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SPRING 2013 EDITION

Welcome to the Got Craft? spring 2013 look book!

Started on a whim in 2007, Got Craft? is celebrating its 13th show this April and we have never been more excited

about the work we are doing here. We were thrilled with our look books from last year and when it came time to

decide what to do for the upcoming season, we decided to mix things up by adding a few zine-like features including

a recipe by Everybody Likes Sandwiches, DIY projects by Spool of Thread and Draw Me a Lion, and interviews with

Robbie Vergara, Faythe Levine, and Sam Macon.

Got Craft? is a curated boutique event started to showcase some of our favourite handmade artists and

provide Vancouver the opportunity to shop for one of a kind goods in a casual environment. Attendees are able

to meet the makers in person to talk about their handmade goods and creative processes, as well as craft their

own take home DIY projects.

As we begin preparing for the upcoming event, we wanted to take a moment to say thank you for all of the support

over the past years and for taking time to flip through this book. To have a team of vendors, sponsors, and partners

that share our vision, creativity, and enthusiasm is more than we can ever ask for. We are so excited to show you

everything weve been working on and we hope that you will join us at our new home at the Maritime Labour Centre.

See you there!

Andrea + Robert

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Saturday, April 27th and Sunday, April 28th, 2013

10:00am 5:00pm

Maritime Labour Centre 1880 Triumph Street,

Vancouver

$3.00 at the door (kids under 10 are free)

For more information: http://gotcraft.com, info@gotcraft.com

MAKE

DIY workshops with Spool of Thread, Leanne Prain, Honey Canada, Heirloom Magazine, The Wedding Workshop, Knit Social and Sam Bradd.

SHOP

Shop independent from a wide variety of incredible handmade goods ranging from jewelry, clothing, ceramics, stationery, homewares, plush toys, and more.

EAT

Come hungry and enjoy tasty eats from Varinicey Pakoras, Taser Grilled Cheese, JJs Trucketeria, and Uncle Kebab.

WIN

First 50 people each day will receive a free limited edition tote bag filled with swag including 3 randomly placed gift certificates with a combined value of $150 each day compliments of Square! ** 1x $75, 1x 50, and 1x $25 gift certificates to

be used at the Got Craft? 2013 spring show.

Available to paid attendees only.

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DIY with Spool of Thread Sewing Lounge

Stitching workshop with Leanne Prain, author of Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery

Try your hand on a tabletop antique letterpress with Sam Bradd (advance registration / additional cost)

Hand-painted burlap placemats with Heirloom Magazine

Beginner needle felting with Honey Canada (advance registration required / additional cost)

Pretty Paper Windmills with The Wedding Workshop

Basic knitting instruction by Knit Social

SATurdAy10:00am to 12:00pm: Stitching workshop with Leanne Prain12:30pm to 2:30pm: Hand-painted burlap placemats with Heirloom Magazine 3:00pm to 5:00pm: Beginner needle felting with Honey Canada (advance registration required / additional cost)

SuNdAy10:00am to 5:00pm: Basic knitting instruction with Knit Social10:00am to 12:00pm: Stitching workshop with Leanne Prain12:30pm to 2:30pm: Pretty Paper Windmills with The Wedding Workshop3:00pm to 5:00pm: Try your hand on a tabletop antique letterpress with Sam Bradd (advance registration required / additional cost)

All drop-in workshops are free unless noted. Spool of Thread Sewing Lounge will be on-site both days from

10:00am to 5:00pm.

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Tutorial by Spool of Thread Sewing Lounge

cloud pillow

1. To start your cloud pillow, make sure your fabric is folded in half so that there are 2 layers. Draw a cloud shape onto your fabric using chalk. With your scissors, cut your cloud shape out of both layers.

2. Place your cloud pieces right sides together and sew around your cloud using a 1/4 seam allowance. Instead of pivoting at the bottom of the cloud poofs, sew a curved u-shape to make a nice cloud shape. Be sure to leave an un-sewn space at the bottom of your cloud. Well use that later to turn your cloud right side out.

3. Before turning, cut triangle notches on the high point of your curves and and the low points make straight clips. This step will ensure your clouds curves are smooth. Make sure to avoid your stitching when making your notches and clips!

