How To-Nic

The How To-Nic (How to- Tunic) will soon be for sale on chateauofadoubt.etsy.com. For now, check out the illustration:

With Hands Book

The With Hands book is complete. You can pick up a physical copy at the Chateau of a Doubt booth at the Tight Knit craft fair on black Friday, or if you don't feel so inclined, you can have a free digital copy.

With Hands Mini Documentary

With Hands from Emily Armstrong on Vimeo.

Apologies for the poor quality. I'm still figuring out Final Cut.
If you're featured in this video and I've spelt your name incorrectly (or anything of the sort) please contact me!
WithHandsTroy at Gmail dot com

With Hands Event: Troy / Pictures

Here are a couple shots from last nights With Hands event at the Troy Public Library. Thank you so much to those of you who came out!

With Hands on Twitter

In case you use Twitter, With Hands now has an account. Please follow!

http://www.twitter.com/withhands

With Hands Event: Troy / After much ado!

After much ado, I have finally scheduled a date for the first official With Hands event. The focus of the event will be embroidering, because that is where I'm starting. I would really love to talk to anyone who has ideas and would like to be a part of With Hands; if you make or do anything with your hands please come chat. If you are just interested, want to learn, want to observe, then this is for you too.

Ok, the details:

Wednesday, October 14th, 6pm
Troy Public Library, 100 Second St, Troy

This will be a "drop-in" event. It does not matter that you show up when we get started, but I believe the library closes at 8....so you'll want to be there before then.

With Hands: Schenectady, Profile: Staci Elaan

My name is Staci Jane Elaan, I'm 31, and I'm an alternative energy engineer by trade. By day, I design generators and power inverters for wind and gas turbines, fuel cells, and solar panels. As long as I can remember I've been a gadgeteer. Even when I was little I would entheusatically tear parts out of discarded electronics and appliances to make all types of little inventions. I've always been driven to make things. I believe that when you make something and give it away, you're giving a part of you with it. Sharing something that special is so deeply rewarding that I couldn't imagine a life without doing it. I enjoy working with all mediums, but most of all mixing them all together - but the two that that I love most are big metal and electronics