Tuesday 17 November 2009

Crafty Idols...

this time we haven't just got one person of crafting inspiration, but a bunch, a collective, CraftivistCollective .
They aim, in their own words:
"To expose the scandal of global poverty, and human rights injustices though the power of craft and public art. This will be done through provocative, non-violent creative actions."
One way in which they do this is by making protest banners:

The awesome Sarah sent us a protest banner in the post, here's what we did:


Then we put it up:

You can read a little more about Craftivist Collective in the 4th issue of Sugar Paper (but that's not out yet) so go visit their site.