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ChalkScissorsCloud fabric varies depending on size of pillow. We suggest .5 to .75 yards, depending on the size of your cloud.ThreadStuffingHand sewing needle

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Looking for more sewing inspiration? Visit Spool of Thread Sewing Lounge at their retail store at 649 E. 15th Ave. in Vancouver, BC or online at spoolofthread.com. Spool of Thread specializes in providing materials and space to complete your next sewing projet. Their shop features 100s of modern fabrics, sewing patterns and notions. Need a class or to machine to rent by the hour? Spool of Thread has that too.

4. Next, turn your cloud right sides out. Stuff with filling and then hand sew the opening closed. Enjoy your cloud pillow!

We used the same steps to cre-ate raindrops to go with our cloud pillow! Look for the cloud pillows currently on display in our retail shop! A sewing lounge and fab-ric store in Vancouver, Spool of Thread will be hosting a free drop-in DIY workshop from 10 5pm on both days. Make sure to stop by and say hello!

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Looking for a cookie heady with spice? With a spoonful each of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, this is a seriously spicy cookie. Forget just a sprinkle here or a dash there were talking about 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. I love these cookies best out of the oven and slightly cool, theyve got a bit of sturdiness not quite crisp, but not a lot of give. But throw them in a covered tin overnight and they get soft and cakey if thats the texture youre after.

2 cups whole wheat flour1 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon kosher salt1 teaspoon cloves1 teaspoon cinnamon1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg1/2 cup butter, room temperature

3/4 cup packed brown sugar1 large egg1/4 cup milk1 heaping cup of diced apples (I leave the skins on)1 cup raisins1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 375F. Cover 2 cookie sheets with parchment and set aside.

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

In another bowl, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add in egg and blend well. Stir in half the flour mixture and stir to combine. Add in the milk and incorporate. Stir in the remaining flour and beat until

combined. Add in the apples, raisins and walnuts and stir to combine. The dough will be hard to churn, but go at it. Or use a KitchenAid mixer like I did. The dough will be sticky and tough and looks like it wont hold all the apples. Dont worry, itll be fine.

Drop spoonfuls of batter onto the cookie sheets, leaving the dough 1 apart from each other. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the dough springs back from a light touch. Cool on wire rack. Makes about 20 cookies.

When Jeannette Ordas isnt drawing cute creatures for her line of greeting cards, The Beautiful Project, she spends her time in the kitchen baking good stuff and cooking up a storm. She shares her stories and recipes on the blog Everybody Likes Sandwiches.

freSh apple Spice cookieSRecipe by Jeannette Ordas

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Drawing from his background as a filmmaker and obsession with biolo-gy, we invite Robbie Vergara to tell us more about his screen printing com-pany and what inspires him to create.

tell us a bit more about you your background and why you decided to start screen printing:I grew up in Bogot, Colombia to a very artistic family. After I graduated high school, I did a year of fine art studies before moving to Vancouver in 2001 having decided to study film-making. I was always obsessed with T-shirt art and screen-printing, par-ticularly in band T-shirts as I am huge music enthusiast. It always seemed like an elusive, awe-inspiring artform that I admired very much. After work-ing in the film industry for 4 years af-ter school, I felt like I needed to make my own art on my own terms. In 2009 I received a very basic screen-printing kit as a christmas present and I essen-tially taught myself to do it. I started making gifts for my friends and family, and eventually all I heard was: why dont you sell these?. The seed was planted and I started to take it a little more seriously, I did a couple of work-shops, and started doing local artisan markets with my one-of-a-kind shirts.

any advice you wish somebody told you when you first started?Looking back, I wish someone had told me how much of being an artist is also being a successful business

person. Not to undermine the artis-tic process, but if you cant sell your art and keep track of your expenses, then it becomes really difficult to reach a wider audience. I still strug-gle with this today. As many artists will tell you, I really feel passionate about making art, and not necessar-ily as passionate (not even close!) about marketing. I really have to force myself to put on that busi-ness hat that is crucial to any small business. I think the sooner the art-ist embraces that, the easier things are. It is so important for any kind of success you may have.Also and perhaps even more im-

portantly, I have learned that you dont always have to do everything yourself. There are a ton of people our there that are good at things you arent, and the moment you can relin-quish a bit of your control and let oth-er people into your world the more amazing and successful your art will become. If you photograph your art yourself or design your own logo you may save yourself some money, but the moment I let other people into my creative process the more I learned as an artists and as person.

