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Exploring {hands-on + mixed-media + sculpture + mask making} in just four days together from 9AM to noon in our MAGICAL MASK MAKING workshop, each 6 – 9 year old artist created a magical dragon mask! Each artist was super excited to take home their 3-D sculpture just before the July 4th festivities got underway! We were thrilled to create eleven of these 3-D sculptures primarily out of recycled + reclaimed + re-used goods. The interior of each sculpture housed a handcrafted, plaster, facial mask. Take a peek below!
This week we are excited to announce we’ll be at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado instructing Carve Away- An Exploration of Linocuts + Block Printing! Read more!
On July 31 + August 14 HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio will be hosting two more CRAFT NIGHTS: Under the Stars + In the Studio for children ages 6 – 9 years of age from 5:30 – 7:30PM! These special nights are filling fast! June’s CRAFT NIGHT was a huge success! Enroll today while spaces are still available, last month our special event sold out!
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A few highlights from our half-day/9AM – noon workshop, CREATURES BIG + small, creating with 6 – 9 year olds in our art studio located in Carbondale, CO!
UPCOMING SUMMER + SCHOOL YEAR ART WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN:
We still have {just a few spaces} in our workshops: CRAFT NIGHT(S): UNDER THE STARS + IN THE STUDIO (one special evening/each summer month + starting this Thursday!!!), MAGICAL MASK MAKING (starting this Monday!!!), CARVE AWAY! AN EXPLORATION OF LINOCUTS + BLOCK PRINTING (on location at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, CO), BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER (on location at the Roaring Fork Club in Basalt, CO) and in our 2014/15 SCHOOL YEAR {mixed-media} ART WORKSHOPS (6weeks/Thursday/4 – 5:30PM) 1. HANDMADE LITTLE ENTREPRENEUR 2. HANDMAKERY FROM THE HEART 3. HANDMADE WITH LOVE 4. SPRING IS IN THE AIRTIST but spaces are quickly filling! Enroll today by visiting our studio at www.handmakery.com to checkout our workshop brochure + schedule!
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A peek at creating in our outdoor art studio at May’s First Friday in historic downtown Carbondale | CO! HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio had the opportunity be a sponsor at the Family Block Party for a second year! The Family Block Party is an annual event that includes a fabulous live band, beautiful face painting, exciting carnival games + a bounce house, arts + crafts {with us}, sweet adoptable pets looking for a forever home, a silent auction full of amazing giveaways, food + drink hosted by The Village Smithy Restaurant and more! Funds benefit Colorado Animal Rescue, Children’s Rocky Mountain Preschool and Carbondale Recreation! This night wouldn’t be possible without all the fabulous organizers, volunteers, local businesses, community sponsors + supporters and all the MANY families + friends that attended the 4-8PM celebration of moving into spring!
Happy 1st Birthday HANDMAKERY, so wonderful that SO many amazing HANDMAKERY artists + volunteers joined us for an action packed evening! Last year we made our debut at Family Block Party 2013, which was another incredible night of celebration and art-making with children!
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HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio and Two+Two, both locally owned businesses in beautiful Carbondale | CO, partnered together to create a magical birthday celebration with the theme, cakes + castles + crowns! It was the perfect pairing for celebrating Perrin’s 4th birthday! Perrin is the daughter of Two+Two’s co-owner, Juliet Jone
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We are excited to announce our grassy lawn has just sprouted up INSIDE our art studio! Creative seeds have sprouted and spring has sprung! We’ve been patiently waiting and today it is finally here! A plush + luscious 10′ x 15′ indoor space to collaborate and connect on! We envision lots of creative conversations + ideas + art-filled learning to only sprout up here! We had a little aspiring artist ask “does it need to be watered?” No watering, dandelions or mowing here, just a possible red + white + polka-dotted mushroom popping up from time to time! Don’t worry mom + dad, no grass stains happening here, just the perfect texture with endless possibility for HANDMAKERY to inspire. express. create. Stay current + connected on events, classes, workshops + community happenings… join us on Facebook!
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Sometimes you have to put a sparkle + shine + style in your step at HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio located in beautiful Carbondale | Colorado! * inspire * express * create *
Ami Maes
Founder + Creative Director
HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio
www.handmakery.com | Facebook | Pinterest | info@handmakery.com | carbondale.co
Local teens + HANDMAKERY came together to create over 17 soft sculptures using reclaimed wools to give back to their community! Each teen created a fox to live at the local library for children to read with, while visiting the library. The process of hand-stitching these little woodland creatures took several weeks of LOVE + PATIENCE + DEDICATION + HARD WORK + HANDWORK + GIVING OF THE HEART ♥. Each fox is very unique and includes a photo of the artist + the name and personality of the fox! Check these out at the local, NEW, library! {Photos of the process, foxes + delivery below.}
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Must haves for creative and eco-friendly lunch design! This is what we’re packing to head to the studio to create! Love that it’s all beautiful + washable + eco-friendly! Packing lunches = FUN!
1. two+two chic reusable bags that are food-safe + eco-friendly and are locally based in Carbondale, Colorado. Find them on-line, at the Aspen Saturday Market or in local shops!
2. Stainless steel, stackable and easy to wash lunch containers with a convenient carrier system.
3. To-Go Ware bamboo lunch utensils that include a set of chopsticks, fork, spoon, knife + a washable travel bag that clips onto your lunch box.
4. Labels- Don’t forget to make creative + durable labels for your creative lunch wear so it will find its way back to your kitchen. Create your own or head to Etsy!
Ami Maes
Founder + Creative Director
HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio
www.handmakery.com | Facebook | Pinterest | info@handmakery.com | carbondale.co
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