The Maker's Space

March 3  -  We  painted Easter Eggs using a Ukrainian technique taught by Khrystyna Kozuk, Ukrainian artist, called Pysanka.  A pysanka (Ukrainian: писанка, plural: pysanky) is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using a wax-resist (batik) method. The word pysanka comes from the verb pysaty, "to write," as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax.  Khrystyna shared that families traditionally paint eggs together, and the complicated designs of artists are becoming a lost art.  Families also traditionally have a hand-made cloth, that was once embroidered but is now embroidered with beading that is laid under the basket of eggs on the tables.  Families like to see the cloths of other families and becomes a curiosity. We had a large group join us for a time of slowing down and doing something creative and life giving! @Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church ...

Our Feb. 4 The Maker's Space Paper Quilling has been cancelled due to family illness with our teacher.  We will reschedule as soon as possible.  Please continue to check our schedule of events. In the meantime, there are many things happening around our community.  Please check the posts below.

 Lilias Trotter's story seems fascinating; she was a talented artist and missionary in the Victorian era. See  https://manybeautifulthings. com/   Also the movie has a connection to Wheaton College - see article at  http://www.wheaton.edu/Media- Center/Wheaton-Magazine/ Winter-2015/Feature-Articles/ For-the-Blessing-of-Souls- Unknown I'm not sure if the movie will be widely released, but it is showing at Studio Movie Grill on one night,  Thursday Feb. 11 .  See  https://www.tugg.com/events/ 83212 .  The movie is not a feature length, just a little over 1 hour, and will be shown from  7:30 to 8:40 .  $10 https://manybeautifulthings. com/   From Executive Producer  Hisao Kurosawa , ( Dreams, Ran ), comes the untold story of one of the world’s greatest women artists and why her name was nearly lost to history.   Many Beautiful Things  plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trott...

http://christmasartwalk.com/ Go to the above address to find out about the Barrington Christmas Art Walk.  Original art pieces depict to Christmas Story placed all around the city.  It is now open for self guided tours through December 24!

By Jenna Sveen To keep you interested, I promise I will make a connection between Santa Lucia and ISIS.  As you all know, I love being Scandinavian and relish in the traditions and culture that were passed down to me by my grandparents. As a pride-filled Swede, I was looking on Ikea's website yesterday (duh) for some Christmas candles that I needed. I stumbled across what appears to be Ikea's version of a blog titled "Celebrate Christmas Like a Swede." Most of the stuff I alr eady do or at least was familiar with, however, I was reminded about the importance of light during the month of December in Sweden. Two of the tips were "No room without a candle" and "Make you indoor light come alive." The blog reminded readers that the darkest day of the year is in December and on that day in Sweden you can hardly, if at all, see the sun.Thus to combat this, Swedes fill their homes with light. Each room contains numerous candles and special Christmas l...

I wanted to hang above our mantel something that would remind us not just of the Christmas season, but something to carry into the new year. After reading through many Christmas hymns, I settled on O Little Town of Bethlehem. I love the imagery of the ending of the first verse that speaks about our hopes and fears colliding together the night Christ was born. For decades, the Israelites waited hoping for their savior to come and deliver them. They lived in continuous fear of what nation would be next to control them. Would the next nation make them slaves? Would the next ruler be kind or cruel to them? Similarly, we all have hopes in our lives that we cling to, that keep us forever moving one step at a time to the next thing. Sometimes these hopes are the only thing that get us out of bed in the morning. However, the hopes are often crushed or tempered because of the fears the hopes won't come true. We battle back and forth between succumbing to our fears and fighting for our hop...