It’s not any weirder than a yoga retreat, but a knitting retreat is something it never occurred to me existed. But Vogue Knitting is launching a series of “destination weekend experiences” across the country. Their first stop: Maupin, Oregon’s ethically committed Imperial Stock Ranch, whose yarn division, Imperial Yarn, boasts Anna Cohen as its creative […]
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Surfboard Building Class? Okay!
I have a sneaking suspicion this may be of interest to more than a few of you crafty people out there. Grain Surfboard Co. out of York, Maine is coming to Portland to give a wooden surfboard building class from March 4 through 10th. And each board will be made from “locally salvaged redwood” milled […]
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The Portland Bazaar’s Craft Class and Book Signing Schedule Is Up
The hotly anticipated, Design Sponge-curated Portland Bazaar is coming up this weekend with an awesome roster of vendors, food, drinks, and more, and they’ve just announced the schedule of events they’ll have in addition to all the shopping. Learn to build a terrarium, make Christmas ornaments that are actually cool, learn glass etching, attend a […]
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How Should I Mount Santa?
Guess what? I just bought one of those plastic light-up outdoor Santas—almost exactly like this one! Anyway, I’m planning on putting it up on my roof next to the chimney this weekend, so people will look up at it and say, “WHAT THE FUCK??? Is that Santa up on that roof???” It’ll be good for […]
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Makers in The Modern Era
Cool downtown creative supply store Hand-Eye Supply is about to debut their new catalog. Rather than the usual boring studio shoots, however, they hired photographer Christine Taylor to shoot portraits of Portland creatives doing their own things in their own studio/environments. Of course, there are products involved, but the feel is more editorial than what […]
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Moss Graffiti
Mosstika I catch the crafter’s bug when the leaves start falling and this year’s been no exception, especially after reading the Bust DIY Guide. There’s nothing like curling up on the couch with a pile of cats, some sort of yarn, and a hot toddy like a little old lady. But this idea has me […]
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Last Chance to Apply for the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Holiday Sale
Crafters! Wake up! Applications to be a vendor at Portland’s craft sale to end them all, the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Holiday Sale are due at midnight! Every November/December we get carpet bombed with craft fairs and holiday sales, but Crafty’s is the biggest and the gold standard, so if you want income for Christmas, […]
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Games You Live With
The new joint Applied Craft and Design MFA program between PNCA and the Oregon College of Art and Craft has released its first graduating class into the wild, and everytime I turn around I find another graduate “practicum” project of theirs that catches my eye. First it was Laura Allcorn’s Flux clothing lending project, and […]
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Mountain Light Lownsdale: The Making of A Boot
We’ve spilled a little ink here and there already on the hiking boot collaboration between Tanner Goods and venerable Portland bootmaker Danner. Called the Mountain Light Lownsdale, they’ve just released a video showing how the boots are made in the Portland factory, along with a little more info: The Lownsdale is constructed of genuine Chromexcel […]
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Crafty Wonderland x Museum of Contemporary Craft
Portland’s Museum of Contemporary Craft does a pretty bang-up job of earning the continued use of “Contemporary” in its name, continuously making a point of engaging with the up and coming generation of makers, most of who grew into it with their eye on punk/DIY culture and few expectations of acknowledgement from the often-moldy institutions […]
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Remodelista
In Portland design news so fresh it’s dated tomorrow: Design hub Remodelista is curating a one-day local market next Saturday, June 4 at Schoolhouse Electric (note, it’s at the new location at 2181 NW Nicolai, not MLK). These things usually only pop up around the holidays, so if you have decorating needs (I do! My […]
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Fine Jewelry for Cat Ladies
I once heard of a guy whose mom made him a sweater out of the family dog’s fur, so there a precedent for this line of jewelry made from cat hair. It doesn’t actually look that weird at all: If you want to give it a whirl (and cause allergic reactions in 20 percent of […]