Calligraphy at Oil and Cotton

The lovely and talented Andrea Estrada taught our first calligraphy class last night. Calligraphy is the art of fine handwriting. Andrea will host Love Letter: Intro to Calligraphy at Oil and Cotton on February 10th from 6:30 to 8:30. Learn to hand letter a love note for your Valentine. Visit our website to register for this special class.

Movable Type Truck and Print Happening - Today 6-9pm

Please join us TODAY and give a warm Texas welcome to letterpress printer Kyle Durrie and her Movable Type Truck! Kyle and other local printers will be at Oil and Cotton this evening from 6-9pm demonstrating letterpress, silk screen printing, and potato printing. Try your hand at printing and meet new friends!

Prints, zines, and cards made by local printers will be on view and available for purchase.  This is a FREE event and all ages are welcome.

Participating Printers include:
Kyle Durrie
Kyle Hobratschk
Peter Ligon
Lily Smith Kirkley
Dowdy Studio
Mylan and Jessica
Allison Vieger

Oil and Cotton Shop

If you missed our Holiday Mercantile this weekend be sure to stop into the shop and find creative gifts for friends and loved ones before the holiday. The store is full of art supplies, creative kits and handmade items crafted by local artisans and our talented teachers.

We are happy to build custom art supply baskets and and wrap your gifts in Oil and Cotton papers and ribbons. Store hours are Tuesday through Saturday 1-6pm. Visit our NEW online shop for shopping from home!

2nd Annual Holiday Mercantile at Oil and Cotton

Oil and Cotton will host our Second Annual Holiday Mercantile this Saturday, December 10th from noon until 6pm. Shop at Oil and Cotton this weekend for original, handmade, repurposed, unique gifts for all the loved ones on your list. Find toys, art supplies, and creativity kits, as well as art and handcrafted goods made by our talented workshop teachers. Free gift wrap with purchase. Proceeds benefit our scholarship program providing art classes for kids. Local makers and merchants like F. is for Frank, Dowdy Studio, Allison Vieger, Lilco Letterpress, Modest Ambition, and more will be a part of this holiday event.  Next door, the Creative Flea Market will host Dallas graphic artists showcasing and selling their wares. Don't miss this one day show!  And...visit our awesome neighbors during the Tyler-Davis Second Saturday Block Party!!! Don't miss the Holiday Market at Urban Acres, just a few blocks away. Fill your market baskets with healthy delicious treats.

Camp Design Build Adventure: REGISTER NOW!

Our friends at El Cosmico are hosting an amazing Design Build Adventure Camp December 15-22, 2011. No previous building experience is necessary and the class is designed to inspire and inform everyone from architects looking to get their hands dirty to laypeople who'd like to experience the design build process for the first time. This is a wonderful opportunity to explore and learn about magical Marfa. DON'T WAIT, the Deadline to register is November 30th! Visit the El Cosmico website for more details.

Learn. Create Community. Get Your Hands Dirty. Play. This 6-day workshop focuses on locality and community in design build - not just the materials and the construction techniques, but how climate, geography, socioeconomics, personal relationships and even factors like the food, music and art of a place can and should influence design. More than just a how-to clinic, Camp Design Build Adventure is about creating meaningful experience as we work. We believe that an important part of the design process takes place in shared communal moments around the camp, dinner table, and bonfire. Throughout the course of the workshop, Adventurers will source materials locally, design and construct furniture, and build their furniture designs all within the context of creating moments of community, purpose and fun.

This winter's workshop will focus on furniture design for a good cause. The course begins with an introduction to the art and architecture of the area - participants will gain unique access though private studio visits with artists and designers living and working in Marfa, and campers will have site-specific design sessions in some of the area's most interesting settings. Adventurers will then build their furniture designs in the El Cosmico shop using exciting tools and fabrication techniques. In keeping with the spirit of Camp Design Build Adventure, the week will culminate in a community event for locals and campers - we'll enjoy food donated and prepared by Farmhouse Delivery, and completed furniture pieces will be auctioned to benefit the West Texas Food Bank. See the daily schedule here.

New Crewel With Katherine Shaughnessy

Our friend Katherine Shaughnessy is visiting us from her digs in West Texas. Don't miss this opportunity to spend an afternoon with a very special person, talented artist, and knowledgeable teacher. All skill levels are welcome to this crewel workshop which will cover the basics of embroidery in addition to eight crewel stitches and finishing techniques. Workshop participants will receive all the supplies needed to get started including Shaughnessy's book, The New Crewel, which offers 30 of her original designs, 15 fun projects, and 16 classic embroidery stitches. Additional crewel kits and supplies will be available for sale at the workshop. Please visit our website to preregister for this class.

Oil and Cotton at Jingle Bash this SATURDAY!

Join us this Saturday at the FREE Esty Jingle Bash. Make and take DIY gift embellishments and crafts with Oil and Cotton and start your holiday shopping by supporting local creatives.