Craftivist Jigsaw Project Join us in some crafty activism; tag your stuff with #imapiece
About The Project
Are you a piece?
Pioneers of the emerging contemporary craft movement Mr X Stitch, Deadly Knitshade & Hilary of Craftblog UK are joining the Craftivist Collective to urge the craft community to help us create a giant jigsaw embroidered with provocative messages to support Save the Children's Race Against Hunger Campaign. Wanna join us?
What?
Using jigsaw pieces stitched by craftivists (that means you!), the project will create an art installation to raise awareness of the issues of world hunger and injustice. As well as making a piece for the artwork, we're encouraging you to make one for yourself to keep as a reminder to be part of the solution, and to give a piece stitched with the words "I'm a piece" to your MP, to ask them to be the positive change they wish to see in the world. You can find instructions here, your jigsaw template here, suggested slogans here, a story to reflect on whilst stitching here and there's also a video here.- everything you should need!
Why?
The aim is to raise awareness and show that the craft community wants the Government to use its power and influence as host of the 2013 G8 to tackle injustice. Each piece of the puzzle will be stitched with a message to remind us we can all improve the world and help fulfill its potential to be a more beautiful place for all.
Where?
There will be craft events across the country from Manchester to London, Cardiff and Milton Keynes and crafty activists are invited to do the project on their own, with friends or set up their own event, as well as spreading messages and images about the project through their social media platforms using #imapiece. And, of course, we hope you'll sign the Race Against Hunger petition too.
You can help!
Please join the Craftivist Collective's Jigsaw Project, which will run until the spring 2013. Help put hunger at the top of the agenda at the G8 next summer, and encourage us all to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Everything you need & more
Everything you need to start getting crafty is right here:
Save The Children
No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Please sign the Save the Children Race Against Hunger petition here. Next year, with Britain's presidency of the G8, David Cameron has a historic opportunity to lead the world in delivering real change for the world's poorest children. Show your support. Send a message right now asking David Cameron to lead the next leg of the race against hunger. It will only take a moment. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
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Who else is involved?
The Craftivist Collective's Jigsaw Project for Save the Children is supported by the craftSTARS who are going to be delivering Craftiivist Jigsaw events, seeing first hand how people are tackling hunger in Indonesia with Save the Children’s help and taking you on their journey being a piece of the puzzle from now until Spring 2013.
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Jamie Chalmers (aka Mr X Stitch) is one of the world's most recognised male embroiderers. His contemporary embroidery website receives over 20,000 visitors a month and he has thousands of Facebook and Twitter followers. He has made several TV appearances, being a regular fixture on Kirstie Allsopp's craft programmes, and the curator of PUSH: Stitchery, an inspirational gallery book of textile art from around the world.
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Hilary Pullen (aka Haptree) is a social media manager with a passion for craft and supporting the ethos of the handmade marketplace. She writes blogging tips at www.ukcraftblog.com, a website which now sees in excess of 30,000 page views per month, along with a crafty Twitter following fast approaching 10,000.
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Lauren O’Farrell (aka Deadly Knitshade) is an author, artist, and ‘woolly Godzilla wrangler’ based in London. She founded Stitch London, the UK’s largest stitching community with members in 52 countries worldwide, and pioneered the graffiti knitting movement in the UK with her yarn-storming collective Knit the City. She creates crafty art and writes books from her Fleece Station studio in Deptford, and has worked with countless charities since first picking her knitting needles in 2005.
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Sarah Corbett is a leading spokesperson on craftivism and runs the Craftivist Collective with members and groups across the world delivering their projects as well as being inspired to do their own. She works with charities as well as creative institutions such as Tate, Hayward and Tatty Devine to engage people in activism through reflective craft methods. She used to work for Oxfam as a campaigner so is an experienced (and crafty) activist.