Self-proclaimed omni-crafter Bianca Springer understands the power of making. “We can fill the void and creatively chip away at the system that chooses to ignore and invalidate us”, says the Texas-based author and sewist who uses needle and thread to not only make and teach, but to challenge the status quo, AND celebrate diversity through the work she creates.
While she’d always been creative, motherhood was a real turning point for Bianca. “I was raised in a family of makers, but it was always very utilitarian in my mind. I didn’t necessarily see it as a way to express myself creatively until my daughter came along.” Sewing became