Catasterist » craft http://catasterist.com the shape of space |architecture, urbanism & design| Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:40:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://catasterist.com http://www.catasterist.com/wp-content/themes/small-magazine/images/c.png Catasterist Haptic Inspiration http://catasterist.com/2009/12/haptic-inspiration/ http://catasterist.com/2009/12/haptic-inspiration/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:13:15 +0000 Kirsten http://catasterist.com/?p=671 Do you know about Emily Fischer and her Soft-Maps? They are quilts of neighborhood maps—last time I checked she was just making Williamsburg quilts, but now there are all kinds of neighborhoods and custom possibilities. I can’t believe I haven’t written about her before (though I did write about other map-quilts)—I’ve been admiring her work for a while now, though it’s a bit, ahem, beyond my budget.

I knew a bit about Emily’s story before (she’s a recovering architect, for starters), but ReadyMade just posted a great interview with her. It’s short and career-oriented, but it was like a mini studio visit.

Her story is particularly inspirational to me, not because she left architecture (not my plan, and she didn’t really go so far away—mapping is a big part of architecting, as is making things, shelter, art, etc.) but because she found this amazing niche, because she makes amazing things that are about home and place (and that grew out of her thesis project!), because she’s a crafter who doesn’t do bows and ruffles, and because she runs her business herself. All in all a really cool person.

]]> http://catasterist.com/2009/12/haptic-inspiration/feed/ 0 Sleeping Under Maps http://catasterist.com/2009/01/sleeping-under-maps/ http://catasterist.com/2009/01/sleeping-under-maps/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:30:59 +0000 Kirsten http://catasterist.com/?p=264 I have often sublimated my making urges to crafts (a building is so SLOW to make compared to a t-shirt or something). Also, some of my best friends are quilters, plus have a mentioned I love maps? So this is pretty high on my coolometer:

map quilt

Map quilts by Leah Evans. Nice!

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