Michael Brahce is a stone carver who has been working with Karin Sprague Stone Carvers, located in North Scituate, Rhode Island, since 2022. He will be carving a slate gravestone using the traditional method of hand-held mallet and chisel. Michael will be demonstrating carving techniques similar to those which would have been used 250 years ago.
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Michael Brahce is a stone carver who has been working with Karin Sprague Stone Carvers, located in North Scituate, Rhode Island, since 2022. He will be carving a slate gravestone using the traditional method of hand-held mallet and chisel. Michael will be demonstrating carving techniques similar to those which would ha…
Join us for friends and fiber arts! Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, felting, or any other fiber art project or get inspired by our materials and tools. Come to the library for some cozy fun. All ages and experience levels are welcome . Accessibility Notice : We strive to make our events accessible. To requ…
Learn the basics in this introduction to knitting and create a fun, useful project to show off! All materials will be provided. This workshop is sponsored by the Friends of the Faneuil Branch Library. Registration is required. Call or email the library to sign up. Accessibility Notice : We strive to make our events acc…
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Join our drop-in knitting group, which meets every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Just bring your needles and yarn! Accessibility Notice : We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the "Contact Info" pane on the right. Please allow…
Do you love embroidering, knitting, crocheting, or some other craft? Come join the MAC Board and PULSE for a relaxing night of crafting and tea! Bring your own projects, or come learn from your peers! --- Event Details: https://massart.campusgroups.com/rsvp?id=376673
Woodturning is the art or process of fashioning wood into various forms and shapes by means of a lathe. Returning to the Arnold Arboretum for the 11th year, The Art of the Woodturner will again offer visitors the chance to see an amazing variety of woodturned pieces: large and small, functional and sculptural. — Octobe…
Though women did not legally own household items in early America, Revere family tradition holds that the lady’s work table ca. 1810, currently on display in the Revere House Best Chamber, belonged to Paul’s second wife, Rachel Revere. Sharon C. Mehrman, furniture maker and historian, will demonstrate carving elements…
Crafting Reform: The Saturday Evening Girls and the Paul Revere Pottery with Nonie Gadsden The Saturday Evening Girls’ club was established in 1899 for Italian and Jewish immigrant girls in the tenements of Boston’s North End, and in 1908, the club leaders founded a pottery where the girls could work. They named it the…
Carving pumpkins is so messy. Paint them instead! Step into Teen Central for a relaxing evening of creativity and everything pumpkin spice. Registration is required! Accessibility Notice : We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department lis…
See how colonial craftsmen created eye-catching marbled papers. Watch as R. P. Hale floats pigments in water, swirls the colors, then transfers the designs to paper. It may look like magic but Hale will explain the very real science behind this fascinating phenomenon.
Restoring the Plants, Restoring the Practice with Paula Peters Paula Peters will explore the deep relationship between environmental health, Indigenous knowledge, and cultural practice. Focusing on native materials such as bulrush and wampum, the talk will show how plants and shells are not simply resources, but living…
