Craft with Etsy at the MAD Museum with Aaron McIntosh

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Published on Aug 27, 2009 in Events

Photo by Aaron McIntosh

UPDATE: It’s the last DIY Thursday tonight! Will we see you there or in the Virtual Labs?

[The following was originally posted on August 20, 2009.]

Why stay in and sew all by your lonesome? Craft Night at the Etsy Labs on Gold Street may be on hold until September 14 when we move to our new office, but fear not — many crafty opportunities abound! Etsy has joined forces with the Museum of Arts and Design to present a weekly series of hands-on workshops we’re calling DIY Thursdays. Drop in between 6-8 p.m. each Thursday in August for some down and dirty, do-it-yourself fun in the museum’s studios. The workshops are free with pay-what-you-wish admission to the museum. Click here for directions.

Not a New Yorker? Don’t fret, you can still join in on the fun online by joining us at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday in the Virtual Labs for a live demo of the project. (Click here to see what time 5:30 p.m. ET is in your hometown.)

 

 

Join us as the series concludes on Thursday, August 27 with a workshop led by artist
Aaron McIntosh. Aaron will be demonstrating how to make cool coasters using paper quilting techniques. Using a variety of papers, participants will piece a small block pattern and make it into a waterproof coaster with vinyl casing. Materials will be provided.

 

 

Aaron McIntosh comes from a quilting background and his current practice includes quiltmaking, sculpture, cut paper and drawing. He uses materials’ embedded meanings to explore issues of identity, gender and sexuality in wide-ranging works. He received a BFA in Fibers from the Appalachian Center for Craft and is finishing an MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University. His work has been shown across the United States, in Hawaii and South Korea. In 2006, McIntosh was a recipient of a Windgate Undergraduate Fellowship, administered by the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.

 

                                                                                                                                                                               The Passing (2006) by Aaron McIntosh

Upcoming Events with Etsy:

9/14: Grand Opening of Craft Night at Etsy Labs’ new space in DUMBO, Brooklyn (Details to come!)

Stay tuned for details on future Craft Nights at our new space in lovely DUMBO.

A snapshot from last week’s DIY Thursday at the Museum of Arts and Design.

Will we see you Thursday, ready to sew? Let us know in the comments below.

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