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DIY Salon at MAD

October 20, 2008 – 1:22 pm

Welcome to the craftiest season of the year. If it’s not whipping up your Halloween Costume, it’s creating a holiday meal, warming up with a ball of yarn, or planning a party to share the spirit of crafting with your friends. I’ve been up to the latter!

Tickets on sale now!
Church of Craft‘s DIY Salon at the Museum of Arts & Design!
Thursday November 6, 2008 7-10pm
$10/$9 for members
2 Columbus Circle (their new home)
for more info call 212.299.7777 or purchase tickets here

Join MAD and the Church of Craft for a night of hands-on making, music, food, and drink in celebration of the Museum’s current exhibition Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary. Local do-it-yourself artists (your fellow CofCers!) will demonstrate their personal skills and help guide you in creating your own projects. Techniques will range from making notebooks out of junk mail to making yarn out of old sweaters, among other contemporary twists on classic crafts. In addition to do-it-yourself workshops, the DIY Salon will include handmade snacks, craft beer, and a live DJ. Guided tours of Second Lives will be available. Over 200 people did-it-themselves at this event last year, so don’t miss out this time around!

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Handmade Nation

October 2, 2008 – 9:42 am

The indie craft movement is coming to a big screen near you with Faythe Levine’s new documentary and book, Handmade Nation!

Faith traveled to 15 cities and interviewed 80 crafters to gather material for the project. The movie includes an interview with Callie about the roots of the Church of Craft, and the book contains an essay along the same lines.

You can check the Handmade Nation website to find screenings of the movie in your area, and get some background by checking out Faythe’s blog.

Here’s the trailer:

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Green Bag Lady Extravaganza

October 2, 2008 – 7:41 am

Anika put together a great workshop for the September 08 meeting of the New York chapter at Etsy Labs. With help with materials from City Quilter, The meeting started 40 bags for the Green Bag Lady project, and finished 18!

Read and see more about the bag project over at Anika’s blog

A pile of Green Bags!

A pile of Green Bags!

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Photos from the NY Halloween Bash!

August 1, 2008 – 12:47 pm

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Very Short Scarves

March 20, 2005 – 11:33 am

Callie Janoff, the driving force behind the Church of Craft (a nonreligious group devoted to handicrafts), has put together an exhibition of unfinished artifacts by nine New York-based members. From incomplete sweaters to a patchwork quilt that’s been 20 years in the making, the objects will be accompanied by the stories of their creation.

Instigator, 220 North Eighth Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 1 t0 7 p.m., opening reception at 5 p.m.; free.

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