Attention crafters: The twice-yearly opportunity to take part in Portland biggest craft orgy, Crafty Wonderland, is upon us again. Their spring event, the Super Colossal Spring Sale, is taking place on Saturday, May 11 at the Convention Center, and they’re now taking applications from prospective vendors. And! They’re also adding a new component to the […]
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Call for Oregon History Diorama Submissions
Color me a sucker for anything with the suffix “-rama” (yes, even diarrhearama). So I’m super jazzed to announce the call for submissions for the second annual Kick Ass Oregon History Diorama Contest. It’s put on by the excellent local podcast Kick Ass Oregon History, who had no small amount of fun with this last […]
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Bike Craft in Portland This Weekend!
December is a mess of local craft and art shows every weekend, but one of my favorites is coming up: Bike Craft is at Sandbox Studio (420 NE 9th Ave) this Saturday and Sunday. If you’re going to be spending money on holiday presents, you might as well spend it at Portland small businesses. About […]
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Here’s Your Lo-Fi Iron Man 3 Trailer!
Check out this very funny and goddamn ADORABLE shot-for-shot remake of the Iron Man 3 trailer—you won’t be able to tell the difference! (That is, if you’re both blind and deaf.) As Buzzfeed says, “I vote for these guys to direct the new Star Wars films.”
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Museum of Contemporary Craft to Revamp Gallery Store
The Museum of Contemporary Craft‘s Gallery Store has always felt a little under-appreciated. For a shop that specializes in the work of some of the region’s most particularly skilled work, it has a surprisingly low profile in the minds of boutique patrons. This month the museum is aiming to change all that with a redesign […]
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The Ocean Floor’s Crafty, Adorable New Video
If you like crafts, origami, puppetry, and primates, this is the video for you. And if you don’t like those things, what are you, a monster? This charming video from the Ocean Floor was a full year in the making; it’s for the song “My Shelf” off their new album Falling Star Castle. (We premiered […]
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Plywerk Housewarming
Plywerk—those makers and mounters of bamboo panels for displaying art and photos—have become a local small-business classic, building on a surprisingly simple idea. Their team of “bike riding, tofu-eating Portlanders” has outgrown its former HQ, and the business just moved into new digs at 318 SE Main. Tonight, from 5-9 pm, they’re hosting an open […]
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The American Made Awards
Martha Stewart has been the butt of many a joke, and I’m not even talking about her brush with white collar crime. Say what you will about boner-killing homemade Christmas decorations, but the woman has done an incredible amount to keep Americans engaged in the making of physical objects with their hands, bridging the gap […]
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Put A Bird IN IT
I know, it makes the whole town wince every time that Portlandia joke is referenced, but it’s IN, not ON, and it’s kinda clever: Put A Bird In It is a group show organized by We Make, debuting as part of Design Week Portland (ahoy, more registrations for events go live today), in which “local, […]
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Jammy!: Bringing Back the Boombox
iPods are okay, but they don’t have quite the same cachÉ as strolling down the street with a handsome boombox on your shoulder, or as sufficient power to annoy other people at the park with your obscure taste in music. Michael Davis-Yates’ local company, Jammy!, is updating the must-have of yore with modern hookups, better […]
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“Crafted in Portland”
I am pretty pleased at the fact that design and craftsmanship seem poised to be the next big Portland selling point, with a new festival at hand and prominent outsiders looking in at us as a potential model. Danner Boots is one of the Pacific Northwest’s elder statesmen of local production, and they’re still kicking, […]
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Print, Make, Share: Getting Your Hands Dirty at Design Week Portland
At this point I don’t believe that festival season in Portland will ever actually come to an end, and that’s okay with me. Design Week Portland is one of this year’s new additions to the throng, premiering October 9 and running through the 13th. A joint effort between numerous design-oriented organizations, the not-quite-a-week-long schedule is […]