The Wanaka community is banding together for Ukraine via an art exhibition on Felt and at the Wanaka Community Hub this month. Aid Through Art has been organised by a group of local artists who were motivated to act when their friend and fellow artist Olga Zoma, who hails from the Sloviansk region in eastern Ukraine, began a Give A Little page to help move her family out of the conflict zone.
While a handwritten card is always something to cherish, a set of gift cards designed and made in Christchurch has an even deeper meaning than most. Handmade from 100 per cent recycled materials, Seeds of Love cards contain seeded hearts, filled with seeds from native flowers that can be planted anywhere across New Zealand.
Paper used in the seeded hearts comes from the thousands of notes, cards, and letters of support and unity expressed following the 2019 Mosque attacks in Christchurch. They were collected from outside Al Noor Mosque and Rolleston Avenue and donated to the project.
What is the most important thing in the world? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
Auckland-based social enterprise Tat Upcycle has a kaupapa of supporting its community members through proactive, holistic recovery and respect for Papatuanuku Mother Earth. Started by Hone Pene and Walter Marsters, and now joined by Dalton Neho and Joe Moana, the organisation diverts waste from landfill and offers a positive pathway for those recovering from addiction.
Mindful making: the Christchurch woman who makes dolls to inspire inner strength
Hilary Tapper-Zakheim creates her inspiring, eco-friendly Khadil dolls with a hand-powered sewing machine in her Christchurch workroom. She uses handwoven cotton, woven by empowered village women in India, and other natural materials to create dolls that celebrate natural beauty, wholesomeness, inner strength, and handmade, conscious living.
These rings from the workshop of Gwyneth Hulse are not just pretty faces – they’re also doing great work. Gwyneth is donating $15 from every fundraiser ring sold to the Red Cross, to support Syrian refugees.
Heads up Auckland fabric fiends, Fabric-A-Brac is returning to the city of sails!
Here at Felt we love craft for a cause, and we think it’s awesome that Cat of Phersu Dancing Jewellery and Treasures is supporting her friend Rebecca’s mission to get to Australia for help with her rare condition, Dercum’s Disease.
Talented screenprinter and artist Sandra Waine would like you all to meet her latest feathered friend, Frida the freedom fighter…
Here’s a challenge to get the creative juices flowing, crafters: the Craft Central Create for a Cause Competition gives makers the chance to use their craft skills to change babies’ lives, and be in to win great prizes!
The National Army Museum is seeking the assistance of crafty New Zealanders to produce a memorial of a handcrafted poppy for every person lost by our nation in the Great War – that’s over eighteen thousand poppies.