Posted Feb. 27, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY – Craft Lake City and West Elm continue their partnership with the second installment of a series of monthly workshops at the West Elm store in City Creek Center. Shirley Jackson will teach attendees how to create their own hardcover journals Feb. 28 from 7 – 9 p.m. West Elm, a home furnishings retailer who helps and engages customers to shape their personal style in their homes, will host the second class of the West Elm and Craft Lake City DIY Workshop Series. They continue their partnership with Craft Lake City, and their mutual goal is to compel participants of all skillsets to indulge in their creative sides to produce art and stylized home accouterment.
A painting, paper goods and printmaking artist, Shirley Jackson will teach workshop participants how to make hardcover journals. She will go over the processes of binding journal paper with thread, attaching paper to the hardcover and ultimately decorate the cover. Registration for the workshop is full. Those interested in future workshops can follow Craft Lake City on Skillshare.com to be notified when a new workshop is posted. There is a $10 materials fee for each workshop, pre-‐registration is required. West Elm Salt Lake City is located in City Creek Center at 51 S. Main Street.
For more information or promotional materials, please contact: Angela Brown, Festival Director: 801.487.9221, angela@craftlakecity.com; Karamea Puriri, Marketing Manager: 801.487.9221, karamea@craftlakecity.com craftlakecity.com • 351 Pierpont Ave. Ste. 4B • Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
About CLC: Craft Lake City is a 501-‐C3 charitable organization. Craft Lake City’s mission is to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. In an effort to keep the community active, educated and aware of the local DIY culture, Craft Lake City hosts monthly workshops, gallery shows, fundraisers and an annual festival to promote regional spending with independent artisans and businesses. Craft Lake City was started in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, editor and publisher of SLUG Magazine, as a way to showcase Utah’s growing DIY community. The 2012 Craft Lake City festival welcomed over 200 vendors and 15,000 attendees at the Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake. The festival’s fifth year commences in 2013. Craft Lake City will expand the annual gathering into a two-‐day format on Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10, 2013.
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