FREE Jacquard Products Demo - Friday May 16th - 1pm

Jacquard makes fantastic products geared towards artists and crafters interested in working on fabrics. This FREE demo will include a look at their Textile Color and Fluorescent paints (colorfast on natural or synthetic fabrics!). We'll also be featuring the Lumiere paints with its stunning assortment of metallic and pearlescent colors and the Neopaque colors meant for dark fabrics.

Some come with questions and check out these awesome textile paints at ARCH!

Detail of Turquoise Lumiere paint over Neopaque White on Black Fabric

Saturday June 1st: FREE Golden Acrylics Demo with Tesia Blackburn

ARCH will be hosting another FREE Demo of Golden Acrylic Products with Tesia Blackburn on Saturday, June 1 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.    

This lecture packs in a ton of valuable information about acrylics, guiding listeners through the basics while opening up new possibilities. Learn the unique properties of Fluids, Heavy Body, and the OPEN acrylics. Discover Interference and Iridescent paints for unusual effects.

Get a grip on the many gels and mediums and how they can change texture, saturation and intensity of color, used for sculptural effects and more. Check out the amazing new grounds to prepare truly, contemporary surfaces for painting, drawing, pastel, digital printing and mixed media. ARCH carries a large selection of the Golden products that will be featured! Click here to register.

 

Shasta Garcia Brings Her Wrapping Skills to ARCH! Local Designer Pop-Up Shop!

ARCH is proud to present the third participant in our Pop-Up Shop Series, Shasta Garcia of the popular blog Shastablasta Wraps Presents Well. Shasta Garcia is a local graphic designer who specializes in unique gift wrapping and crafts and was recently a finalist in the 2012 Scotch Most Gifted Wrapper Contest in New York City.

 

Friday May 10th from 5-7pm, Shasta will be selling her handcrafted amusements for cats and humans. Come check out her latest creations at the reception for this pop-up event. She will be debuting a couple of letterpress projects and some paper goods created just for this weekend event.

Shasta's pop-up will continue Saturday May 11th from 12-5pm. If you're all thumbs when wrapping, she'll be available to show you the basics, tying an elegant bow, or making a quick fanciful gift topper. If you want your Mother's Day gift wrapped you can work with her to pick out some wrapping supplies from Arch and have her wrap it up. Free supplies will also be available to make a personalized gift tag.