Handmade Arts
There is Joy in creating with our own Hands!
Handmade Art meets will resume as part of Conscious Designing Inquiry
We will make use of repurposed materials while exploring how that affects our Waters
Making handmades is fun and refreshing, and therapeutic, developing our fine motors, creative thinking and can also be healing experience. But only if we create consciously. Join our Meet-n-Make meets to share your ideas views and fun stories.
Please fill the Meet and Make form to get involved
Stay tuned on this page for more info as it comes
Community Art works around Water exhibited for Boneyard Fest 2023
The Recycled Crafts created in March (National Crafts Month) 2023 were displayed as part of Boneyard Art Fest 14-16 April at Planted, a plant shop in Champaign.
We are grateful to the owners, Kristyn and Riley for letting us be part of their space and help us with exhibit setup. The beutiful space enhanced our displays.
Thanks to all participants who joined us in exploring Sustainable possibilities with Art.
Some snapshots of phase I activities below.. Groups participated- community kids, Champaign Mixed clovers 4H club, cultural language group,
4H Club Flower-making with recycled flyers
Dolls with zero waste material
Paper crafts with repurposed papers- magazines, flyer, card papers.
Collaborative Crochet designs
Painting a scenery with waters
collage cover for notepads made with left over notebook pages at the UPD's Earthday for everyone, activity at meadow brook park
Embroidery with designs based on water elements.
recycled plastic bottle decorated with discarded fabrics.
We are grateful to Spurlock Museum for co-hosting National Crafts Month 2021 celebrations as ‘Crafts, Folklore and More’, a week of Craft zoom meets.
Some activities of past youth virtual meets here
Paper Crafts at 'Spurlock Sundays' as part of E2Re 2022 Fall Collaborative project. Paper tree inspired by Spurlock Museum's Samples.
Eco-Crafts workshops at Champaign Public Library- making standing structures with discarded papers
Drawing and Painting yard Flowers during Arts and Humanities month.
'Faces' created using discarded metal scraps at Anita Purves Nature Center during America Recycles Day event
Trying to teach Hand-weaving during creative virtual meets.
E2Re enrichment at Barkstall school Art class- making collage with with magazine on Maps from PACA.
Sketches, drawings from Nature Playdates in parks started from Environmental day.