Name: Rachel Johnson
Age: 28
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Website manager (I run Swap-bot.com) and freelance graphic designer
Craft(s) of Choice: Paper crafts, crochet, digital design
Blog: http://www.rljart.com/blog
I think I have always been dreaming of being creative – as in creating original things that are all my own. I went to college for graphic design and painting, and then went [...]
Name: Lindsey Bailey
Age: 35
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Profession: Masters Candidate at MICA
Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, knitting, paper crafts, anything with felt
Blog: http://www.cakecrushonthetown.blogspot.com
I use craft and craft-related techniques and materials in my artwork. As an artist, I create large installations inspired by childhood imagination, pomp, and baked goods . . . I enjoy color and texture, and [...]
Name: Marleah Augustine
Age: 24
Location: Ellis, Kansas
Profession: Librarian Assistant / Graduate Student
Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, paper crafts
Blog: http://marleah.wordpress.com
My earliest memory of crafting, besides the macaroni “art” that only a mother can love, is of my grandmother grasping yarn and hook, attempting to teach me to crochet. At the time, I put up with it because [...]
Name: Nicole Hawley
Age: 31
Location: Utica, N.Y.
Profession: Newspaper Reporter
Crafts of Choice: Crochet (#1 Love), Loom Knitting, Knitting, Paper Crafts, Jewelry Making, Scrapbooking and whatever inspires me at any given moment.
I was 8 or 9 when I remember my grandmother asking me what I wanted for Christmas. I told her I wanted a sewing machine because when [...]
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 of the game to [...]
Name: Robyn Coburn
Age: 46
Location: Playa del Rey, CA
Profession: Homeschooling parent, screenwriter, doll artisan, theater designer – sets, lighting, costume, films – art department.
Craft(s) of Choice: Doll making, textile arts, crochet, mixed media, altered couture, paper crafts, jewelry, loom knitting (does the list really ever stop?)
Blog: http://www.IggyJingles.blogspot.com
I have made things my whole life and sewn [...]
Name: Jessica Okui
Age: 30
Location: California, Bay Area
Profession: SAHM
Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, recycled crafts, paper crafts, zakka
Blog: http://www.zakkalife.blogspot.com
I have a vivid memory of making my Mother earrings at the age of six. I crafted them out of paper clips and macramé beads (my original design). And from that point forward I’ve been crafting things out of [...]
Name: Gabriela Delworth
Profession: Crafts Designer – Instructor {have a diploma in Graphic Design}
Location: Toronto, Canada
Crafts: Paper Crafts and Gift Wrapping
Blog: http://gabrieladelworth.com
Before I started talking {and I do talk a lot now} I was already making drawings with crayons on walls, floors and papers…I grew up making stuff, collaging, painting things with my Mom which we gave as gifts, [...]
