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Join us tonight for our September Chapter Meeting!

Join us tonight for our September Chapter Meeting! LDC member Aya Kinoshita will be teaching us how to create a Mandala mosaic design for our Make & Take project. Aya is a mosaic artist living in Lancaster, PA. She is originally from Tokyo, Japan. She has enjoyed working with visual and performing artists and also researching and teaching about art management and cultural anthropology. Since 2016, she has been making mosaics and made multiple mosaic murals for Penn State Medical Centers in and around Lancaster.

Wednesday, May 8th @ 7pm is Lancaster Designer Cra

Wednesday, May 8th @ 7pm is Lancaster Designer Craftsmen’s next chapter meeting. For the May make and take project, Tara Potter will show us how to create a wet felted stone. Hope to see you there!

Come join us for our March chapter meeting tonight

Come join us for our March chapter meeting tonight! Here is what you can expect:
Donna Lashof - Plaster Botanical Plaques Make & Take - We'll be creating a plaster plaque impression of your favorite flower, leaf or herb. Bring your own plant material or choose from some brought by the instructor.

Grant Presentation - Ruth Daniels will do her Grant Award Presentation.

Show & Tell - Bring a few samples of your work to share with other members!

Reminder! Tonight, Wednesday, February 14, is our

Reminder! Tonight, Wednesday, February 14, is our February Chapter Meetjng! Lisa Haldeman will be doing a Needle Felting Make & Take - Lisa will be teaching us how to make a heart cupcake using the needle felting technique. This is a wonderfully therapeutic and versatile craft that allows you to create any number of shapes and designs using just felting needles, a felting mat, and wool. Also, Margaret Seidenberg-Ellis will do her Grant Presentation. See you at 7!

A big “thank you!” to LDC member Bob Redcay wh

A big “thank you!” to LDC member Bob Redcay who taught a Painting on Leaves Make & Take during our January chapter meeting. LDC members painted 1-2 leaves and then mounted on a mat board. Bob began painting on preserved leaves with acrylic paints approximately 20 years ago after reading an article in “Birds and Blooms” magazine about an artist who used leaves as canvases. Thank you, Bob!

We are ready for holiday shoppers at the carriage

We are ready for holiday shoppers at the carriage house at @lancohistory! Follow the luminaries and the festive music at this beautiful setting behind President James Buchanan’s home, Wheatland.

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We're excited to welcome members of the Lancaster Designer Craftsmen to Campus of History Cheer this Saturday! Local artisans with talents from stained glass to weaving to jewelry making will set up shop in our Carriage House for you to have the opportunity to support small businesses while getting some holiday shopping done. 🛍️ Catch these marvelous makers from 5-7pm during Campus of History Cheer at LancasterHistory on Saturday, Dec 2. Tickets to the event are available online or at the door!

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Don’t forget to stop by tonight’s First Friday event at the Ware Center in downtown Lancaster! Lots of artists, music and joy!!

TONIGHT! 7-9pm is our annual pizza party chapter m

TONIGHT! 7-9pm is our annual pizza party chapter meeting! Come make your own pizza pie in Kevin Lehman’s wood fired pizza oven. We will also be voting in our 2024 board. See you tonight!

We have an action-packed chapter meeting this Wedn

We have an action-packed chapter meeting this Wednesday, July 12! Come join us on the second floor of the PA Guild building:

6:30-6:50 p.m. - Presentation by Karen Peiffer (PGC Board President) on the PGC organizational structure & Introduction of our new Executive Director, Eric Dusenbery

7:00-8:30 p.m. - Exciting presentation by Michelle Veizaga on Using your Smartphone to photograph your work. She will provide information and tips on staging photos, use of grey card, lighting, and smartphone settings, etc. for various craft mediums.

We will then have a smartphone photo critiquing session followed by Q&A.

Hope to see you there!

On June 14th we had our monthly chapter meeting. A

On June 14th we had our monthly chapter meeting. At our first partnership event with the Landis Valley Museum, Don Robinson gave a very interesting presentation on the history of the slate industry in Pennsylvania and did a slate splitting demonstration. It was a great opportunity to meet LVM's Board, some of their members, as well as other community attendees.

Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, in collaborat

Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, in collaboration with the Lancaster Designer Craftsmen chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen presents a free program on 14 June at 7:00 pm on the history of the slate industry in Pennsylvania and the United States and the uses of slate. The program is followed by a demonstration. The program is free, no reservations required and will be in the Yellow Barn. There will be signs to direct you to the building.

Mr. Don Robinson, of the Old Line Museum in Delta, PA, will present on the history of the slate industry, historic uses of slate, the immigration of Welsh quarrymen, and contemporary preservation efforts of related slate industry structures in Coulsontown, Pennsylvania. The presentation will be followed with a demonstration on slate splitting and shaping. If you are brave, you can try your hand at shaping slate!

We had a great time at our May chapter meeting, wi

We had a great time at our May chapter meeting, with Paula Lewis leading us in wet felting wool. Thank you so much, Paula!

TOMORROW NIGHT! Come to our May LDC chapter meetin

TOMORROW NIGHT! Come to our May LDC chapter meeting. Paula Lewis will be leading us in making a felted wall hanging. Hope to see EWE there! 7pm above the PGC store. 🐑 🐑 🐑

At our April LDC chapter meeting, Donna Stouffer f

At our April LDC chapter meeting, Donna Stouffer from Yellow Breeches taught us how to weave baskets. What a great night! Our May meeting is this Wednesday, May 10. Come join us for fun as we make felted wall hangings!

Tonight! Join us as Donna Stouffer from the Yellow

Tonight! Join us as Donna Stouffer from the Yellow Breeches chapter of the PA Guild of Craftsmen leads a basket weaving make & take. Also LDC member Ilene Schenkel will present on how she used her 2022 chapter grant. Our meeting starts at 6pm. Check your email for more details!

During our March LDC Chapter meeting we had lots o

During our March LDC Chapter meeting we had lots of fun socializing as we made our textured ceramic plates! Thank you to our wonderful instructor and Master Artisan, Donna Lashof. Also, thanks to potter Margaret Seidenberg-Ellis for helping out! Make sure you come to the April 12th meeting to pick up your finished plates!!

At our February meeting, Bob Antonishak taught us

At our February meeting, Bob Antonishak taught us how to make Pysanky eggs. Thanks, Bob!

Meet our latest chapter juried member, Andy Riehl.

Meet our latest chapter juried member, Andy Riehl. Andy seamlessly blends natural woodwork with colorful resin to create beautiful and useful pieces of art. Congratulations, Andy!

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