For this weekend’s Steam Powered: The California Steampunk Convention, the band Abney Park and Airship Ventures have teamed up to offer dirigible rides to conference-goers (for $785 a ticket). Airship Ventures just brought one of their Zeppelin NTs over from Germany and it will be moored at Moffett Field. MAKE contributor Todd Lappin was lucky […]
This Sunday is the You Bazaar! sale and workshop at the SF County Fair Building, featuring 30 vendors and a hands-on craft activities led by folks like Heidi Kenney, Missy Ballance, and Moxie. This will be a fun family friendly event to kick off the Plush You SF Show, opening Friday, November 7th 2008 and […]
If you are in the Bay Area, don’t miss the second annual Holiday Artisan Fair 2008 at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco on November 21 and 22. This festive seasonal event offers distinctive pieces from tabletop to textiles that make for artful gifting. The Fair will feature the work of […]
Josh Kopel will be teaching an Arduino workshop through Seattle’s 911 Media Arts Center. The Arduino is a small programmable device capable of big things. With it you can examine the world through various sensors and use the data to control motors, lights and just about any other electronic device. Come learn how to build […]
CRAFT friend and contributor, Dolin O’Shea of Lulu Bliss recently attended the Pacific International Quilt Festival and gave us some great coverage of the event showcasing some of the most amazing quilts. Pictured above is Finale of Fireworks by Etsuko Iitaka, Japan, 83″ by 78″ where antique kimono fabrics were used for the quilt.
Come by Pandora’s Trunk, an indie arts and fashion event happening in San Francisco on Saturday, October 25th from 2-8pm at BUS stop (135 Dore off Folsom at 10th). Come by and shop and check out the live music, performers, and free refreshments.
I’m going to try and bottle the melted ice and see if I can sell it (capitalism is not dead yet)…. On October 29, 2008, the 79th anniversary of Black Tuesday, the stock market crash that caused the Great Depression in 1929, artists Ligorano/Reese will meltdown the “Economy.†In a new, time-based event, called Main […]