what is your creative process? My work always starts from a purely subconscious level. I sometimes try to recreate things I see in my dreams, strange images and creatures that I wake up thinking about. I will search the image collection I have consist-

ing of about 5,000 images I have scanned from encyclopedias or that Ive found online. The first step is to try to make associations between im-ages. Ill see one animal or one object and suddenly it clicks: this image needs that image to work! Its based on pure instinct. It doesnt always work as for every design I print I prob-ably have 10 more that I didnt use.I am heavily influenced by Dada-

ism and Surrealism, so I let the sub-conscious associations between im-ages be the main catalyst in my work. I work with images mainly from a symbolic and an aesthetic level. I am always concerned about the balance and symmetry in my work. My work also reflects my lifelong obsession with biology, particularly marine biol-ogy. Anatomical and scientific draw-ings of animals have always been a source of inspiration and wonder.

whats next? future plans?As any small business I am looking on expanding my horizons. I want my product to be in more stores lo-cally, and I would love to start print-ing on bigger pieces such as duvet covers, table cloths, curtains. I have a very simple set-up at the moment because I am working from home. The whole process has been very organic but as I try to reach a wider audience I will have to slowly tran-sition into a more professional space without really losing that DIY energy. I roll with the punches, and

grow as required. A future plan that I would love

to materialize is to have some kind of art show in a gallery setting. Ive started to play with paper prints and I would love to experience that side of the artistic process.

what is your favourite item from your line? what is your bestseller?I find it hard to pick just one. In terms of my image association method I think the Matador image I print on T-shirts is the most effective use of irony and of collage. The bullfighter with a bulls head works on many lev-els for me and I am very proud of that image. I have received many compli-ments on that one.Aesthetically speaking I think that my favourite image is the Victoria print, where a mathematical pat-terns partially covers an image of the young Queen Victoria. It is a very serene and beautiful image. I think it was a step in a direction that I hadnt really explored but I really love.My bestsellers would have to be

the Matador and Deerman T-shirts and the Golden Guns apron. It seems like I never print enough of those. They always disappear so fast!

Make sure you stop by Robbies table at Got Craft? or find him

online here: etsy | twitter | facebook

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In 2009, we brought Faythe Levine to Vancouver for Western Canadas premiere of Handmade Nation and we are thrilled to bring her back, along with filmmaker and co-di-rector Sam Macon to screen their new documentary, The Sign Painter Movie! We sat down with Sam and Faythe and asked them a few questions about their new film.

please tell us a bit more about the both of you your background and why you decided to create the Sign painters movie. faythe: I have an ongoing inter-est in creative process and urban landscapes. I started noticing signs when I was in High School and do-ing a lot of hand lettering for my zine and punk show flyers. I didnt know there were actual sign paint-ers until much later while liv-ing in Minneapolis when some of my friends sought out a local sign painter, Phil Vandervaart. It was then that I started thinking about

the trade and historical value of what these people have contributed to our lives. After I finished my last documentary and book Handmade Nation I realized that there was still very little information about the actual people behind the signs and Sam and I began our research.

Sam: Faythe and I had already col-laborated on a number of smaller projects when she suggested that we maybe do a documentary on sign painting. Being a visually mind-ed person, and hobbyist graphic de-signer I was intrigued, but skeptical of if we had a feature length doc on our hands. Like most people, I just didnt really understand what a sign painter was. As soon as we started filming that all changed. I was instantly floored by the abili-ties, commitment to quality, and enthusiasm these people had for their craft. As a filmmaker with es-sentially a lifelong obsession with storytelling, I knew this one had to be told.

the Sign painter movie Q & a with faythe and Sam

what were your highlights in making this film? Meeting the sign painters and see-ing their work spaces was a huge highlight for us. Time and time again their stories would leave us with our jaws dropping. Wed get back from a trip and find ourselves trying to retell these amazing stories of what the sign painters have done, its re-ally baffling when you start to think about their impact on our lives. En-tire cities look the way they do be-cause of sign painters. Products we use every day with brands we seek out are successful because of sign painters. We know where not to park because of sign painters.

faythe: after your success with handmade nation, was it easier or more difficult making a second film? Working side by side with Sam Macon, an established filmmaker definitely added fluidity to the film-making process. We also had two producers on this project that han-dled logistical things that can add up quickly. However, it remains chal-lenging to finance an independent documentary, even with a team.

what made you decide to work to-gether on this film? / why did you decide to team up? We have collaborated on a num-ber of projects in the past and so we knew that we were compatible.

