The holidays are coming up and nothing says I love you like a hand painted beer bottle vase.
My activism project event is scheduled for this week!
When: Thursday, November 19th @ 9:30 p.m.
Where: Korouva Milk bar on campus
Directions: Korouva can be found on Maple Street, just south of the KA fraternity, right next to your friendly neighborhood campus police station.
There will be a clothes and book swap, craft tutorials, as well as some music and snacks. (Sweet potato muffins from the garden are in the works.) We will be making a variety of projects - from notebooks to t-shirt dog toys. I am going to have some supplies and projects planned, but I would also like to encourage everyone to come out and bring their recyclables - we'll find something to make out of them!
Some other sample crafts for this Thursday:
Frames
Pencil holders
Vases
Boxes for wrapping up gifts
Altered books
I'll have some supplies and tutorials but please bring your old magazines, recyclables, books to alter/decorate, clothes, etc. if you can - we'll try and find something to make out of them!
(Definitely bring out some unwanted clothes for the swap - we have accumulated some great stuff thanks to SEAK and Dr. Van Horn's wife, Marcie. [Is that how she spells her name Dr. Van Horn?] She has some pretty killer fashion taste.)
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I used to go to the Austin Children's museum a lot when I was a kid - I always loved the pretend grocery store play area. I loved their craft area just as much however. It was this amazing room with all sorts of materials in it - paper towel tubes, yogurt containers, material scraps, old calendars and postcards, etc. They had pencils and scissors and glue - it was a great deal of fun to brainstorm and come up with something to create out of these materials. I hope this event will capture some of that spirit - I always find it refreshing to just take a break from school and make something.
Furthermore, after looking online, I have been really impressed by the many different projects people have concocted. This site especially:
Craftbits.com - recycled crafts
I like how this project has made me stop and thinking before I throw anything out - what could I make with that piece of "trash"? It has also made me more conscious about reducing my use in the first place and trying to satisfy my needs or desires with things I already have - by refurbishing or recreating them into something new. Depending on how this event fares, I am also thinking about possibly holding a greater campus-wide event during the day sometime in early December. I am also working on coordinating with the Georgetown Boys and Girls Club to set up a similar activity with them.
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ReplyDeleteI don't know if you're familiar with this place or not. It's a thrift shop in Austin. I helped with their recycled fashion show last year. It's a neat place. Anyway, check out the website. On the left hand side click on Really Really Free Market. I haven't been to any of these but it looked interesting.
This sounds wonderful, Zoe! (It's "Marcy" by the way, and I'll pass along your fashionista praise.) Take lots of pictures, so those of us that can't make it can see all the good creativity and work -- especially for our last day of class. Seems like this is the start of a very good thing ... and maybe a vocation?
ReplyDeleteSounds really great! I'm excited for the event and am planning on rounding up a few people to come with me. Maybe I can pitch in some cardboard? I have a ton of it... Anyways good luck with the turn out! I don't know if you already have, but you should put the event on the school wide email to try to get the word out there. Posters always work too. I'll see you there!
ReplyDeleteBriony - that is one of my favorite thrift stores by far, their website is great! I would love to hear more about their recycled fashion show - that sounds awesome. I'm planning on volunteering with them this winter break if all goes as planned - I'm pretty excited
ReplyDeleteDr. Van Horn - Thank you! I'll make sure to document it well - I'm hoping to make it an annual event on campus!
Alex - Thank you - that sounds great! And please bring the cardboard along - let's paint murals or something on it! And thanks, I just remembered to send out a campus wide today. I will work on scrounging up a sign tomorrow - that's a good idea!