Attend SCRAP’s February Monthly Teacher Give-Away!

We will have all kinds of supplies for the classroom available Saturday, February 4th from 1-4pm as well as a creative reuse project demonstration.

Please note that your registration is not complete until your payment is received. Only then is your spot in the workshop guaranteed. There is a 10% cancellation fee. If you cancel less than 1 week before the workshop your workshop fee will not be refunded unless a wait list has been established and another student can take your place, instead you will receive a workshop credit to be used within 1 year.

If the workshop you wish to register for is indicated “FULL” please do not make a payment, we will place your name on our waiting list and will contact you if space becomes available.

Please fill out the registration form below. Upon submitting it you will be redirected to a payment option page where you can select your method of payment from three options:

1) Online credit card payment using PayPal.
2) Mail in your payment (check).
3) Come in to SCRAP during business hours (Mon-Sat 9am-5pm) to make your payment (credit card, check, or cash).

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Feb 11 Recycled Glass & Collage

Feb 18 Star Books

Feb 25 Project Accessorize

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Adults and kids alike, come out to SCRAP to share our love of creative reuse at our fundraiser party complete with Valentines Day arts and craft projects, Nothin’ But Fun band, vintage prints and quilts for sale, food carts, an interactive art creation and more. . .

Sunday, February 12th, stop by any time between 1 and 4pm!

At SCRAP, 801 Toland Street in San Francisco (please enter on Newcomb St), street parking available

Sliding scale donations welcome:
$10 – admission
$20 – prize drawing
$50 – “support a teacher” program and SCRAP tote bag!

SCRAP, a non-profit creative reuse center, teaches the value of creative reuse by proving art supplies, workshops, and educational field trips to teachers, artists, nonprofits and students in the Bay Area. By breathing new life into old objects, SCRAP diverts over 200 tons of materials from the landfill every year.

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February 25th, 10am – 4pm       fee: $60

Fearless alt craft duo, emiko oye and Shana Astrachan of Accessorize with Toys are back once again with another specially designed project for SCRAP’s jewelry fans: PROJECT ACCESSORIZE. Taking cues from the reality series, Project Runway and Project Accessory, in this full-day workshop participants will design, “shop” for materials, and create a one-of-a-kind, personalized art jewelry piece using techniques presented in class. Participants are asked to bring with them a personal treasure from home that is the inspiration point to be the central object of focus for their jewelry. Shana and emiko will guide individuals through the creative process to “Make it Work”, sharing techniques for working with alternative materials and local resources. Included in this all-day workshop will be an artist presentation on their work, Q&A session, and group critique/brainstorming session to inspire making beyond the classroom.

About emiko & Shana
emiko oye and Shana Astrachan are professional jewelry artists working with alternative/repurposed materials, encouraging others to experience the beauty of making and reuse. Longstanding members of the Metal Arts Guild Society of North American Goldsmiths, and the Metal Art Critique Collective, their jewelry can be found in museums, galleries, and publications. Their work was recently published in Metalsmith Magazine’s Exhibition in Print issue. Accessorize with Toys workshops have served countless, enthusiastic makers-to-be since 2006, at venues such as MakerFaire, Renegade Craft Fair, and California Academy of Sciences NightLife.

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February 18th, 12 – 4pm        fee: $45

Join our favorite SCRAPper Dorothy Yuki as she teaches three versions of the wonderful star book. She will show participants how to make a simple glued version, a hand-sewn version with a hard cover, and a photo book version. Dorothy will have samples, one of which was in the annual Bookworks show by Pacific Center for the Book Arts members at the San Francisco Public Library. Participants will have an opportunity to collect materials from SCRAP to use in their star books and will leave with three completed books.

About Dorothy
A past manufacturer and a design and production consultant for the fashion industries, Dorothy’s path has been one of an adventure through graphic arts, real estate development, fashion designing and crafting in the US, Europe, South America and Mexico. She is a member of the Friends of Calligraphy and Pacific Center for the Book Arts in San Francisco. Her passion in all things creative has taken her to teaching at various venues in San Francisco and the Sierra Gorda Biosphere. An active scrounger, her favorite store is Scrap! Check out her Adventures in Art blog — dotsrainbow.blogspot.com.

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Join us in welcoming back glass artist Reddy Lieb as she shows participants how to create decorative and expressive glass panels, jewelry, or small sculptures using recycled glass, collage, and stained glass techniques.  In this full-day workshop participants will scrounge through the treasures of scrap to find decorative papers, metal, images, glass pieces, and more that they will use in making mixed media collage works. Reddy will instruct students in basic glass cutting and preparation techniques as well as instruct them on how to solder their final pieces.

