Spring 2012: Handmade Crafternoon at the NYPL
Join me and Jessica Pigza at the Stephen A. Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library for Handmade Crafternoon this spring.April 14th, 2012
March 3, 2012 The NY Guild of Handweavers Members of the New York Guild of Handweavers will demonstrate the basic tenets of handweaving and share some information and inspiration about this textile art. You’ll be able to try your hand at weaving with a little DIY loom and watch other looms in action as well. THIS EVENT IS FULL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST, PLEASE EMAIL THE ADDRESS BELOW.
April 14, 2012 Noah Scalin, author of Skulls, Unstuck, and 365, will share with us some ideas for kickstarting our own creativity every day.
May 12, 2012 Special guest TBD
Handmade Crafternoons are always from 2-4pm. More details will be announced closer to each date. For advance registration, send an email to HANDMADE@NYPL.ORG. Include YOUR NAME and the DATE you want to attend.Please arrive by 1:50pm for the event; at that point we’ll offer open seats to walk-ins.
Creative Art-Making at the Brooklyn Museum
A Valentine’s Crafternoon
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
I’m thrilled to return to The Brooklyn Museum, where I’ll be leading a workshop on how to make creative collage pieces inspired by love and Valentine’s Day.
There is a $15 materials fee, and registration is required. Register at www.museumtix.com or at the Museum’s Visitor Center. A limited number of free tickets are reserved for Museum members on a first-come, first-served basis. Members should call (718) 501-6326 for tickets.
Fall 2011: Handmade Crafternoon at the NYPL
Join me and Jessica Pigza at the Stephen A. Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library for Handmade Crafternoon this fall!
September 10, 2011 design*sponge celebrated the release of their new book with a hands-on crafting demo at Handmade Crafternoon! Author Grace Bonney demonstrated how to design a personal stamp and create beautiful custom-printed fabric with it!
October 15, 2011 Our delicate October Crafternoon featured talented lace designer Lisa Daehlin. Lisa showed us a few lacemaking techniques and talked all about lace. She teaches at Cooper Union, knitting shops, and elsewhere, and is an opera singer as well as lacemaker.
November 19, 2011 Join us for a feisty and fun BUST DIY Day with Debbie Stoller and Laurie Henzel. We’ll be celebrating the Bust Guide to Life by making friendship bracelets! Feel free to BYOEF (bring your own embroidery floss) in 4 different colors.
December 17, 2011 Fabric lovers, you are in luck. To say our fond farewell to 2011, we’re having a sewing party with the sweet and talented Brett Bara!
Handmade Crafternoons are always from 2-4pm. More details will be announced closer to each date. This season we’re trying something new with Handmade Crafternoons — advance registration. We’ll still take as many walk-ins as space allows, but you can sign up in advance if you want.Here’s how it works: Send an email to HANDMADE@NYPL.ORG. Include YOUR NAME and the DATE you want to attend.Please arrive by 1:50pm for the event; at that point we’ll offer open seats to walk-ins. Can’t wait to get crafty with you!
Maker Faire: Party Decor Demo at the CRAFT Booth
Sunday, September 18th at 1pm
Join me for Maker Faire, the most completely awesome DIY tech and craft fair EVER. This event is two days long and takes place out at the New York Hall of Science. If you haven’t been before, you are in for a major treat. Learn how to do all kinds of crazy tech things,or go to a lecture on the molecular pathology of cancer. Buy a two day pass and see John Hodgman reveal the secrets of famous magic tricks on Saturday at 2pm!
I’ll be demoing Total Craft Party: Ideas for Decorating Your Next Celebration by Hand at the CRAFT Demo Booth on Sunday 9/18 at 1pm. Hope to see you there!
8/27/11: Crafternoon at the San Francisco Public Library
I’m thrilled to be kicking off the San Francisco Public Library’s new Crafternoon series at the Presidio Branch on Saturday, August 27th, 2011. Supplies will be generously donated by EKSuccess Brands. Looking forward to bringing Crafternoon to the beautiful city by the bay.
Handmade Crafternoon: Zine Making Party!
Get ready for some independent publishing at our zine making day with the awesome Ayun Halliday, author of Zinester’s Guide to New York City. We’ll also be joined by the New York Public Library‘s Periodicals Librarian who will be on hand to showcase the library’s zine collection. FREE
Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 2-4pm
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue
Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
Handmade Crafternoon: Sewing with Liesl Gibson
We’ll be welcoming the wonderful Liesl Gibson of Oliver + S back to the library to celebrate her new book Little Things to Sew! FREE
Saturday April 2nd from 2-4pm
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue
Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
Handmade Crafternoon: The Artful Bird
We learned how to make beautiful birds with Abby Glassenberg, author of The Artful Bird: Feathered Friends to Make and Sew . FREE
Saturday, March 5, 2011 from 2-4pm
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue
Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
Handmade Crafternoon: Valentine Making Party with Martha Stewart Living
We spread the love by making valentines inspired by the feature story on Handmade Crafternoon in the February 2011 issue of Martha Stewart Living! The magazine sent several representatives, including Athena Preston, Senior Associate Craft Editor who gave a great talk. Vanessa Holden, Editor in Chief was also on hand, along with Cassidy Iwersen, who created some of the valentine designs featured in the magazine.We had loads of gorgeous supplies to share, generously donated by Martha Stewart Crafts. FREE.
Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 2-4pm
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue
Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
http://www.crafternoon.com/blog/2011/01/martha-martha-martha/
Creative Art Making at the Brooklyn Museum
I led a sold-out workshop on how to make creative collage pieces inspired by Norman Rockwell, with an introduction to basic decoupaging techniques.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
Crafternoon at Stone Barns
At the Winter Farm Weekend at Stone Barns, I showed kids three craft projects: winter wax paper sun catchers, holiday cards made with stamps, and paper cut snowflakes.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Stone Barns, 630 Bedford Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591
http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/winter-on-the-farm-weekend/
http://www.crafternoon.com/blog/2010/12/stone-barns-and-knitty-cities/
Handmade Crafternoon with Jodi Kahn, author of Simply Sublime Gifts
Jodi Kahn showed us how to stitch up some sweet little fabric gifts using fabric printed with winter scenes selected from the Library’s own collection of vintage greetings and cards.
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307464466/1n9867a-20
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/11/19/simply-sublime-winter-sewing
Hand Prints: Stamps You Can Make and Find at Maker Faire
Inspired by a project from my book, I taught makers how to personalize wrapping paper, cards, notebooks and even clothes with simple stamping and printing techniques.
Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Craft Demo Stage, Maker Faire, New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4671
http://makerfaire.com/newyork/2010/
Handmade Crafternoon with Julia Rothman
Julia Rothman, author of The Exquisite Book, led us in a group art project based on the surrealist artist’s game called “The Exquisite Corpse”. Julia brought along some of the fabulous artists who contributed to The Exquisite Book: Jen Corace, Chris Kyung, Arthur Jones, Laura Ljungkvist, and Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch to make stuff with our attendees.
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/09/14/exquisite-handmade-crafternoon-julia-rothman-sept-18th
http://www.exquisitebook.com/
http://www.crafternoon.com/blog/2010/10/last-month-in-crafty-pictures/
Handmade Crafternoon with Natalie Chanin
Natalie Chanin, creative director of Alabama Chanin and author of Alabama Stitch Book and the forthcoming Alabama Studio Style, visited to share techniques and inspiration behind her work.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY, The Berger Forum
http://www.alabamachanin.com/store/alabama-studio-style
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/05/10/alabama-chanin-handmade-crafternoon
Handmade Crafternoon with me, Maura Madden, author of Crafternoon!
I led the session by sharing my favorite tips on how to host an extra-fun and successful Crafternoon of one’s own.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY, The Berger Forum
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/04/15/share-crafty-fun-april-17ths-handmade-crafternoon
http://www.crafternoon.com/blog/2010/04/bring-your-own-crafts-to-the-nypl/
Handmade Crafternoon with Kata Golda, author of Hand-Stitched Felt
Get felty! Hand-Stitched Felt author Kata Golda visited and shared some of the tricks and techniques she uses to make her charming and whimsical felt creations.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY, The Berger Forum
http://www.katagolda.com/
http://www.katagolda.com/index.php?page=diy-katagolda-book
http://www.nypl.org/voices/blogs/blog-channels/hand-made?page=1
Handmade Crafternoon with Esther K. Smith, author of How to Make Books
Esther K. Smith, author of How to Make Books, Magic Books & Paper Toys, and The Paper Bride, wowed us with her super paper-folding and book arts skills.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
http://www.purgatorypiepress.com/howto.html
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/02/15/book-arts-handmade-crafternoon
Crafternoon at the NYPL — Modern Women of Craft
Heather Ross, author of Weekend Sewing, will be joined by Denyse Schmidt, author of Denyse Schmidt Quilts and Liesl Gibson of Oliver and S for an afternoon of hand sewn fun.
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Holiday Ornament Extravaganza
I hosted an afternoon crafting up some clothespin ornaments and adorable Christmas bagels in the warm and cozy Spacecraft space!
Saturday, December 5th 2009
SpaceCraft, 355 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
http://www.crafternoon.com/blog/2009/12/big-brooklyn-weekend-saturday-crafternoonsunday-book-signing/
http://spacecraftbrooklyn.com/
Crafternoon at the NYPL — Book Arts & Design by the Book Reunion
Grace Bonney, editor of Design*Sponge and Mike Perry, author of Hand Job, will lead a book-making afternoon in the company of the library’s hallowed collection.
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Crafternoon at the New York Public Library — KnitKnit
Sabrina Gschwandtner, author of KnitKnit, and Teva Durham, author of Loop-d-Loop and Loop-d-Loop Crochet, will share some purls of wisdom and knitty-gritty yarns about their crafting experience. Knitting instruction will be available.
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Handmade: Crafternoon at the NYPL — Alternative Crafts
Hannah Rogge, author of Hardwear and Jessica Vitkus, author of Alternacrafts, will demo some cool craft projects to make with stuff you can find in your recycling bin, your sewing kit and your tool box.
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2-4pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, The Berger Forum
www.nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/blogs/2009/08/04/mark-your-calendar-handmade-crafternoons
Papercraft Crafternoon at Word
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Word, 126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY
Crafternoon Earth Day Workshop at Kreatelier in Providence
Sunday, 4/26/09, from 12-3pm Kreatelier, 804 Hope Street, Providence, RI
http://kreatelier.com/happenings/
I headed to Providence for an “Earth Day” workshop event at Kreatelier! I guided crafters of all ages as they transformed bins and bins of trash and recyclables into Recyclobots and Green Doll Houses.
Crafterhours at Spacecraft: Recycled Mother’s Day
Thursday, 4/30/09 from 6:30-8:30pm at Spacecraft, 355 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY
http://spacecraftbrooklyn.com/
We had an evening of crafting earth-friendly gifties for all the mommas in our lives. Boring t-shirts and cloth tote bags were turned into something mommalicious with fabric paint, sequins, buttons and more. We had lots of paper from our recycling bins to turn into cute collaged bookmarks and one-of-a-kind cards.