Press

To obtain press releases, high-res images or any more information on the Collective, please email us, DM us on Twitter (@craftivists) or message us on Facebook.

Below are just some examples of media we have gained. We also have lovely blogger supporters who write about our projects, events and use our images to provoke discussion on issues they care about.

Print Media

The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (2nd Edition 2010) by Rozsika Parker. This a seen as  a classic  re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women and  embroidery and has brought stitchery out from the private world of female domesticity into the fine arts, created a major breakthrough in art history and criticism, and fostered the emergence of today’s dynamic and expanding crafts movements. This second edition has a new Introduction that brings the book up to date with exploration of the stitched art of Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin, as well as the work of new young female and male embroiderers and we happen to be in the new Introduction! :)  

RWD Magazine issue 98

The State of Craft, October 2011. Edited by Victoria Woodcock. Craft book from the team behind the hit Making Stuff (Black Dog Publishing 2006). It featuress over 60 clearly explained step-by-step ideas (including ours!) ranging from pom-pom necklaces and cross-stitched tote bags to jam-jar lamps and old-jumper pouffes. Interviews with craftsters provide further inspiration and a how-to section covers the basics of knitting, crochet and sewing. Craft’s second wave is upon us – it’s time to break away from the high street and into your toolbox!

The Big Issue North 10th-16th October 2011

The Observer Magazine, February 2010

Soho House Magazine #14

Adbusters (Issue 98) UK, USA/Canada and Australia editions

Pica Pica Magazine issue #1, Spindle magazine,  numerous zines…

A selection of online media

MTV Staying Alive

A profile on "My Right to be a Craftivist"

British Museum (and led a Twitter Debate with British Museum with V&A)

Amelia’s Magazine

Mr X Stitch (first time) (second time)

Ctrl Alt Shift

Aswell as writing for the The British Museum blog in the lead up to Grayson Perry’s exhibition on Unknown Craftspeople and being interviewed and covered in amongst others:  Hannamade, Fryingpanfire, The Comment Factory, Sketchbook, Radical Cross Stitch, Otesha, Origin London, Ink-d Gallery, Arts Hub, Banksy Forum and more