Nothing says love like a skull and crossbones tea cozy: Crafting contemporary subversive handcrafts. Issue 1 (1st February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Winge, Therèsa M.; Stalp, Marybeth C.
• Is Part Of: Craft research. Volume 4:Issue 1(2013)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 86
• Publication Date: 2013-02-01
• Subjects: Handicraft -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Handicraft -- Periodicals; 680
• DOI: 10.1386/crre.4.1.73_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-4689

Abstract

Subversive crafters portray feminist messaging within stereotypically non-feminist (e.g. domestic) items. They express irreverence, politics and a culture of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) practices embodying irony, sarcasm, parody and humour. Drawing on 44 North American interviews and participant observations, we explore how subversive crafts and crafters exist outside of the traditional gendered domestic context. We discuss how socio-political and sociocultural visual imagery in subversive crafts plays a role in defining contemporary handcraft culture.