February 10, 2010 12:35
The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes selling handmade items for Haiti
Conor Oberst and Devendra Banhart have also made items
Photo Gallery: The Strokes
Photo: www.craftsforacause.tumblr.com/
The Strokes' Fab Moretti (pictured), Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold and Regina Spektor are among the musicians who have hand-crafted items to auction to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Conor Oberst, Devendra Banhart, Norah Jones and SIA (click below for her craft video) have also contributed. The items will be auctioned from March 15 with money raised going to the Artists For Peace And Justice.
The initiative is named Crafts For A Cause was kicked off by Binki Shapiro – Moretti's Little Joy bandmate. She said that Daft Punk and Mark Ronson are set to contribute items soon.
See Craftsforacause.tumblr.com for more information.
SIA for Crafts For A Cause! from binki shapiro on Vimeo.
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