Craft Cartel

06/06/2020

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University of Alabama at Birmingham archeologist Sarah Parcak tweeted out instructions on how to topple an obelisk as George Floyd protestors toppled a statue of city founder Charles Linn.

04/01/2020

Rise up CWA!

Country women say alternative gas industry only leads to community division, ruined farm land and sick children

10/06/2019

What lunacy is this? A non-Indigenous company have issued an Indigenous company, Clothing The Gap, with a 'cease & desist' threatening legal action if they continue to use the Aboriginal flag on their items 'cause they reckon they've got it copyrighted. wah!

3530 signatures are still needed!

17/03/2019

& then a hero comes along

It’s hard to imagine how one chicken o**m and one 17-year-old could bring the world so much joy. Egg Boy made that happen.

01/02/2019

Learn Traditional Somali Weaving with local Somali residents. FREE & everyone is welcome!

Fridays at the Community Grocer Market
Carlton Social Housing Public Space, Melbourne

I took part today and, though for a moment we thought the wind was going to launch the shelter the weavers were creating into the air, it was a wonderful morning - come along!

Each week you will learn a new style of weaving with diverse materials from wood frame, to grass to recycled cloth and connect with a community of diverse and talented traditional artists and local residents.

January 25th – March 01, 2019.
10am-12 each Friday.
FREE. Materials supplied (though if you have yarn scraps to contribute they'd be welcome)
(extension of Drummond St. Carlton – map available on request)
Please register your participation by contacting Leisa Shelton LEISA at – fragment31@gmail.com.

Places are limited so please contact us to secure your place asap.

* Image - examples of weaving done by traditional weaver and Carlton resident Muhubo Sulieman.

24/01/2019

Never ever ever underestimate the power of craft 💙

24/09/2018

Attn: quilters or wannabe quilters and/or witches wannabe witches. Sayraphim Lothian - Public Artist has you covered for quilting goodness! Check out her new craftivism book Guerilla Kindness too!

I spotted a Skull and Crossbones quilt with no instructions in my favourite book as a kid - The Witches Handbook. So I set out to make in in my favourite sty...

31/08/2018

As always we're ahead of the times 😂: news.com.au report on the Knit Your Revolt Budgie-Smuggler Banner from 5 years ago.
Whhhy is this knit-wit still in Parliament??

28/08/2018

Rayna Fahey a.k.a. Radical Cross Stitch raising the rad at the already rad launch of SayraphimLothian's craftivism book, 'Guerrilla Kindness'

10/08/2018

In the wake of intense media othering it's important to listen to the voices of Australians with South Sudanese heritage.
Great vid, share it 'round.

28/06/2018

Pussyhat Project co-founder Krista Suh on re-thinking the importance of mediums considered feminine, like craft & fashion, to change the world ✊

Craftivist and co-creator of the Pussyhat Krista Suh believes fashion has an important place in protest. She shares her thoughts on activism and the origins of the humble little hat.

17/06/2018

GrrraHHHHH.
After this 'no more r**e' bunting by Wellington Craftivism Collective was defaced a few months ago just up the road from where Eurydice Dixon was to perform the night she was r**ed & murdered & where her alleged killer was captured by CCTV we put a call out for people to join us in a retaliatory street action. JUST ONE MAN responded. A couple dozen awesome women and non-binary folk joined got together and bombed the street with feminist street art & just one lone dude (the partner of another participant) helped out with photography.
Really hoping the show of men at the Reclaim Princes Park vigil on Monday will be less abysmal.
Vale Eurydice Dixon. Rest In Power.

11/06/2018

Go Queen!
Amazing & awesome: sex-worker rights advocate Julie Bates on the Queen's Honour Roll!

One of her first successes was to convince the owner of Sydney’s largest brothel that he’d go bust unless he insisted on condom use.

10/06/2018

Awesome activism initiative by this 10yo legend in Hobart:

Oliver Edwards' answer to a homework challenge has been described as brilliant, inspiring and wonderful by charity groups and the homeless — best of all, mum approves.

09/06/2018

Get behind the Uluru statement to support the voices of First Nations peoples by adding your name to this list.
+ if you haven't read this eloquent and important statement, it's just a page, so get on it:https://www.referendumcouncil.org.au/sites/default/files/2017-05/Uluru_Statement_From_The_Heart_0.PDF

It has been more than 12 months since the First Nation’s people of Australia delivered the Uluru Statement to Malcolm Turnbull.

02/06/2018

Spud Power.
At last some voices of reason advocating for justice for asylum seekers in our nation's capital.

The anarchist spuds glued themselves to the entrance of Border Force HQ in Melbourne.

26/05/2018

YAY IRELAND!

'There is no prospect of the legislation not being passed,' says John McGuirk

23/05/2018

Magnificent uterus crafted by the talented & generous The Granny Square Conspiracy for an ace woman we know who has had to face surgery & let go of her original.
Honestly, craft communities are the BEST

The pink sparkly yarn has been turned into a cuddly uterus. Special request from a lovely lady in Sydney who wanted something to hug as she went in for a hysterectomy. I hope it makes you feel a bit better Zoe! (Thanks to Craft Cartel for putting us in contact, this was super fun to make!)