This Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 from 9pm until midnight (or later) at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: FlatPack Wooden Animals: Paint and Decorate!
$2 Processing fee, please
$4 Drink Special: “The Lyla” • The Proud Cocktail with the Whiskey and the Bubbles…
What’s a flatpak animal, you’re asking? This is when the little facsimile of the animal itself has been laser cut from a flat piece of wood into pieces that assemble said animal. The pieces are popped out of their framing and put together to make an elephant or something like that. There will be paint, there will be wooden animals, there will be music, fun and friends!
5 WAYS TO LET YOUR MIND BE FREE AT CRAFTNIGHT (and other creative pursuits):
1.) STOP THE VOICES – Remove the voice of your little sister, or your big brother, or the well-meaning cousin, or the cranky teacher/lover/friend who said something a long time ago about what you made and gave their opinion on how it could be improved. Remove your own voice, the voice of practicality, the voice of perfection, the voice of “real adult concerns” just… shut ’em up. Critical voices have no place when you want to let your brain wander.
2.) EXPERTS ARE NOT ALLOWED – If anyone decides to start telling you what your project needs or could use without your asking, tell them that all paths to art are different, and ignore their critique. Sometimes the most wrong thing is the very best.
3.) FAILURE IS AWESOME – Popsicle sticks take at least 5 minutes to dry when you glue them together, and sometimes that doesn’t work, and when stuff doesn’t work, you try new approaches. When you try new approaches, you use your brain, and your brain grows. Yay failure, the teacher in disguise!
4.) CRAFTNIGHT MAKES NO SENSE – We’re told ALL THE TIME that stuff needs to make sense. We’re also told that stuff needs to be necessary, useful and good. CraftNight tears down that scaffolding every week. One crafter’s “necessary” is another crafter’s “superfluous” and it’s all labels and constructs anyway. The truth is that we just don’t get to know everything all the time, and some things shall forever remain without answers, definitions or levels of merit.
5.) YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT – There are a million ways to craft. You can’t do it “wrong” so if you feel your confidence slipping, we’re here to catch it, and hand it right back to you. Self-doubt is natural and even healthy, but if you’re scared of messing up macaroni crafts, well, that’s a little too much worry for any one person to handle. Instead of thinking in terms of “CAN” and “CAN’T” think of it in terms of “TRIED IT” or “HAVEN’T TRIED IT” as the world is your buffet, inviting you to try everything! Enjoy the smorgasbord!
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
www.akbarsilverlake.com
www.crafthead.com
