Crafting a Better World: Inspiration and DIY Projects for Craftivists

Curated by Diana Weymar, the creator of the Tiny Pricks Project, who knows what it means to meld craft and activism. On Jan. 8, 2018, she stitched “I am a very stable genius” (a Donald Trump quote) into a piece of her grandmother’s abandoned needlework from the 1960s and posted it to Instagram. Since then, she’s turned her embroidery practice into a material record of the trials facing this country and become a leading voice in the movement to save our democracy.

Featuring essays, exclusive profiles of well-known creatives, and projects that readers can create by themselves or with their communities, this book is a means to stay engaged, make stuff, and hold ourselves together as we navigate this uncertain personal and political landscape.

With contributions from artists and activists, including:

Jamie Lee Curtis

Roz Chast

Gisele Fetterman

PEN America

Nadya Tolokonnikova (founding member, Pussy Riot)

Guerilla Girls