subverting craft hegemony
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04.21.04
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» Basho's Haiku from In a Dark Time
As I read through 250 of Basho's haiku as chosen by translator Sam Hamill for Narrow Road to the Interior, I began to realize why I like haibun and haiga. Simply put, they isolate a haiku from other haiku.... [Read More]
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Oh! I love it. Perhaps I'll try to do something similar with intarsia whenever I learn that. But a sampler is so meek and unassuming; the subversive messages are all the more fabulous. Maybe I will have to learn needlepoint as well.
Posted by: Clancy | April 21, 2004 2:43 PM
This is the best! My favorite phrase!
Posted by: Pascale Soleil | April 21, 2004 3:26 PM
FWIW, my sister and I did a fair amount of counted crosstitch as children. It's remarkably easy, if a little on the tedious side with the more complex patterns. I love the chicks, bunnies, and Easter pastels on the Do Not F* with me pattern.
Posted by: MisterBS | April 21, 2004 4:54 PM
i was writing to make sure you knew of www.getcrafty.com, which has lots of fun subversive crafts, but when i went to the site to verify the url, i found that it was shut down earlier this month. it seems that www.supernaturale.com has overtaken it - but it looks like there are still lots of fun subversive crafts there.
Posted by: audrey | April 21, 2004 7:36 PM
You know, one of those would make a really sweet throw pillow for the couch. Just the thing for when guests come over.
Posted by: Mike | April 21, 2004 8:13 PM
This is Classic Krista. I absolutely love it.
Posted by: Michelle | April 22, 2004 9:25 PM
*love* it!
Posted by: shelley | April 23, 2004 2:19 PM