HANDS-ON HOUSTON: Gourd Brooches

Donate

Date & Time

Saturday, December 1, 2012 11:00 am

to 3:00 pm

Venue

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Address

4848 Main Street. Houston, Texas 77002

(MAP)

Host

Drop in between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM
Free/No Registration Required

This month, members of the Southeast Texas Gourd Patch will teach participants how to make a unique brooch by wrapping an 18-point gourd star with embroidery floss and embellishing it with acrylic gemstones.

HANDS-ON HOUSTON is a free craft-activity open house on the first Saturday of every month. Each month, a teaching artist demonstrates a craft related to the current exhibitions. We provide the materials, and you provide the creativity! Families and children of all ages are welcome, and materials are provided. This program supports HCCC’s mission to advance education about the process, product and history of craft.

Above: Gourd brooch. Photo by HCCC.

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Plan Your Visit

4848 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is located in the Houston Museum District, two blocks south of Highway 59, near Rosedale St. Visitors should park in the free parking lot located directly behind the building, off Rosedale and Travis Streets, and enter through the back entrance.