Handmade Nation
Directed by: Faythe Levine - 62 min. - USA
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Filmmaker Faythe Levine traveled 19,000 miles to document the new wave of American craft that has emerged as a marriage between historical technique, punk culture, and the D.I.Y. ethos.

Handmade Nation explores thirteen makers who work within a variety of media and different methodologies, providing a microcosm of the crafting community. Interviewees include Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching embroidery, installation artist Mandy Greer, Stephanie Syjuco, whose clothing line Anti-Factory has the slogan 'because sweatshops suck', design team The Little Friends of Printmaking and the underground group Knitta who takes its knitted graffiti to the streets of cities around the world.

Participants in this community share ideas and encouragement through websites, blogs, boutiques, galleries, and craft fairs. Together they have forged a new economy and lifestyle based on creativity, determination, and networking.

The companion book 'Handmade Nation: the Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design', co-authored by filmmaker Faythe Levine and scholar Cortney Heimerl was published in October 2008 by Princeton Architectural Press, featuring essays and portraits of key community members.

Saturday, August 29, 2009
8:00 pm
at Young Blood


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