Contributors

Branca Nitzsche (Sticker Happy and Circus Act photography) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and started working with photography at the age of 15. She’s known for her long-term photo documentaries, but you can also see her portraits and lifestyle pictures in magazines and other media. She has photographed favela residents in Rio de Janeiro, the Landless Workers’ Movement in Paranapanema, migrant agricultural workers in California’s Central Valley, and the monarch butterfly migration in Mexico.

Angelica Amesquita-Carter (Mixtape) describes herself as an introverted extrovert, a lazy crafter, an eclectic music junkie, and an ever-changing work in progress. She got started — or rather “obsessed” — with music and creating the perfect mix at a very young age. Angelica’s first musician obsession began at the tender age of 7 when she discovered Prince, resulting in her collecting album after album and a roomful of half-naked posters of the pint-sized pop star. Out of a giant tape recorder and her desire to create, her own mixtapes were born.

Lee Meredith (Fingerless Gloves) is a maker of things and doer of stuff living in southeast Portland, Ore., with her fiancé, Pete, and her silly kitty, Garbanzo. Her photography degree is used these days to shoot projects she makes for various publications, and stuff she creates with recycled materials for her online shop and blog ( leethal.net). She has been known to get overly excited about thrift store finds, knit design ideas, and board games.

Sarah Scheffel (Fruit Sushi) is a cook and craft book editor based in New York City. To some, this sounds like a glamorous job, but in reality she spends a lot of time chasing writers whose manuscripts are late (and, in a pinch, writing said manuscripts). She’s become an expert at coaxing toy poodles into sweaters and has modeled a garment or two herself, despite the fact that she hates having her picture taken.

Simultaneously like an old woman and a child, Lesley Patterson-Marx (Wedding Book) is constantly discovering new and fascinating things, yet acutely aware of the brevity and transience of life. She got started making books as a child, when she would cut up the funny pages and reassemble them to make them even funnier. These days, she pieces together part-time jobs to make one full-time job with lots of variety, including teaching, showing her art, and illustrating. Lesley lives in Nashville, Tenn., with her writer/musician husband, Jonathan, and their 4-year-old son, who loves to make and build things.

People tell Sasha Barr (Special Section illustrations) that he’s domestic and calm. When not working in the art departments of Sub Pop and Suicide Squeeze Records, he can be found skateboarding around Seattle, doing freelance illustrations at home, or watching documentaries. Sasha and his girlfriend, Meagan, collaborate on project Wonder Thunder, screen-printing homemade housewares and plush creatures, while their cat, Fatty, provides comic relief. Sasha is excited to be working on the 2009 Bumbershoot campaign.

Lindsey North (CRAF T intern) is a quirky girl with an overactive imagination, or so people tell her. The description has always seemed fun and interesting to her, so she goes with it. When she’s not knitting, crocheting, or working, she’s usually reading with her cats while listening to music that isn’t conducive to concentrating. Lindsey also enjoys painting in her studio, or just relaxing on the couch watching either crazy science fiction movies or remakes of old Jane Austen movies.