About Reddy
For over 30 years Reddy Lieb has been working with glass to create both conceptual and functional work. She uses recycled materials in her work and in 2000 was the Artist-in-Residence at Recology San Francisco, aka the garbage dump. In 2004, she received an MFA from the California College of Art. Reddy loves inspiring the creative process in people and has been doing so for over 20 years.

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Calling all San Francisco teachers! 

We will have all kinds of supplies for the classroom available this Saturday December 3rd from 1-4pm as well as a creative reuse paper sculpture project demonstration presented by Rebekah Werth.

Jane Schafgans is back by popular demand to share her wonderful mosaic techniques once again. In this weekend workshop participants will use SCRAP as their treasure trove as well as bring special items from home; beloved broken bits of favorite pottery or keepsakes or other objects, to create whimsical and dynamic mosaic works. Lost art and treasures can be found again and given new life!

On Saturday participants will create and layout their designs and devise their route of assemblage. Then Jane will show techniques for applying tile and treasures to their surfaces. On Sunday participants will grout and finish their mosaics.

About Jane
Jane has been working with mosaics for over eight years.  The minute she learned how to work in this medium, she fell in love with it. Jane likes to work with color, both in glass and tile.  She loves how it enhances any space it occupies. Jane’s work is primarily privately owned, with the exception of some permanent installations at Lakeshore, Claire Lilienthal, and Gordon Lau Elementary Schools, where she has worked extensively with elementary school children.

To register for this workshop click here and scroll down to the bottom of the page.

As a follow-up to the many wonderful quilt exhibitions around the Bay Area (Gee’s Bend, Amish Quilts, Scrap Quilts) join us as Kenan Shapero shares her knowledge and inspiration for the Scrap quilt in the perfect place… SCRAP!

Kenan will begin the class with an introduction to the world of Scrap quilts giving an overview of the various and many types. Then she will lead participants through the materials depot to investigate all the bits of wonderful fabric found at SCRAP that can be incorporated into a SCRAP quilt of their own. By the end of the day participants will have the first few blocks of their quilt done or a small top ready to be made into a sandwich and quilted. Included in the workshop will be information for how to quilt and bind these small masterpieces. Please bring a sewing machine if you have one and if you do not we will have a couple available for use.

Kenan has been making quilts for 17 years. While many of them are not Scrap quilts many do incorporate scrap quilt techniques. She has spent 13 years observing, unloading, rolling, fondling and shelving many tons of fabric at SCRAP!

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November 2011

Dear Friends of SCRAP,

As you know, SCRAP has been providing materials in our monthly give-away to San Francisco teachers, teachers just like Alise Adams.

Alise Adams is in charge of the before-school program at Daniel Webster Elementary. She organizes all kinds of activities for students to do when they get dropped off in the morning before classes start. Because her neighborhood is filled with working parents, the program allows parents to get to work on time while insuring their children’s safety. The students can play games, draw, read books or do their homework under Alise’s supervision. The budget cuts have left Alise at a loss for how to provide enough supplies for her students: paper to draw on, markers to draw with, games to play, books to read, materials to be inspired by. Through SCRAP’s Teacher Give-Away program, Alise was able to get a variety of materials and supplies for her students at no cost to her or her school.

SCRAP has been providing materials to San Francisco Bay Area teachers for 33 years, diverting all kinds of art parts that would have gone into the landfill. In fact, SCRAP diverts over 200 tons of materials, providing everything from toys to sponges, tiles to glass bottles and metal racks to CD’s to thousands of teachers, artists, nonprofits, parents and others. We also host creative reuse workshops, drop-in crafting, monthly give-aways and field trips for students throughout the Bay Area.

SCRAP needs your help to continue serving the community and to expand our programs. Please participate in our wonderful programs by contributing a tax deductable donation to support the teachers, artists and nonprofits that depend on SCRAP for their materials.

$250 will sponsor one Monthly Teacher Give-Away, allowing us to give all kinds of materials to teachers just like Alise, impacting thousands of students from pre-school to adult.

$100 will allow SCRAP to divert over 100 lbs of materials from our landfills into the classrooms, art studios and nonprofits that need them.

$50 will provide art parts for two community outreach events, such as the Earth Day Celebration at the San Francisco Zoo. This will help us inspire creativity and spread the word about creative reuse to thousands of people.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Mail a check to SCRAP today, or donate safely via Paypal at scrap-sf.org/donate to help us increase the number of field trips and events for kids, to reach out to more schools and businesses, and to advance creative reuse in San Francisco.

With warm regards to you and yours during the upcoming holidays and New Year,

Dianne Platner, Board President

Shuai Chen, Interim Executive Director 

Donate online right now through Paypal by clicking above. You can also donate in person at SCRAP or by mailing a check to: 834 Toland St, San Francisco, CA 94124