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Summer in the City Salon Series: NY
Via Monica C. Hampton Director of Education at the American Craft Council:: I'm excited to announce the return of our highly anticipated "Summer in the City Salon Series" ("Inside Out: Current Conversations in Craft and Beyond" - see below) beginning on Thursday, May 15th featuring Tyler Hays from the amazing furniture company BDDW. For more information on this event as well as all the other events taking place throughout the summer, please go HERE. Be sure to RSVP for the series as they fill up very fast! I hope you are all well and hope to see you soon!
> Handmade Nation on 05/07/08

That's a Wrap
Speaking of collages...Jennifer Marsh and the International Fiber Collective created a collage to end all collages to cover an abandoned gas station in Syracuse, New York. See the pictures here. If you're in Syracuse this weekend, go check out the reception from 5-8.
> Marimello on 05/01/08

Find the Essence from Within
I would like to meditate in a man sized dodecahedron with collage images covering all the interior surfaces. You too? Instructions my parents might have read are available. I wonder if there is another way to center while focusing on polyhedrons? Thanks BoingBoing!
> Scott on 04/25/08

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