interested to learn – to take part in a free workshop. She did a series of these workshops, and I was involved with making basket orbs that will go up near Science World. It was great fun!
Sharon showing us how it’s done:
The second workshop was Mighty Ugly led by Kim Werker at Vancouver Hack Space. She encouraged us to make something really ugly.
This one’s mine. He is having a bad hair day and is going on camera in around 15 minutes!
Internet Troll:
Kim also has a workshop coming up at Plush on Main on October 8th if you want to check it out.
Hands on in “The Studio” at Siggraph
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
This year, VHS was invited to take part in Siggraph’s Studio – which was a pretty cool experience. Armed with lots of kits, a crew of VHSers taught many to solder (incl. Cory Doctorow!) and I took a stab at teaching people how to needle felt. It was great fun, and really cool to hear that many 3D artists enjoyed the needle felting – and planned on using it to model characters before working on the computer.
Needle felted octopus I made to demo how to needle felt:
Soft circuitry:
Other exhibits:
Not part of Siggraph – but a cool photo at the convention centre:
