From the artist Andy Magee’s Flickr photo description:

Change is a timely portrait of Barack Obama made from circulated coins. Beyond the visual pun, the work evokes a sense of historical significance. Although the piece is made entirely of coins, it could be considered a portrait made from portraits. Each coin is carefully arranged with the presidential portrait facing out. This subtle detial suggests that Obama is made from the same qualities as Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, and Roosevelt. Like Obama’s grassroots fundraising campaign, all of the coins for this sculpture were generously donated by friends and colleagues – who emptied their pockets and coin jars for me.

This piece is up for auction, click on the photo to be taken to the flickr photo page for more information.

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Delores has made a ton of these hats to benefit that Obama campaign. Check out more of her work on her web site.

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Karen, from South Carolina, made this scarf of handspun art yarn of wool & vintage fabrics and then crocheted the yarn and combined it with novelty yarns and strips of cotton fabrics. She’s currently selling this one-of-a-kind scarf, and another, similar one, on eBay. One hundred percent of the purchase price will be donated to the Obama campaign (and she’s offering free shipping).

Side note: Poor Karen, she emailed these items to us a few days ago and then eBay took her auction down. While her auctions are back up now, we still believe Meg Whitman’s behind it.

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We received this press release today and are so excited about the Obamaware fundraiser!

On October 19th, 27 top ceramic artists will present “Obamaware,” a limited edition group of Obama/Biden-specific ceramics in an effort to raise money in for the Obama campaign. New York-based Studio potter Ayumi Horie organized the effort and will host the sale on her website, https://www.ayumihorie.com/obamaware.html.  The pots are by turns funny, hopeful, imaginative, witty, inspiring – and practical, including John Byrd’s commemorative Sarah Palin beer steins to Diana Fayt’s Victorian-style silhouettes of Obama accompanied by symbolic olive branches.  As participating sculptor Jeffry Mitchell remarked, making pieces for this project (”Elephants for Obama”) makes him feel he is doing what he knows how to do best in an effort to support an election we can’t afford to lose.  Potters have a long history of putting messages on objects people use every day – this is a literal example of politics around the “kitchen table” that politicians mention so often.  We can think of it as optimistic White House china: buy one, and our wish might come true.

Preview link:
http://www.ayumihorie.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=36

Auction starts on Ebay, Sunday, Oct 19th 8pm EST and lasts 3 days:
http://stores.ebay.com/Obamaware

You should also read The Kitchen Table’s excellent essay about the Obamaware project. It’s one of the best reads of the campaign, which really describes the intersection of craft and politics.

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Trudy in Durham, North Carolina emailed us this marvelous photo of the skirts she’s made as part of her fundraising effort for the Obama campaign. If you’d like one of these unique garments, send Trudy an email (she doesn’t have an Etsy shop) at lilwing [at] mindspring [dot] com. She doesn’t have an Etsy, shop so she’s primarily looking for locals who are interested in purchasing a skirt. But, if you’re not in the area, she’s can work something out with you as well. (If you have trouble reaching her via email, let us know and we’ll pass along her phone number.)

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