Your 2011 Staff

 
     

Becky Johnson
Ring Leader / Co-founder

Becky runs the sweetie pie press and is sometimes a comedic performer. Around these parts she comes up with ideas, coordinates graphic design and builds this sprawling website like a little doozer. She is also in charge of everything now. Gosh.

Crafts of choice: 1" button squishing, pixel pushing, doodles, crochet, printing & vocabulary.

 
     
 

Sandi Falconer
Designer

Sandi is a designer and screen printer (under the name DEADWEIGHT) and a music maker (with local band The Guest Bedroom). This year, Sandi is responsoble for almost everything visual related to City of Craft - flyers, merchandise, posters and even this very website.

Crafts of choice: drawing, screen printing, hollerin'.

 
     
 

Sara Keller
Craft Lab Coordinator

Sara joins us all the way from the Rock N Roll Craft Show in St. Louis, Missouri. Having just emigrated to Toronto, she has come on board to provide some much-needed on-site support as well as keeping us orderly and organized against all odds over the main weekend. If you know where to get a good coat in Toronto, let her know.

Crafts of Choice: Visa applications and bundling up.

  
     
 

Kid Icarus
Doers and Makers

Bianca and Michael are the husband and wife duo that make up Kid Icarus, a store where you can find quality handmade goods made by local crafters.

Bianca enjoys thinking up new crafty projects, baking up lovely treats for everyone, and biking on her cruiser around town.
Michael likes to draw, make giant costumes, and tinker with things. Screen printing is his passion.

  
     

Shannon Gerard
Maven of Swag

A fine artist, illustrator, book-maker (not for gambling), screen printer, crocheter and more, Shannon is an asset in many capacities. This year, she is in charge of all things swag bag - printing, stuffing, organizing. You would be shocked at how large a job this is.

Crafts of Choice: crochet, illustration, screen printing, book making, zines & rugged horticulture

     
 

Michelle Renaud
Volunteer Coordinator

Michelle owes her love of craft and DIY to both her creative and talented mother and her 'why pay someone to do it when I can do it myself?' father.  She enjoys puttering with paper, glue and other craft ephemera and occasionally blogs about said puttering. At City of Craft, Michelle organizes and corrals all things volunteer-related.

Crafts of Choice: card making, sewing, cross-stitch and (attempts at) knitting

 
     
 

Kalpna Patel
Vendor Hospitality / Thug

Kalpna spends most of her time gathering twigs and acorns and casting them in metal. When she gets tired of that and needs to work with something softer, she crochets and accessorizes little bunnies that look like they hopped right out of a Russian novel. This year for City of Craft, she is the official Helping Hand.

Crafts of choice: Metal work, crochet, gocco printing, hand-lettering, anything that has to do with doilies.

  
 
 
 
Caitlyn Murphy
Program Designer / Illustrator at Large

Caitlyn is an illustrator who makes things. She runs Lemonade. This is her fourth year designing the program guide. 

Crafts of choice: drawing, daydreaming.

  
     
 

Mark Andrada
Technical Director

Mark is a performer, comedian, clown and nice guy who currently spends the bulk of his time dealing with the whims of comedians as Technical Director at the Comedy Bar on Bloor. Aside from hanging all of our lights and connecting all of our cables, Mark is back by popular demand as the DJ for the 2010 show. He will also make announcements for you over the PA.

Crafts of Choice: trouble.

 
     
 

Leah Buckareff
Co-founder

Leah is head bookateer at the Coldsnap Bindery and leads the Toronto chapter of the Church of Craft. In her not-so-spare time, Leah is a heavy metal star, too. Historically, she has been queen of all logistics and figuring. It would not be surprising if she was called upon to lend a hand or two, even all the way from Berlin where she now resides.

Crafts of choice: book binding, crochet, paste sniffing & bass guitar.

 
     
 

Jen Anisef
Co-founder

Jen runs the Toronto Craft Alert. She has also done a million other things.

Although Jen has technically now left the administration of City of Craft, she has come back to the team for 2010 to curate For Keeps: a mending show at Cream Tangerine Gallery Cafe.

Crafts of choice: sewing, fabric ogling, colour scheming & cultural context