Name: Andrea Stern Age: 45 Location: Chauncey OH USA Profession: Artist Craft(s) of Choice: Art quilting, beadwork, knitting, and plush Blog: http://andibeads.blogspot.com My Gran taught me to crochet when I was seven. I remember being so proud that I learned to make a basic chain. It was all I did for weeks. One day I [...]
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 [...]
Name: Jennifer Morris Age: 46 Location: Toronto Profession: Craftsperson, Designer- Maker Day job Salesperson Craft’s of Choice: Beading, Bead weaving, Embroidery, Wirework, Crochet, Knitting, Collage Blog: http://embellishment.ca How craft saved my life or a least made the process of illness and recovery better. I have a genetic disorder so I was in and out of [...]
Name: Kay Lynn Odle-Moore Age: 52 Location: Tok, Alaska (about 90 miles from the Yukon Territory, Canada; Interior Alaska with ranges in temperature from 80′s in the summer to -70 degrees F. in the winter – closest large city with supplies – Fairbanks, AK – 210 miles away) Profession: Interpretive Park Ranger for Tetlin National [...]
Name: Leslie Petrovski Age: 48 Location: Denver, Colorado Profession: Freelance writer Crafts of choice: Knitting, crochet, beading, spinning and soapmaking Five years ago, I decided I wanted to combine my profession—writing—with my hobby—knitting. At the time I felt stuck in my writing life, while my knitting flourished. Why not combine the two? It took a [...]
Name: Linda Koch Age: 52 Location: Wellington Ohio Profession : I am an aide to special needs children in a local school district. Craft(s) of Choice: spinning, knitting, mixed media art, bead work Blog: http://alteredvisions.typepad.com/altered_visions/ I remember as a child I always loved to do some sort of handiwork and learned to do any and [...]
Name: Lori Anderson Age: 39 Location: Easton, MD Profession: Jewelry Designer and Mommy Craft(s) of Choice: beading Blog: www.lorianderson.blogspot.com I never, ever, ever thought of myself as creative. None of my “real” jobs had the slightest thing to do with creativity – Air Force linguist, IT sales rep, pre-med student. I’d never been encouraged to [...]
Name: Lorna Collins Age: 37 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana Profession: I did work in the shipping department of a factory, but since a bad car accident, I’ve been off on disability. Probably won’t go back to that job. Craft(s) of Choice: Many. Knitting, rubberstamping, photography, cardmaking & scrapbooking, some needlework, latch hook, plastic canvas, beading, [...]
Name: Patricia Huntoon Age: 48 Location: Stamford CT Profession: Website Owner, Technique Junkie Newsletter Publisher Craft(s) of Choice: Stamping, Scrapbooking, Beading Blog: http://patstamps.blogspot.com In October 2002, I started a publication called the Technique Junkie Newsletter that teaches rubber stamping techniques using step-by-step, picture tutorials. Although they are easy to find on the internet now, I [...]
Name: Rachel Rose Age: 48 Location: Olathe, Ks. Profession: Artist, Instructor Craft(s) of Choice: Watercolors, Pastels, Beadweaving,Meltal workwire wrapping I decided to be an artist when I was 7 years old. My parents took us(siblings) to see our cousin Phylis. She lived in Hollywood CA. I remember her being tall and beautiful, her boyfriend Jack [...]
