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Fabric box created by Vanessa Gilkes
(stamped with her carvings)
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Founded in 2003 by Cheryl Edwards, Black Crafters Guild is a free, nonprofit resource. Within an Afrocentric, anti-classist, handcrafts-oriented framework, you are welcome to take advantage of this opportunity to share your work or crafting experiences, help and be helped, and/or network with others who are engaged in handmade, hand-painted, or hand-decorated crafting for fun and/or profit
Many BCG crafters design the items they make or decorate. Black Crafters Guild is based in Ontario, Canada.
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Long before our ancestors left Africa, our people were engaged in handcrafting for the home and elsewhere. BCG crafters, Black craftspersons, African American crafters, Black women crafters, Black men crafters, Black craftsmen, Black male artisans, Black female artisans, Black Canadian craft persons, Afro-Caribbean craft makers, Black artisans of the African Diaspora, African Diasporan artisans who are members of Black Crafters Guild create and/or artistically alter items by hand or other part of their bodies.
Handmade crafts done by BCG members are of a wide range: crochet, knitting, woodworking, paper crafts (quilling, decoupage, bookmaking, bookbinding, greeting cards, notecards, postcards, papermaking, scrapbooking, etc.), baby gifts, bags, bath and body products (soap, lotion, shampoo, perfume), beading, blank books, candle, ceramics, christmas, clay, clothing, collage, containers, cross-stitching, curtains, drapes, diaper cakes, towel cakes, dolls, edible art (cake decorating, candy making, etc.), embroidery, eyeglasses accessories, fabric art, floral arrangements, garden art, gift baskets, glass work, gourds, hair accessories, hats, jewelry (jewellery), Kwanzaa items, Christmas items, lamps and other lighting, macramé, printmaking, quilts, picture frames, crafts with religious themes, rock painting, rugs, sewing, soap, stamping, tableware (napkin rings, glasses, mugs), batik, tie-dye, tissue sofas, trash-to-treasure, wall decor, wall hangings, wedding items, bridal brooms, bridal bouquets, wedding favours, window coverings and decor, wire work, wooden items, and so forth. |
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