Making a documentary like this is difficult enough without adding the additional hurdles that come with working with someone you dont connect with. Weve also been close friends for almost ten years, and though working with friends can prove hazardous in some in-stances, we knew our individual talents, work ethic, aesthetic pref-erences, etc would compliment each other. Were also rather busy people. We both have a tendency to have a number of projects going on simultaneously, so its been essen-tial (not to mention awesome) to partner up with someone you can trust to handle things in a way youll be happy with.

do you have any new projects you wish to share?faythe: I am currently preparing for 3 exhibits this fall that are un-related to both Handmade Nation & Sign Painters. I will be showing photographs and an assortment of mixed media pieces in associations with a recent fellowship I received in Wisconsin, Jigsaw Youth a group exhibit at Carnegie Mellon in Pitts-burgh plus a group exhibit at the University of Alabama Visual Arts Gallery in Birmingham.

Sam: Im currently working on a number of short documentary piec-es, commercials, and music videos. Im also pages away from the com-

pleting a script for what I hope will be my first narrative feature film.

any advice for people interested in pursuing their creative dreams? faythe: I always have a lot of advice; never stop working. Keep multiple projects going at the same time. Set goals and get your work out there. Engage with a community and take care of yourself.

Sam: Though Ive never been one to throw out corporate taglines as motivational advice, Id have to say just do it. Be self critical, but just jump in. Start working your ass off. I think people will be amazed by how possible it is to pursue (and more importantly achieve) their creative goals by just going for it. And to Faythes point, its essential to remember nothing happens in a bubble. Community is everything.

The Vancouver premiere of The Sign Painter Movie will take

place on Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at the Rio Theatre. See page 59 for more information and to

purchase tickets!

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The Vancouver Mini Maker Faire is a community-run event focused on bringing together Makers, Doers, and Creatives for a weekend of sharing knowledge, inspiring each other, exhibiting projects, and community building. It showcases the amazing work of all kinds and ages of makers anyone who is embracing the do-it-yourself spirit and wants to share their accomplishment with others.Got Craft? aims to bring together a community that fosters handmade and DIY culture by supporting like-minded events. We are thrilled to team up with the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire for 2013 to create a mini Got Craft? featuring 30 handmade vendors!

Interested in joining us this year? Take advantage of our early bird registration and complete your vendor application today!

when: Saturday, June 1st and Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 from 10-6pm. where: PNE forum building (corner of Hastings and Renfrew in Vancouver) Ph

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the Sign painter movieThere was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our landscape. Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade.In 2009, we brought Faythe

Levine to Vancouver for Western Canadas premiere of Handmade Nation and we are thrilled to bring her back, along with filmmaker and co-director Sam Macon to screen their new documentary, The Sign Painters Movie!Faythe Levine and Sam Macon

began documenting these dedicated practitioners, their time-honoured methods, and their appreciation for quality and craftsmanship back in 2010. Sign Painters, the first anecdotal history of the craft, features the stories of more than two dozen sign painters working in cities throughout the United States.

If you have a love for handmade, typography, and design; you will not want to miss this!

what: The Sign Painters Moviewhen: Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th, 2013 Doors at 6:30pm | Screening at 7:30pm | Q+A to followwhere: Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway @ Commercial Drivetickets: $20.00 in advance | $25.00 at the door limited seating | buy ticketsSee page 36 for a full Q+A interview with directors Faythe Levine and Sam Macon.

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Thank you to each one of you for the good times! We are truly grateful and appreciate your support.

Jeannette Ordas, Jeanie Ow, Yuki Nickolichuk, Heirloom Magazine, The Wedding Workshop, Leanne Prain, Nicole Stewart PR, Sam Bradd, Bird on a Wire Creations, Vancouver Mini Maker Faire, Lisa Cinar, and

Samantha Wagner Graphic Design.

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