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Craft shop offers creative opportunities
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and photo by Kathy Eastwood
Staff Writer
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| Lorette Herbert (right) multi craft manager here, helps Lisa and Michael Degrave select matting for sports posters they want to frame for their redecorated basement. Framing is one of the many arts and crafts projects offered at the multi craft shop. |
December and January are usually busy months for West Point’s multi craft shop, said Deborah Campanaro, the multi crafts and auto crafts program manager, but not this year.
“The wood shop closed in October, because of lack of participation,” Campanaro explained. “This caused some confusion among community members who thought the wood shop was the same as the multi craft shop.
“The craft shop never closed,” she added. “We are still here and waiting for customers.”
The multi craft shop offers various ‘do-it-yourself’ classes including quilt-making, scrap-booking, stained glass, painting and pottery, Campanaro said.
“We also offer some classes individually, such as framing,” she explained. “People can come in, pick out matting and a frame for posters or photographs and have their project framed by the end of class.”
Community members can pay a $2 fee and take advantage of the materials and equipment at the shop or can bring their own project materials. The shop offers cutting machines, engraving machines and pottery kilns for crafty projects.
Along with special projects like the memorial quilt, the craft shop offers classes and individual instruction in many arts and crafts projects. And, Campanaro added, they also handle bulk work like engraving name tags and plaques.
For more information on the multi craft shop, call 938-4812.
