Name: Amanda Duncan Age: 25 Location: Richmond, VA Profession: Crafts/Material Studies Major, Senior Craft(s) (s) of Choice: Metal/silversmithed jewelry, crochet, knitting, glass working, sewing/quilting Blog: http://spin-me-a-yarn.blogspot.com All I ever wanted to be was an artist, I only realize now that my idea of an ‘artist’ was a ‘crafter’. In 2006, I decided to go back [...]
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: Cheryl Age: 38 Location: Las Vegas Profession: Artist & mom Craft(s) of Choice: Art Quilts, mixed media, collage Blog: http://urbancrafter.typepad.com I love to be create and I love even more to share what I know with others. Teaching and creating are my passions!
Name: Christina Carr Age: 36 Location: Escondido, CA Profession: Special education teacher Craft(s) of Choice: scrapbooking, cards, quilts Blog: http://christinascreation.weebly.com I’ve been making crafts forever. I’ve made so many crafts for Mother’s Day gifts and Christmas Gifts. I made most of the items that we used at my wedding. I also helped most of my [...]
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: Dale Anne Potter Age: 54 Location: Morse, Saskatchewan, Canada Profession: Full-time artist Craft(s) of Choice: art quilting, stamping, mixed media Blog (if applicable): http://dpquiltsca.blogspot.com/ Everyday the world around me — nature, its textures, rhythms and colours, the materials at hand, fabrics, paper, found objects, and the movement of life — provide me with the [...]
Name: Diane Black Age: 66 Location: Austin, TX Profession: Retired Teacher Craft(s) of Choice: Quilting. Paper Crafts Blog: iliketomakethings.blogspot.com I grew up in a crafty family where we made our own paper dolls and doll houses back in the 1950′s. 5 years ago when Hurricane Katrina changed my life forever, crafting saved me. I began [...]
Name: Fannie Narte Age: 53 Location: Texas Profession: Artist Craft(s) of Choice: Mixed Media Painting, Fiber Art, Quilting Blog: http://fanniecarte.blogspot.com My life once was routine with daily expectations as a wife, mom, fitness instructor, dance teacher and entertainer. Life was abundant, exciting, productive and fulfilling. Then health challenges turned my world upside down. My world [...]
Name: Jen Coyle Age: 28 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Profession: Financial Services/Asset Management Craft(s) of Choice: Embroidery, knitting, sewing, quilting Blog: http://stitchchick.blogspot.com My earliest memory of being aware of crafts was my great-grandmother’s quilts. She used old feed sacks for the back and outgrown clothing from the family for the quilt top. The quilts made [...]
Name: Jenna Zeidler Age: 27 Location: Champaign, IL USA Profession: Assistant Librarian at a software company Craft(s) of Choice: Oh, I dabble in so many things! Knitting, thread crochet, sewing/quilting (So much faster than knitting! Knitting is like making your own fabric and then creating something out of it while sewing seems one step ahead [...]
