CRAFTING PEACE
2008 - ongoing, worldwide
CRAFTING PEACE is using craft as a method to enlarge compassion in the world, stitch by stitch, bead by bead, color, by color...
Crafting Peace is a designlabel and philosophy that uses craft as a method to enlarge compassion in the world: stitch by stitch, bead by bead, color by color. Our approach is to co-create design products with craftsmen in fragile countries. On the one hand crafting is an method of tapping someone’s (often undiscovered) potential using hand, head and heart, on the other hand crafting – however graceful, authentic and artistic it may appear – simply means putting bread on the table in some parts of our world.
Crafting Peace with Boumi
To co-create a collection of birds with Boumi, Afghan crafters were asked to share words describing their current state of mind. “Happy, peaceful, cordial, liberated, anxious, hopeful, interested, determined, grateful and astonished” were used as inspiration for the cushion new designs. Even though trapped in conflict, the essence of people in Afghanistan is strikingly similar to the essence of people outside Afghanistan. Who isn’t hopeful, astonished, anxious or grateful at some point in their lives?
Please visit the Crafting Peace website to see the collections we co-created.
Crafting Peace Pakistan
At the moment we are in the starting face of a new a new collaboration with Pakistani women and crafters. In December 2011 we were invited by an alliance of organisations who run a 'Peace my Right' campaign in Pakistan. The aim of the campaign is to give women a key role as change makers in the peace process. Through Crafting Circles, women will be brought together to learn, share and express their creativity and ideas. Currently we are finalising the concept note of the campaign.
