A project of exchanging ceramic mugs for stories from Mainers about their experience of home.

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Want a snail mail invite to our book release in Hallowell at @the.harlow on the 28th? Message us your address!! 🐌 💌 #seeyouthere #hallowell #mainestories #thehomemadeexchange #kindlingfund
#Repost from @juliettewalker ・・・ As the semester begins to wind down, Devin and I are looking forward to being back in Maine soon where we’ll get to share our new book! Please join us to celebrate the incredible stories we heard, and the work we put in to make this book of it all - Friday, December 28, 6-8pm at @the.harlow in Hallowell. Food and warm drinks will be served! @thehomemadeexchange @devinshepherd 💕☕️❄️ #thehomemadeexchange #sociallyengagedcraft #mugshotmonday #hallowellmaine #mainestories #homestories #artbook
We will be back in Maine in late December to celebrate our book release! Join us at @the.harlow in Hallowell on December 28 from 6-8pm. We would love to see you there! Link in bio for more details. #thehomemadeexchange #artbookrelease #sociallyengagedcraft #homeinmaine #kindlingfund #theharlow #hallowell #artparty
It has been a while since we last posted, but in the meantime we've moved and been hard at work transcribing, writing, and compiling our first collaborative book for this project. This book is in its final stages, and holds poems that took form from transcribed stories, alongside drawings we collected. We are really excited about this book! We will be having a book release in Hallowell, Maine on Friday, December 28 at @the.harlow ! More soon! Support for The Homemade Exchange is provided by The Kindling Fund @kindlingfund, a grant program administered by @space538 as a part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Network. #thehomemadeexchange #mainestories #artbook #collectionsofhome #homeinmaine #artbook #kindlingfund
✨✨ Exciting news: During the first half of 2018, we talked with and heard stories from 60 people!! Within these 60 conversations, we heard stories from 12 of the 16 Maine counties, and met some incredible people from far reaching corners of the state. ✨✨ On top of this exciting news, last week we moved to Madison, WI (where Juliette will begin her MFA this fall 🎉)! This means that we have transitioned away from gathering stories in-person to transcribing the interviews and compiling/crafting our book. However, if YOU have a written, drawn, or photographic reflection about your home in Maine that you can share with us digitally, we would still love to see it! Please follow the link in our bio, or email us (thehomemadeexchange@gmail.com) to share! Stay tuned for more, and we'll be sharing details soon about our December 2018 book release event that will take place in Maine! #shareyourmainestory #mainestories #thehomemadeexchange #mainetowisconsin #sociallyengagedcraft #artbook #kindlingfund
We love #mainestories! We think this picture from last night is a perfect illustration of #thehomemadeexchange! . . . #maine #artwalk #biddefordsacoartwalk #biddeford #homestories
We had a great time last night, and talked with so many great people! We heard about people’s homes in Biddeford, Saco, Freeport, Brunswick, Peaks Island, & Old Orchard! #Repost from @biddefordsacoartwalk ・・・ The night was lovely and then the DELUGE happened scattering the street vendors. Some of them made it back afterwards when the rain clouds passed and the evening turned beautiful again. If you have any photos of ArtWalk please tag us! 🌸🌸🌸 • • #biddefordsacoartwalk #biddeford #biddefordmaine #saco #sacomaine
Stop by our little spot outside 145 Main Street in Biddeford while the @biddefordsacoartwalk is still going on! The sun’s back out & we still have cookies, coffee, and mugs! Thanks to everyone who’s stopped by already and shared their stories ✨☕️ #thehomemadeexchange #biddeford #biddefordsacoartwalk
Just a reminder that you can find Devin and I tonight at Shevenell Park during the @biddefordsacoartwalk! We can't wait to hear your stories! Stop by and say hello 👋🏽 . . . Support for The Homemade Exchange is provided by the @kindlingfund, a grant program administered by @space538 as a part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Regional Regranting Network. . . . #kindlingfund #biddeford #shevenellpark #sacobiddefordartwalk #thehomemadeexchange #mainestories #sociallyengagedcraft #mugs #ceramics
Unfortunately we were rained out for our Wiscasset Art Walk participation this evening, but it looks like sun tomorrow for th Biddeford+Saco Art Walk! Visit us at Shevenell Park from 5-8pm tomorrow! We’ll have coffee, treats, and mugs in exchange for YOUR stories!! ☀️☕️#Repost from @biddefordsacoartwalk ・・・ Share a story about home in exchange for a handmade mug. 💫@thehomemadeexchange joins us this month in Shevenell Park, June 29th, 5-8pm!!! Come say hi, come see art, come tell a story or come listen. Shevenell Park will also be shared with art vendors! • • • #biddefordsacoartwalk #biddeford #saco #artists #makers #biddefordmaine #sacomaine #maineartist #maineart #biddefordmainstreet #feedtheengine
We had so much fun talking to the people we met at @verveburritos in Orono this afternoon! Tasty burritos and great stories about Orono, Verona Island, and Bucksport as home. #thehomemadeexchange #oronomaine #veronaisland #bucksportmaine #mainestories
We had a very short but very lovely stay in Easton, Maine. Our Airbnb hosts gathered together to share their stories of Easton as home with us yesterday (thank you all!!!). It was a beautiful and quiet corner of Maine, that we hope to come back to someday. Plus, lots of potatoes! #eastonmaine #mainestories #thehomemadeexchange
Our second stop today was Houlton up in Aroostook County. We met and talked with some folks at the farmers market before heading farther north. We can’t wait to try some pickled beets and honey that we bought from an Amish man who told us that he moved to the area 8 years ago from Hillsboro, Wisconsin! #wisconsinitesinmaine #aroostookcounty #houltonmaine #mainestories #thehomemadeexchange
The Homemade Exchange is heading north for the weekend! First stop @dysarts truck stop in Bangor! #mainestories #thehomemadeexchange #bangormaine #dysarts #coffee #breakfast #stories
Happy #mugshotmonday! More mugs in process in preparation for the Homemade Exchange taking part in the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, June 28 and the Biddeford+Saco Art Walk on Friday, June 29! #thehomemadeexchange #mainestories #summer #maineartwalks #sociallyengagedcraft
We waited sooooo long for spring here in Maine, and it finally arrived! The azaleas are blooming! We have some story collecting/mug trading plans coming up for June, so keep an eye out for updates from us! #thehomemadeexchange #madeinmaine #sociallyengagedcraft #mainestories #ceramics #terracotta #coastalclay #azaleas
A mother & daughter picked out this mini mug to share & bring home to China, Maine. A very sweet family with some very sweet stories! ☕️ #thehomemadeexchange #madeinmaine #mainestories #chinamaine #family
“My home is Bangor, me”. Even more of the beautiful things people wrote or drew during our event last night when asked to share about their home in Maine. #thehomemadeexchange #mainestories #madeinmaine #homestories #augusta
“Maine wasn’t home until I left. I felt confined and boxed in growing up. I took the fresh air for granted. I didn’t realize that simplicity may not mean without, but possibly that it is within where you will find fulfillment.” More of the beautiful things people wrote or drew during our event last night when asked to share about their home in Maine. #thehomemadeexchange #mainestories #madeinmaine #homestories #augusta
“My husband and son’s eyes are ‘home’ no matter where I am...” These are a few of the beautiful things people wrote or drew during our event last night when asked to share about their home in Maine. #thehomemadeexchange #mainestories #madeinmaine #homestories #augusta
 

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