Knot Sew Crafty Gorgons
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Welcome to the Knot Sew Crafty Gorgons, home of the two craftiest Gorgons, Jesii & Heather! Through podcasting we hope to share the weirder, darker and funnier sides of crafting through the context of history, personal experience, and current trends. We can be loud, ridiculous and wrong but hopefully you enjoy your time with us anyway
Location:
United States
Description:
Welcome to the Knot Sew Crafty Gorgons, home of the two craftiest Gorgons, Jesii & Heather! Through podcasting we hope to share the weirder, darker and funnier sides of crafting through the context of history, personal experience, and current trends. We can be loud, ridiculous and wrong but hopefully you enjoy your time with us anyway
Language:
English
Episodes
Video Game Crafts
11/16/2022
The Gorgons dig a little deeper into the world of video game crafting. Whether it's the OG Pets, Sims, Beta Minecraft, or Animal Crossing, we can't possibly cover it all.
Duration:00:54:42
Procraftination
11/2/2022
This is probably one of the sillier episodes of the season. Kept very light and fun, the Gorgons talk about procraftination and how they've tried to overcome it.
Duration:00:49:21
Victorian Death Photography & Appalachian Death Culture
10/19/2022
This episode, the Gorgons go on a a little international, time traveling tour to talk about Memento Mori via Victorian Death Photography and Appalachian Death Culture.
Find these topics interesting? Here are some resources:
Victorian Death...
Duration:00:49:19
Witchy Craft
10/4/2022
The Gorgons talk about a different kind of craft today! Jesii and Heather talk about their experiences with witch craft and ways they have.
https://www.lauriecabot.com/?fbclid=IwAR3qxEBbI4Am4DrmzDPphLlilPd0CNdQwkUhr6nIPQUCLlWB9qroPir42fo
https://www.lauriecabot.com/?fbclid=IwAR3qxEBbI4Am4DrmzDPphLlilPd0CNdQwkUhr6nIPQUCLlWB9qroPir42fo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43626381-sew-witchy?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pU3MFeyGS1&rank=1
Duration:00:42:54
Guerrilla Girls and Guerrilla Crafting
9/20/2022
The Gorgons spend this episode gushing about Heather's current crafty crushes, the Guerrilla Girls. Listen in to hear about this history of work that that Guerrilla Girls have been doing to call out problems in the Art industry, including racism, sexually predatory behavior towards art students, and other major issues particularly impacting artists of color, women, non-binary, and other marginalized groups.
https://www.guerrillagirls.com/about
Duration:00:44:59
Girl Scout Crafts
9/7/2022
Gorgon Jesii leads us on an campy adventure, focused on the history of Girl Scouts USA and the crafts that are oozing from that culture. Were you ever a Girl Scout? We'd love to hear about your crafty projects!
Duration:00:38:18
Feminism and Crafting
8/24/2022
Duration:00:41:56
Memorial Crafting
8/10/2022
The Gorgons talk crafting as memorial
Duration:00:53:43
Crafting with Words with Denarii Grace, Part 2
7/27/2022
The
Gorgons are finishing up the conversation on Crafting with Words with
special guest, Denarii Grace. This portion of the conversation covers
topics such as Denarii's proudest achievements, Fat Acceptance in
writing and other crafts, and Denarii's work in Rooted in Rights.
Denarii can be found at:
Instagram: @writersdelight
twitter: @writersdelight
You can support their legal pursuit at https://gofund.me/1b16f18b
And you can follow their work on Rooted in Rights or submit works if...
Duration:01:13:59
Crafting with Words with Denarii Grace, Part 1
7/13/2022
We will be updating show notes with the next episode to be more fleshed out but to avoid some spoilers. Below are some of the artists discussed with Denarii in this portion of the episode. For those of you who write and use words as your primary crafting medium, what are you working on? Who has been influential for you?
Influential Artists and Authors
Marlon Riggs https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/4431-the-signifyin-works-of-marlon-riggs
Son of Baldwin- Robert Jones Jr....
Duration:01:07:57
Kids and Crafting
6/29/2022
Resources
Recommended Books
Concrete operational stageThe origins of intelligence in childrenThe construction of reality in the childJournal of research in science teaching, 2(3)
Duration:01:35:44
Capitalism and Crafting
6/15/2022
Our thoughts on when money meets hobby. We touch on a lot of subtopics on this one and we still only begin to scratch the surface. If any of these issue rattle your snekky shaky tail we want to hear from you! Tell us what you want us to expand on, or even better, if you have personal experience share your anecdotes to knotsewcraftygorgons@gmail.com
Duration:01:08:33
Getting to Know the Gorgs
6/1/2022
Who are we, what are we doing here? We turned left and somehow ended up here, but the company seems good so we think we'll stay if it's alright with you.
Our flagship podcast episode where we explain the above, and offer insights into what is to come.
Duration:00:51:07
Trailer - Knot Sew Crafty Gorgons
5/27/2022
First episode drops June 1st, 2022!
Duration:00:01:47