Manchester Craft Mafia

May Lo-fi DIY

Making things happen!

On Tuesday 3rd of May 6 till 9 at Common Edge St

(Edge St, Northern Quarter)

Crafty City 2

Wanna make a building to be exhibited at Fred Aldous as part of their 125^th Birthday celebrations?

This is what we will be up to this month at Lo Fi and would love for you to join us in this crafty activity.

We will aim to bring a variety of materials to hopefully inspire you but feel free to bring down anything you wish to use in your building construction or any bits you have to share.

Please see below for full details of the project.

Anything you’ve made recently please bring it along for show and tell, we’d love to see.

Common will take orders for our tea or whatever drinks and nibbles make take your fancy?

See http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/food

To let us know you’re coming email nico@opheliabutton.co.uk

(Acceptance of your invitation helps with numbers for food if you plan on eating? And also for the demo and materials so please do try to let me know if possible?)

More info on Crafty City…….

Mini Manchester. A Not So Big Up North.

Following the success of MCM’s crafty city, MCM and Fred Aldous are teaming up to create a Mini Manchester!

Manchester Craft Mafia are inviting as many people to create a little building using any art material or method. The only restriction being the size and we hope the ‘Crafty City’ will grow and develop. Our city started on Thursday 19th August 2010 during MCM’s re-launch night with about thirty seven mini buildings and MCM hope it will grow from a village, into a town and then into a large ‘Crafty City’. We hope this will reflect the history of how Manchester grew from a little camp to what it is today, a large and very busy city.

The ‘Crafty City’ is a project for everyone. For crafters and non-crafters, for people living in Manchester or further afield in the UK and if possible people from overseas. Creativity is everywhere and in everyone, and we would like to encourage it out by providing the chance to contribute, share and make.

The only restriction is the size; it should be no bigger than 15cm by 15cm by 15cm – including the roof.

Inspiration can be taken from the buildings of Manchester or from the one you live in now, in the past or where you would like to live in the future or it could be one created from your imagination. Buildings can be sewn, knitted, cross-stitched, drawn or painted. You could make one out of wood, paper, Lego, card or clay. Anything goes!

The finished city will be exhibited at Fred Aldous Ltd. in Manchester city centre from 16^th July – 31^st July.

If you need one, there is a template available to download from the MCM website www.manchestercraftmafia.co.uk

You can deliver your submissions to our drop of point in store at Fred Aldous Ltd. or alternatively post them to:

Fred Aldous Ltd.

37 Lever Street

Manchester

M1 1LW

The Deadline for submissions to arrive is 24^th June 2011.