Austin Learnshop http://www.austinlearnshop.com Learn local. Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:05:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-AUSTIN-LEARNSHOP-LOGO_FINAL-02-32x32.jpg Austin Learnshop http://www.austinlearnshop.com 32 32 115973135 Maker Monday: Claire Sommersbuck http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/07/24/maker-monday-claire-sommersbuck/ http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/07/24/maker-monday-claire-sommersbuck/#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:05:42 +0000 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/?p=5952 I’m excited for you to meet this gal. Claire is a maker to the core and somehow manages to stay grounded in her work, inspired in her designs, and run a business at the same time. How did you get started? I grew up in a family of craftspeople, so from a very early age

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]]> http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/06/23/five-fun-things-623/feed/ 0 5127 Maker Monday: Samantha Heligman http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/22/maker-monday-samantha-heligman/ http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/22/maker-monday-samantha-heligman/#respond Mon, 22 May 2017 09:15:49 +0000 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/?p=4036 Meet Sam! She’s a potter and ceramic artist with a gorgeous speckled and smooth style. How did you get started? I started working in Clay in college. I have a BFA in Painting and Photo but had always been down to the wheel. I opted to take a free elective, and then took another and

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]]> http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/22/maker-monday-samantha-heligman/feed/ 0 4036 Five Fun things Friday 5/19 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/19/five-fun-things-friday-519/ http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/19/five-fun-things-friday-519/#respond Fri, 19 May 2017 09:56:03 +0000 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/?p=3702 Hola! Happy Friday, I think we’ve all earned this weekend. Here are a few fun things for you this Friday: Story Bar! A really great new concept for Austin and they are a really intriguing party tonight too. Is “woman in meeting” talk a real thing? It’s the second weekend of WEST, didn’t want you

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]]> http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/19/five-fun-things-friday-519/feed/ 0 3702 Chalkboard Lettering with Becca Borrelli http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/18/chalkboard-lettering-with-becca-borrelli/ http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/18/chalkboard-lettering-with-becca-borrelli/#respond Thu, 18 May 2017 01:07:02 +0000 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/?p=3915 A collection of some cool Austin ladies, and one cool Austin guy, gathered to learn chalkboard lettering techniques from charming and enthusiastic sign maker, Becca Borrelli. Becca points out what we love about the handlettered look, it’s the touch of humanity that graces a shop window or grocery aisle. That sense that someone was there. We learn

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]]> http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/18/chalkboard-lettering-with-becca-borrelli/feed/ 0 3915 Maker Monday – Valentina Dorsa http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/15/maker-monday-valentina-dorsa/ http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/15/maker-monday-valentina-dorsa/#respond Mon, 15 May 2017 10:00:59 +0000 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/?p=3719 Meet Valentina Dorsa. An Austin local, mom, and super talented painter. Find out what she thinks is the hardest part of being an artist. How did you get started? I was in a middle school art show in Hong Kong and I was hooked! I later went to art school in London, but I’ve properly

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]]> http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/15/maker-monday-valentina-dorsa/feed/ 0 3719 Maker Monday – Ender Martos http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/08/maker-monday-ender-martos/ http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/08/maker-monday-ender-martos/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 10:31:32 +0000 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/?p=3449 Meet Ender. Ender Martos takes his art seriously. With precision and thought he creates stunning, light filled installations that’ll make your jaw drop. How did you get started? I grew up in Mérida, Venezuela, a city built in the colorful Andes, which was where my artistic attempts gasped for air. My earliest urge of artistic

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]]> http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/08/maker-monday-ender-martos/feed/ 0 3449 Five Fun things Friday 5/5 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/05/five-fun-things-friday-55/ http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/05/five-fun-things-friday-55/#respond Fri, 05 May 2017 12:00:55 +0000 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/?p=3548 Happy Cinco de Mayo! Will you be celebrating? Here are five fun things to kick off your weekend: How to make the world’s small cup of coffee. Iconic art gets a modern mash-up. I’m not sure what to say about this, are you a Biggie fan? Cool use of mirrors in architecture, scroll down, they

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]]> http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/05/five-fun-things-friday-55/feed/ 0 3548 Maker Monday – Jae Benjamin http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/01/maker-monday-jae-benjamin/ http://www.austinlearnshop.com/2017/05/01/maker-monday-jae-benjamin/#respond Mon, 01 May 2017 11:00:29 +0000 http://www.austinlearnshop.com/?p=3441 Meet Jae. She has a killer apothecary line, and her startup story is awesome. So are her scented candles and deodorant. Read on to find out why she doesn’t mind staying up till 4 in the morning. How did you get started? I started in the Fall of 2014 out of my home, well, my

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