Claudia Dunitz
Posted By Craft Corps on June 23, 2009
Claudia Dunitz
Name: Claudia Dunitz
Age: 55
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Profession: Maker (of Natural Skin Care Products and Graphic Design)
Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Freeform Crochet, Art Quilting, Baking, Mosaics, Beading, Sewing, Embroidery, Surface Design, Painting, Printing, Fusing, Burning, Yikes – I can go on and on!
Blog: http://www.healmyhands.typepad.com
I don’t think there was a time when I didn’t make things with my hands. In those days we “played outside” until it was time for supper. We made forts and mud pies and played games with balls and sticks. As I got older, I made cloths for my dolls, then clothes for myself. As a young wife, I made clothes for my children to stretch the family budget. I learned to knit and quilt. My daughters learned to make what they didn’t have by watching me. I was the Brownie Leader and we crafted constantly, at our meetings and at home. We fed ourselves and warmed ourselves. We baked, canned sewed and quilted by hand. They made quilts for their dolls’ beds while I made quilts for our beds.
Today, both my daughters are makers. My eldest daughter designs knitwear for children in addition to raising three, holding down a full time job, baking from scratch and knitting constantly. She has just taught my youngest granddaughter, who is five, to knit. My youngest daughter knits, sews, gardens and is a graphic artist. Making has always been more than a crafty afternoon for us. It has defined us as women and as a family. It’s what we talk about on the phone. What we share. The first question always is: “So what are you making?”
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