Portland’s summer of fashion rages on in part thanks to the Museum of Contemporary Craft‘s Fashioning Cascadia (up through Oct 11), and while Portland’s own Cassie Ridgway’s residency at the exhibit’s “Safehouse” runs through this Saturday, I’m also looking ahead to the next visitor, Adrienne Antonson. Antonson went from Charleston to Washington’s Vashon Island (where […]
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Tonight: Stephanie Syjuco at MoCC
This evening at 6:30 San Francisco mixed-media artist Stephanie Syjuco (her work is part of the permanent collections of both the SF MOMA and the Whitney) is giving a free lecture at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in advance of a two-day workshop she is also teaching next week. It’s part of the museum’s Fashioning […]
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More from WildCraft Studio School
For this week’s Sold Out, I profiled the WildCraft Studio School, a creative retreat out in White Salmon, WA started last year by artist Chelsea Heffner, who brings instructors out from Portland as well as the immediate area to teach seminars on everything from weaving to sandal-making to pottery to dye-making in an idyllic rural […]
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Crafty Wonderland, Spring Edition
The holiday version of Crafty Wonderland is something everyone Portland resident should experience at least once. It is one of the hugest gatherings of (curated!) small-goods manufacturers from the region you’re likely ever to see, and a ton of people hit it hard with their gift list. This also means that there can be crushing […]
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Museum of Contemporary Craft Director and Chief Curator Namita Gupta Wiggers Steps Down
Yesterday evening a press release went out announcing that Director and Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Craft Namita Gupta Wiggers is stepping down from her full-time role at the institution after 10 years. Wiggers oversaw the museum’s move from Corbett Ave to the heart of the city, doubled the size of its collection, […]
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Alyson Clair and The Colette Guide to Sewing Knits
Well look at which Portland based apparel designer and manufacturer has scored herself a book deal now: It’s Alyson Clair of Clair Vintage Inspired, tapped by the also-local Coletterie, a sewing-centric site that also produces a popular series of sewing patterns for sale on their site: Colette Patterns A coat like this at Frances May? […]
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Fashioning Cascadia
Back in the waning days of summer I met with Sarah Margolis-Pineo about an exhibition she was planning for the Museum of Contemporary Craft that dealt specifically with the production and design of apparel in our region. I must have dropped at least 50 names to her, and then we parted. And now, look: It […]
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Luc Lac Closure Update!
We weren’t even hungry, but a couple of weeks ago a friend and I were driving by Luc Lac Vietnamese Kitchen—which took pride of place as my favorite pho joint in town pretty much as soon as it opened (caveat: I only order the vegetarian kind, and yes I know, I know)—and it looked closed […]
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Destination DIY Wants to Go Monthly in 2014
If you’re an OPB/NPR type, you are probably already familiar with Destination DIY, the radio show/podcast that covers all sorts of different stories about people’s adventures in making things. The show, hosted by Julie Sabatier, is trying to up their game in the coming year, contributing shorter but more consistent monthly audio content along with […]
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The Rebel Craft Rumble
Local champions of creative reuse S.C.R.A.P. are gearing up for this year’s Rebel Craft Rumble, a competitive crafting event during which trash talking and bribery are encouraged. If you don’t know what “competitive crafting” looks like, here’s a mini bout between S.C.R.A.P. volunteers from last year, set to Explode into Colors (don’t you miss them?): […]
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Modified Style 2013: Tonight!
Today marks the fifth annual Modified Style runway show, an apparel design challenge that’s open to all—amateurs, professionals, and youths. Each participant gets a big bag of recycled fabric, out of which they create one or more looks for the runway. Since they’re not commercial collections, most people go for something big and dramatic, with […]
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Pigeon Toe F/W ’13
From where I sit, there seems to be a growing population of young creative types embracing the medium of ceramics—not to call it a trend, but we seem to be developing something of a cult scene for it. Lisa Jones was one of the first ceramicists within the indie style scene (I first met her […]