Thursday, June 12, 5:30 – 7 pm
Emma Crutcher
Join Emma Crutcher-McGowan, founder of Cool Trash, for a special Craft Night! Learn how to transform waste plastic into a beautiful, useful, and inspirational material! Emma will share the technique of fusing together layers of soft plastics like grocery bags to create a fabric-like substance that can be stitched into any number of objects. Bring your plastic waste such as any single-use plastic bag and produce nets. Please clean all plastic waste so that it is free from liquids, food, residue, etc. Remove sticky labels where applicable. Textile Center will have a couple of sewing machines available for anyone who would like to sew with their fused plastic fabric; participants are welcome to bring their own sewing machines to use as well as any relevant notions. This is an intergenerational class open to crafters ages 9 years old and up; participants under the age of 16 years must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Instructor Bio:
Cool Trash started in 2022 as an official label for the creative exploits of Emma Crutcher-McGowan (she/her). Cool Trash offers beautiful, durable, unique products made from 100% recycled post-consumer and post-industrial waste plastic. Currently based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, Emma has always been fascinated by trash and is thrilled to make it her life’s work.
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