Archive | April, 2009

Earth Day: Make a Difference

Yes, the issues the Earth Day brings to our minds are not nice and easy ones – and people tend to avoid them. Some argue that environmentalist are overreacting, some argue that there is no global warming at all, some react fatalistic and think that it’s too late anyway and there is nothing left to do to avoid the disaster.

But there are also many, many people who found their own way to make a difference. And as this is a crafting blog – I’ll show some crafters and designers who make a difference:

RevoluzZza for Nature

Already last year during the Fashion Week Berlin I got a request if I maybe could make some “Eco Dolls” – dolls made from organic and fair trade  fabrics.
Of course I really liked the idea as this fits very good  to my philosophy of anti-mass-production-toys.

Unfortunately there are not so very many pretty organic and fair trade fabrics – but at Volksfaden I found some and I made this little doll which is a perfect gift for the parents of a newborn:

So this little doll is made out of organic fabric and the felt I used for the …

Pikatto, pikattu, pikatta… Pikatti!

Sometimes the best things just happen accidentally – and things like scribbling around a bit while you are doing something else – talking on the phone for example – is a really good thing because your consiousness isn’t judging the thing you are scribbling and telling you “Oh, that looks weird, stop that”. Almost a little bit like the Surrealists did their écriture automatique (I had to give a presentation about this issue while studying Fine Arts and I found it absolutely fascinating).

And so I was recently talking in the phone, scribbling and finally found something on my paper …

Let’s Sew… a RevoluzZzionary Easter Bunny

Last year I uploaded that pattern to create a simple Easter Bunny – and many of you made so wonderful and amazing Easter Bunnies! Some made them out of paper, many sewed really cute bunnies. And so I decided to take the bunny from last year (only made a few modifications)  and sew two different versions by using the same pattern: a very simple version and another one with arms and legs and a more detailed face. The simple version is really very easy – absolutely perfect for beginners. And the other version is only a tiny little bit more  …