Abstract
This craft collaborative, founded by artist and art professor Jennifer Marsh, encourages craftspeople and students to design fiber patches or panels that form monumental cozies installed over gas stations, rockets, and other large objects. By covering a rocket ship with messages and images of the artists, both the makers and the viewers can construct meanings around ecological, political, and aesthetic issues.
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Koehler, P., Marsh, J., Weida, C. (2014). Critiquing Consumption through Craft & the International Fiber Collaborative. In: Weida, C.L. (eds) Crafting Creativity & Creating Craft. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 14. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-839-8_5
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