Past Show Postcards
Artwork by Tripper Dungan
Artwork by Matthew Porter
Artwork by MochiMochi Land
Artwork by CakeSpy
About the Urban Craft Uprising
Urban Craft Uprising's Mission:
To build a fun, successful showcase for indie crafters and to nurture a supportive DIY crafting community
Urban Craft Uprising is Seattle's largest indie craft show! At UCU, now in its seventh year, fans can choose from a wide variety of hand-crafted goods, including clothing of all types, jewelry, gifts, bags, wallets, buttons, accessories, aprons, children's goods, toys, housewares, paper goods, candles, kits, art, food, and much, much more.
Each show is carefully curated and juried to ensure the best mix of crafts and arts, along with quality and originality. This bi-annual show showcases over 100 vendors excelling in the world of craft, art and design. Over the course of 7 years, UCU has garnered so much attention that nearly 10,000 fans swarm to the show over the course of the weekend.
Hundreds of fans are lined up before our doors open to receive our famous swag bags full of goodies from our vendors and lovely sponsors. Not only can you peruse the aisles full of vendors selling their jewelry, clothing, paper products, toys, homemade food and more, but there are also hourly crafty book signings and demos to check out. This show is free and fun for the whole family! We look forward to seeing you!
Urban Craft Uprising was started in 2004 to showcase the work of independent crafters, artists and designers -- to provide a unique, high quality, hand-crafted alternative to "big box" stores and mass produced goods.
At Urban Craft Uprising's shows, fans can choose from a wide variety of hand-crafted goods including clothing of all types, jewelry, gifts, bags, wallets, buttons, accessories, aprons, children's goods, toys, housewares, paper goods, candles, journals, art, food & much, much more. Each Urban Craft Uprising show is carefully curated and juried to ensure the best mix of crafts and arts along with originality and uniqueness.
Since its early beginnings at its first holiday show with just 50 crafter booths and overflow crowds, Urban Craft Uprising now holds the largest indie craft event in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest with its Winter Show. In 2010, Urban Craft Uprising's annual Winter Show saw nearly 10,000 attendees and over 130 crafters, artists and designers from around the world. In 2009, Urban Craft Uprising expanded its horizons to include a summer show, which has now also become an annual event.
Urban Craft Uprising aims to build a local (and beyond) community of artists, crafters and designers by organizing and providing events where indie crafters and artists can connect with their fans. In addition, Urban Craft Uprising promotes other community building activities, including our crafting shows, showcases, classes, events, sponsorships, online presence and other local activities.
Meet The Directors
Kristen Rask opened Schmancy in downtown Seattle in 2004. She started curating an annual show titled Plush You! at the shop that soon got international recognition. In its second year she received a book deal with f+w publishing to publish Plush You!: Loveable Misfits to Sew and Stuff. Since then she has come out with two more books; Creature Crochet (currently in its second reprint with Barnes & Noble) and Button and Stitch: super cute ways to use your button stash (f+w publishing). This fall Yummy Crochet will be released also with Barnes & Noble.
In 2008 Kristen began working with Urban Craft Uprising as the Director of PR and Marketing. In 2010 she took over the role of Sponsorship Coordinator, and this winter she became the President.
Crafting and the world of craft is very near and dear to her heart. She has been a crafter since she can remember and started her first "crafting business" (where she can remember actually making money) in the summer after 5th grade. She has played with all sorts of mediums but is trying to concentrate on sewing at this point in time. Being a part of UCU is a dream come true.
Lindsey Ross began working with the Urban Craft Uprising as President in the summer of 2006, right before UCU's first show at the Seattle Center. In the summer of 2008, she stepped down from this role, taking on her current position as the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Operations for the biannual show.
She is also the proud owner of Yarnia, Portland's only DIY yarn store! After eight years of fervent knitting, she decided to open this one-of-a-kind yarn shop in Southeast Portland, as a creative and affordable way for knitters and crocheters alike to achieve exactly the yarn they want for a project.
The fusion of crafting, getting to work with creative people, and getting to run not one but two unique local businesses is pretty much all she could ask for. Living in Portland, she spends her free time biking, thrift shopping, crocheting, running in the rain, enjoying local microbrews with friends, camping, trying to keep up on her food blog, experimenting with fermentation in all its forms, knitting, and taking a minute to appreciate a really good cup of coffee.
