Craft/Work Collective

Craft/Work is an interactive, community-based, multi-platform project exploring and transgressing the boundaries between “Art” and “Craft”. Founded in 2013 by artists and crafters Nora Renick-Rinehart and Rachel Wallis, Craft/Work creates public access to art theory and history, encourages people of all backgrounds to make, and gives them the tools and materials with which to do so. Through gallery exhibits, academic articles, artist talks, and an online publication, Craft/Work aims to draw people into a broader conversation about the relationship between what they make and “Art” with a capital A.

Untitled (Homicide Quilt) 2014

Created in collaboration with El Stitch y Bitch, Untitled (Homicide Quilt) documents the uneven impact of violence on the neighborhood of Chicago. Designed and embroidered over the thirteen members of the Stitch y Bitch collective, the quilt showcases the names of the 415 individuals murdered in Chicago in 2013 embroidered on the neighborhoods where they died.

Read More:
Homicide Quilt - Surface Design Journal
Quilt on display with names of Chicago's homicide victims, 'You can see the hurt' - Chicago Tribune
Crafters Speak on Homicide Quilt - Chicago Tribune
Murder Quilt a Stark Reminder of 2013 Victims: 'It's So Easy to Ignore'- DNAinfo Chicago

Quilted Souls 2012

Created in collaboration with El Stitch y Bitch for HANAL PIXÁN Food for the Souls at the National Museum of Mexican Art.