About 1,000 people trekked to Seattle Center today to look at crafts made by local designers and a handful from further afield. Boston and Toronto, for example. The event? A two-day exhibition at Seattle Center called “Urban Craft Uprising.”
Styled after “trunk shows,” where people transported in trunks their handmade goods to sell in community gathering spaces, this event brings together independent craftspeople of like urban fashion sensibilities.
“It’s an underground movement, in all different parts of the country,” said Lindsey Ross, one of the organizers for Urban Craft Uprising, which is in its second year in Seattle. A lot got started in Austin, Texas, she said, and as people in other metropolitan spots learned about it, they got inspired. “People are divorcing the idea of crafting from, say, grannies knitting blankets. Men are getting into it, too. They can be some of the best knitters.”
If you are into local and handmade crafts, like knits, beaded jewelry and bags made from seat belts that manufacturers couldn’t use, check it out on Sunday. For those who aren’t in town, I’ll post pictures on Monday when I’m back at my desk.
Urban Craft Uprising.
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
11am - 5pm :: Sunday, December 3
Free
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