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CraftSanity – A blog and podcast for those who love everything handmade

A blog and podcast for those who love everything handmade

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  • craftsanityshop.com
  • Weaving Looms
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    • Loom video tutorials
    • About the looms
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  • Podcast Archive
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  • creative inspirationFiber ArtTutorialsVideosweavingyarn_featured

    Video Tutorial: How to amass a colorful yarn stash by buying just one skein

    by jennifer January 7, 2018
    by jennifer January 7, 2018

    I’ve been doing a lot of mini tapestry weaving lately and realized early on that although I have a boatload of yarn, I…

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    New year, new CraftSanity weaving video tutorials

    by jennifer January 3, 2018
    by jennifer January 3, 2018

    Happy New Year! While some were living it up on New Year’s Eve, my husband Jeff and I were shooting a couple more…

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    CraftSanity Episode 209: Holiday vending tips from Bethany Nixon, Detroit Urban Craft Fair co-organizer

    by jennifer November 28, 2017
    by jennifer November 28, 2017

    Last night I took a break from weaving, printmaking and loom building to chat with Bethany Nixon owner of Reware Vintage and co-organizer…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 208: Fiber Artist Gloria Kirk-Hanna talks about love, loss and the art we make to get through

    by jennifer October 5, 2017
    by jennifer October 5, 2017

    On this episode of the podcast Gloria Kirk-Hanna takes us behind the scenes of her 2017 ArtPrize entry “Fragments of Old Bones; New…

  • ArtArtPrizePodcasts_featured

    CraftSanity Episode 207: Talking sineaters, freaks, womanhood and making bold political statements with ArtPrize 2017 illustrator, Patricia Constantine

    by jennifer October 3, 2017
    by jennifer October 3, 2017

    By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Educated women with opinions have always made some folks a little uncomfortable. And when you throw older, educated women with…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 206: The story behind Melodee Jackson’s impressive ceramic 2017 ArtPrize entry

    by jennifer September 30, 2017
    by jennifer September 30, 2017

    “Early January on the Pearl Street Bridge” is the name of one of the most intricate entries in ArtPrize 2017. The piece was…

  • ArtPrizePodcasts_featured

    CraftSanity Episode 205: Activist artists protest Flint water crisis at ArtPrize 2017

    by jennifer September 25, 2017
    by jennifer September 25, 2017

      Some artists make art to entertain and amuse, while activist artists like Ti-Rock Moore make art to challenge and raise awareness about…

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    CraftSanity Episode 204: A conversation with ArtPrize artist and self-taught abstract painter, Mary-Catheryn Baker

    by jennifer September 23, 2017
    by jennifer September 23, 2017

    Mary-Catheryn Baker took her time picking up a paintbrush, but now that bold brush strokes are part of her daily practice there’s little…

  • ArtPrizeFiber Artmixed mediaPaintingphotographyPodcastsTextiles_featured

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 203: ArtPrize 2017 artist Jeana Eve Klein on trespassing and quilting about it (and other stuff, too)

    by jennifer September 18, 2017
    by jennifer September 18, 2017

    Jeana Eve Klein, 42, of Boone, North Carolina was one of five artists invited to compete in Pitch Night Durham where artists pitch…

  • BusinessFiber ArtPodcastsweaving_featured

    CraftSanity Episode 202: A Conversation with Angela Smith, owner of Purl & Loop

    by jennifer September 11, 2017
    by jennifer September 11, 2017

    By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Owning a handmade business can be a wild ride. Just ask Angela Smith, owner and creative director of the Houston,…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 201: A chat with Marlee Grace, author and @personalpractice Instagram dancer

    by jennifer August 31, 2017
    by jennifer August 31, 2017

    Marlee Grace Cook-Parrott and I first met about seven years ago when she was establishing herself as an impressive community organizer and businesswoman…

  • DyeingFiber ArtJewelryPodcastsSpinning_featured

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 200: A conversation with artist Emily Wohlscheid of Bricolage Studios

    by jennifer July 27, 2017
    by jennifer July 27, 2017

    When jewelry artist Emily Wohlscheid, owner of Bricolage Studios, learned to spin she probably didn’t realize that dabbling in the fiber arts was…

  • PodcastsPottery_featured

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 199: Behind the scenes with Heidi Fahrenbacher owner of Bella Joy Pottery

    by jennifer July 9, 2017
    by jennifer July 9, 2017

    In an former veterinary clinic-turned-clay studio just outside of Plainwell, Michigan, Heidi Fahrenbacher creates a whimsical Bella Joy Pottery line. To produce her…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 198: A conversation with cool mom and crochet designer Alessandra Hayden

    by jennifer June 28, 2017
    by jennifer June 28, 2017

    Through the years, I’ve interviewed plenty of bloggers who eventually get book deals, but recording this podcast episode was especially fun because my…

  • CraftSanity LoomsCraftSanity Weaving Loomscreative inspirationweaving_featured

    When times got tough, I made a new loom collection

    by jennifer June 14, 2017
    by jennifer June 14, 2017

    By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood In good times and bad, I make stuff. CraftSanity isn’t just the name of my business, it has been my…

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Latest Podcasts

  • CraftSanity Episode 224: A conversation with Dano Wall, creator of the popular stamp used by thousands to get Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

    June 19, 2020
  • CraftSanity Episode 223: A conversation with Diana Weymar, creator of the Tiny Pricks Project public art project featuring hundreds of vintage linens embroidered with Trump quotes

    July 21, 2019
  • CraftSanity Episode 222: Learn how to graduate from art school with zero debt and other handmade business savvy things from Dayna Walton, owner of Solstice Handmade

    April 14, 2019

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