Crafty Events

Stephanie Backes’ Wolkengraber show

Stephanie Backes’ Wolkengraber show

If you’re around Berlin, check this out! Artist Stephanie Backes will have her debut solo show at Loop starting Friday, October 24th. Her work suggests delicate futuristic arthropod junk robots, which in our crew is hard not to like. The exhibition’s title, Wolkengraber, means “cloud digger.” Via Cool Hunting. Wolkengraber Opening reception: 24 October 2008, […]

Austin Event: Green By Design Workshop

I’ve heard this workshop provides a good overview of home efficiency upgrades, including lots of ideas for DIY projects: Austin Energy Green Buildingâ„¢ holds its one-day Green by Design workshop four times a year. Austinites preparing to build, buy, or remodel a home can learn how to improve energy and water efficiency, increase comfort, and […]

Paper plane contest in NYC

Paper plane contest in NYC

THE NEW MILLENNIUM PAPER AIRPLANE CONTEST and corresponding book by Klara Hobza is a multifaceted artwork inspired by a historic paper airplane contest that took place in 1967 at the Great Hall in what is now the New York Hall of Science. Built by Wallace K. Harrison to display rockets in the 1964 World’s Fair, […]