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About Mermaid Spring
About Mermaid Spring

deep co-creation, slow process & social handcraft

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Slow Process
Slow Process

We use the slow, attentive labour of handcraft to create objects filled with care, for our collaborators and audiences.

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Introducing Social Handcraft
Introducing Social Handcraft

Volunteer crafters working in our network and beyond are using crochet to create abstract, fantastic vegetation for Mermaid Spring…

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Crochet & Climate?
Crochet & Climate?

Right now, we want to offer crochet as a stress-relieving actiivity to keep us connected during distanced times. Here’s more about the bigger picture…

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Get Involved
Get Involved

First steps in joining Social Handcraft…

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Demonstration Crochet
Demonstration Crochet

A small collection of crochet fluff puffs, moss snakes and lichen blobs by Heather Cameron…

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Other Projects
Other Projects
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Resources
Resources

Be as neurotic as you enjoy, but please remember that living plants are messy, irregular, imperfect and odd…

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Credit & Thanks
Credit & Thanks

Thanks to our contributors and partners…

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Join Social Handcraft

Join this list if you’d like us to send you info and updates about how to get involved in Social Handcraft, the crochet & fibre arts component of Mermaid Spring.

We respect your privacy and don’t love e-marketing. We won’t spam you.

Hi Hi!

Thanks for joining Social Handcraft! You are our (autofill) subscriber.

(Joking, we absolutely do NOT have that level of automation figured out. But this post-submit message– impressive, no?)

Okay, so you’re in it now. That’s good! You can start by visiting this page for some downloads you might find helpful.

And, if you’re looking for yarn, we may just have some to share. Visit the downloads page to take our scarily accurate yarn-matchmaking quiz to help us understand your yarn desires. Based on your submission, we’ll go through our hoard of thrifted and donated yarn, and put together a little package to get you started. Thanks a million in advance for your patience while we do that - automated pop-ups aside, this operation is fully DIY.

Oh, speaking of DIY. You’re probably better at social media than we are. Right? If you make something that relates to the project, or just want to show us a nice plant or a cloud that reminds you of something, we’re @publicswoon. #MermaidSpring and #SocialHandcraft could be hashtags, but really, who likes being told what to hashtag. #SurpriseUs. #SocialButFeral #DomesticButLapsing #LateToTheParty

Excited to be working with you, and thanks so much for joining us!

kyla+barbara//thepublicswoon

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Join this list for updates on live and virtual events hosted by the public swoon. Once a year, we’ll consider sending a photo of a cat or a plant, but it will be part of a more general update and not a standalone cat/plant.

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About Mermaid Spring
About Mermaid Spring

deep co-creation, slow process & social handcraft

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The Public SwoonAugust 19, 2022
Slow Process
Slow Process

We use the slow, attentive labour of handcraft to create objects filled with care, for our collaborators and audiences.

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The Public SwoonAugust 17, 2022
Introducing Social Handcraft
Introducing Social Handcraft

Volunteer crafters working in our network and beyond are using crochet to create abstract, fantastic vegetation for Mermaid Spring…

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Barbara AdlerJuly 31, 2022Social Handcraft, Crochet
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Oh hi, part 1/2 of yarn drops today! It was so exciting to see people in 3D that we didn’t take any photos on the way, so here’s some verbal highs: 1. All of our drops today turned out to be nearly neighbours, as if our collaborators were
@aliciapalmquisthansen, composer, performer, and now subtle sculptor of yarn...No surprise that she’s making weird elegant pieces that are a little haunting (so far as pink and purple crochet goes). Big shout outs to the loose mane on the first
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