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Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 May | Cover your vitals with some crafty love at and discover funky new techniques including upholstering, felt riveting and leather work in hands-on workshops led by design and industry experts.
Book a workshop and learn how to resurrect your favourite chair with upholstery or construct an iPad cover with designer felt, rivets and customised leather stamping. Join our drop-in sessions and create a knitted collar scarf in a jiffy or take part in the big knit!
Be inspired to start a next project, learn a new skill, tackle a tricky pattern or just rekindle your love of making. Craft Punk is all about giving you the tools to take making into your own hands!
BOOKED WORKSHOPS
The Workshops below require pre-booking...
Cover your iPad: Felt and leatherwork
26 and 27 May, 10.30am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Suitable for ages 14 and over. Beginners welcome.
$45 adult, $40 Powerhouse member (includes Museum admission)
Have you ever lusted after 100% wool manufactured felt? Silvia Guerrera will show you how to rivet designer wool felt to make a small pouch suitable for your iPad or diary (19 x 24cm). Featuring customised leather strap detailing, you can personalise your cover by stamping or embossing the strap with your name, picture stamps, embossed pattern or leather dye. The design can also be adapted for an iPhone. All materials and equipment is supplied including pre-cut designer felt in a choice of dark or light grey.
Silvia Guerrera is a highly skilled leather-craft teacher with over 30 years experience. She teaches in the costume department at NIDA and at a leather wholesale and retail establishment in Sydney. Silvia is a member of the Leatherworkers’ Guild of NSW.
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Kerbside Coverings: Re-upholstering your favourite chair
26 and 27 May, 10.30am - 3.30pm
Suitable for ages 16 and over. Beginners welcome.
$85 adult, $80 Powerhouse member (includes Museum admission)
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Maaike Pullar will show you how to re-invigorate a simple dining chair or stool and create a bespoke piece with attitude. Bring along that kerbside find or op-shop treasure. This is re-upholstering the sustainable way: reusing foam, springs and other salvaged materials. Learn how to use basic upholstery tools, apply hessian webbing and springs, pintuck foam, stretch fabric, slip stitch by hand and collage fabric designs using fusible webbing. Suitable projects include stools, ottomans, dining chairs and occasional chairs. Bring 2 metres of your own fabric to upholster and protective cloth gloves. All other materials supplied.
Maaike Pullar trained as a designer and has a passion for resurrecting furniture. She has been specialising in art upholstery for five years, creating one-off pieces on commission. Maaike is a founding director of He Made She Made, a design concept gallery in Darlinghurst.
DROP-IN WORKSHOP
26 and 27 May, 10am – 4pm
Free with Museum admission. No bookings required. Beginners welcome.
Collar cuddler: knit a short scarf
Let our fabulous experts show you how to knit a short scarf in rapid time with some intriguing mixed threads. For ages 12 years and over (children must be accompanied by an adult).
Zoom in: The Big Knit!
Have some fun trying to knit with our giant Knitting Needles and French Knitting Nancy… and see how fast the loops grow!
Visit the Powerhouse Museum website via the link below for more information and bookings.
From: Saturday 26th of May 2012 To Sunday 27th of May 2012
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Venue
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street Ultimo New South Wales 2007 Australia | Map 
Telephone: 02 9217 0111
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