Hey, there! Due to tech a minor technical difficulty (or more than likely, a pregnancy brain snafu in scheduling on my part), a future issue of Craft Corps Weekly went out today instead of later in June. Soooo, we’re going with it. We’ll go back to our regularly scheduled Tuesday delivery of [...]
Name: Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten
Age: 38
Location: Rockaway, NJ
Profession: Seach Engine Optimization Analyst
Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, Yarn Spinning, Needle Felting, Wet Felting
Blog: http://thefiberforum.com
Since I was a child, I always wanted to learn to crochet. My grandmother tried to teach me, but like most children, I didn’t have the required attention to learn. After she passed away, [...]
Name: Christy Zuccarini
Age: 30
Location: Baltimore, MD
Profession: Non-profit fundraiser
Craft(s) of Choice: Jewelry
Blog: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/crafts/
When I was around 12 years old, my parents came home one sunny afternoon from the local flea market with a jar of beads and findings that they had purchased from a retired jeweler. This jar was quite a treasure, brimming with vintage Czech [...]
Name: Curln Reed Sullivan
Age:
Location: austin
Profession: artist/writer
Craft(s) of Choice: botanical character studies, illustration, cermaics, collage, embroidery
Blog: http://www.curlinreedsullivan.com/blog
one day, while photographing my new flowergal embroidery kit, my son brought a praying mantis into my studio to serve as model and spokesbug for my art. (see picture!)
Name: Dawn Buettner Huntington
Age: 35
Location: Vista, San Diego, Southern California
Profession: 75% Mommy, 15% Crafter, 10% Archictural Drafting
Craft(s) of Choice: Silkscreen, Sewing, Sketching, Painting, Woodwork
Blog: http://www.OUToftheBOXcalifornia.blogspot.com
In grade school, perfect penmanship always invoked people to proclaim, “You should be an Architect!” So, I suppose it’s only natural I would pursue a graduate degree in Architecture, especially since [...]
Name: Eydie Liebelt
Age: 57
Location: Fond du Lac Wisconsin USA
Profession: Free Lance Artist/Crafter
Craft(s) of Choice: Mixed Media Collage, Embroidery, Watercolor, Calligraphy, Crochet, Sewing
Blog: http://shebrews.com
Someone said that whatever you were doing for fun between the ages of 11-15 would probably make a good life employment for you. I remember doing a lot of embroidering and drawing and [...]
Name: Janice
Age: 50
Location: Casa Grande, Arizona
Profession: Dental Hygienist
Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, crocheting, sewing, faux painting, etc.
I LOVE to craft! If I see something I like, I have to make it, sometimes it lands in the trash, sometimes it is a decorative item until something new replaces it, but LOVE crafting.
My mom taught me to knit [...]
Name: Laura LeMaster
Age: 52
Location: Vista, CA
Profession: Artist/Teacher
Craft(s) of Choice: Drawing, silk painting, mixed media assemblages
I clearly remember my mother asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up.ll(I was just 5) “An Artist!” I became an artist the moment I picked up my first crayon & have been drawing/creating ever since. After studying [...]
Name: Terri Yonemura
Age: 46
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Profession: Artist, teacher
Craft(s) of Choice: recycled fiber and paper arts, crochet, sewing, quilting
Blog: http://yonoscreations.blogspot.com
I love taking household items and altering them into useful pieces of art. I am enamored to the Asian culture and blend my Oklahoma roots with ever present Japanese influences for my inspiration.
Name: Jacqueline Myers-Cho
Age: ageless
Location: Los Angeles CA
Profession: I am the author of STRANDS: Creating Unexpected Fabrics and Fashionable Projects, mixed media artist and teacher (am working on my second book)
Craft(s) of Choice: I am a mixed media artist so I really like to mix it up. I love to play with fabric, thread and paint. [...]
