Entries from January 2009

Life in a bubble no more

Date January 29, 2009

We spend a lot of time here in the studio – coming up with project ideas, sewing, writing, talking, singing, laughing. Okay, so maybe the singing and laughing doesn’t have anything to do with it all. (Or maybe it has everything to do with it all, who knows?) Anyway, we don’t want to exist in [...]

What inspires you?

Date January 26, 2009

Nancy Judd is an artist/designer that is doing some fun and inspiring design with recycled materials called Recycle Runway. It’s haute couture from Obama signs. A dress train from origamied junk mail. Bathing suits from plastic soap bottles. Faux fur from cassette tape. It’s precisely this type of innovative material use that we want to [...]

In anticipation…

Date January 22, 2009

…of our upcoming subscription series coming in February, we have opened up our Flickr photo group. Come see what we’ve got up there this far from our own Future Craft studios and from Future Craft buddies near and far. Then post some photos of your own upcycled, recrafted projects. The fun has just begun!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/futurecraftcollective/

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Hooray for the Day of Service

Date January 20, 2009

Okay, so it was kind of easy really to gather in a park with so many of our people on a beautiful, sunny, slightly breezy, holiday afternoon. Some may say not much of a service really, to hang out like that and ask people for a dollar here and there.
But I realized as I reflected [...]

Ready, set…

Date January 13, 2009

Almost ready to go, go, GO!!! We’re cooking up a whole new season over here at the Future Craft Collective with a new class schedule and some brand new offerings as well. We are getting close to ready and here’s a little glimpse of what’s in store…
We will be starting our Monday classes on February [...]