photographs by Jonathan Snyder
A couple weeks ago, we were invited to experiment with a Cricut personal cutting machine, a desktop tool that can cut out intricate shapes onto a variety of materials. We had fun customizing a tea set and making a new paper mobile for Arrow's room, and wrote about it for the newly launched Wired Design blog. You can read our post here!
Please join us this Thursday, December 15th from 5-8pm to celebrate Paper Punk—a new artful plaything (or is it playful art-thing?)—that encourages creativity and good ol' tactile entertainment! Each Paper Punk kit comes with a variety of super colorful and graphic pieces that you can use to make all manner of sculptures (from puppies to robots to whatever you can think up). We'll be creating beautiful holiday ornaments led by the Founder of Paper Punks (and co-founder of ReadyMade magazine) Grace Hawthorne.These will make the perfect gifts for friends (or yourself!). There will be snacks!
WHAT: Paper Punk Ornament Fest
WHEN:Thursday, December 15th, 5-8pm
WHERE:The Curiosity Shoppe, 855 Valencia Street, San Francisco
What with the kid and all we don't get out as often as we used to. But when Chris and Evan from Yellow Owl Workshop invited us to party down with them last week we jumped at the chance. And it's not because the party was at The Giant's Ballpark (well, maybe that had something to do with it), or simply because we wanted to celebrate the Awesomeness that is Chris (Hello Hot 20! Hotness!!)...we went because regardless of the situation we try to hang out with those guys as much as possible. They're so fun and smart and creative, it's ridiculous. Well this Saturday Chris is opening up her fantastic new studio and inviting everyone in to learn and play and make stuff, and we're telling all our friends. Space is limited, but you can sign up right here. Chris will be taking a page from her own book by teaching a variety of crafty and beautiful ways to decorate stuff around your kitchen. This is a great opportunity to learn something first-hand from an amazing artist and fantastic teacher. And if you're lucky, you might make some new friends in the process.
A few weeks ago, we received a sample cheesemaking kit in the mail, and we decided to try it out right away. The results? Yummy, fresh, homemade mozzarella that was so easy to make, it seems silly to buy it at the store ever again. We had our doubts after the milk separated into that freaky looking cloud, (curds and whey!) but it all came together into pure deliciousness after we drained the liquid out and Derek gave it a few good stretches.