STARworks Valentine

Tomorrow 5:30 to 7:30 p.m, Fri., Feb 10, 2012

 STARworks hands-on glass activity for 12+

Details: No experience required.

Register upon arrival or call (910) 428-9001. Event is free. Cost for glassmaking: $25 per person. 

Gift items available for purchase. Refreshments. 

Where:  STARworks - 100 Russell Drive, Star 

STARworks Glass Pumpkin Patch

Saturday, October 1, 9 a.m. 

STARworks is harvesting its second crop of unique hand blown glass pumpkins on and the public is invited to help.

STARworks Second Annual Glass Pumpkin Patch will open at 9 a.m. Wander through a dazzling array of one-of-a kind glass pumpkins nestled in the grassy front lawn of STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise in Star.

"These pumpkins are great decorative pieces for Halloween, Thanksgiving or for year-round," said Nick Fruin, STARworks Glass coordinator. "All are being created by artists at the STARworks Glass Lab." The pumpkins will come in all sizes and a wide range of beautiful fall colors.

This year we will have 1,000 pumpkins! Come early for the best pick!  Proceeds benefit the STARworks Glass High School Program. Pumpkins start as low as $35.

STARworks Ceramics fundraiser for the Tsunami/Earthquake relief in Japan

STARworks Ceramics fundraiser for the Tsunami/Earthquake relief in Japan

Above is Takuro Shibata and Santiago Ramirez Alvarez. They are standing behind some of the pieces that will be part of a fundraising auction for the Japan earthquake/Tsunami Relief. You can go to their STARworks Ceramics blog for more information about this fundraiser. There will be a special Open House and refreshments this Friday on April 29 from 5pm-7pm.

STARworks Ceramics Open House - September 24

Open House on Sep 24th, 2010, Friday 5-7pm

STARworks Ceramics will have Open House on September 24th (Friday) 5-7pm. We offer you our new clay samples for free. Please save this date and come to see us. Refreshments and drinks are to be served.

Contact

STARworks Ceramics Materials & Research

P.O. Box 159, 100 Russell St.

Star, NC 27356

Hours: Monday-Friday

10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Phone: (910) 428-9007

Direction; Take US 220/I-73/74 to the Star/Robbins Exit. Go west towards Star at the off-ramp. Continue about 1 mile to stop sign. Take a left at the stop sign onto Hwy 220A and take your first right onto West College Street. The second gate on the right is the entrance.

Central Park NC Newsletter

Central Park NC recently sent out their newsletter. If you would like to download the PDF version you can so here. They send these out periodically throughout the year. Sign up for their newsletter here.

Central Park NC is located north of downtown Star in the big, brick building (formerly a hosiery mill) under the green water tower. To find out more information about them you can visit their website at About Us.

STARWorks Garden Pant Sale

STARworks Garden invites folks for an open house, plant sale and enjoyable afternoon outdoors on April 23, from 2 to 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be available.

STARworks Garden plants for sale will include perennial flowers, basil, cucumbers and more.There will also be a selection of potted herbs in pots produced by local potters. Proceeds from the plant sale will benefit the programs at STARworks.

Hugh Martin of Uwharrie Heirlooms in Biscoe will join us for this event. He has an assortment of heirloom tomato, herb and flower plants.

Create your own glass egg at STARworks Glass

Create your own Easter Egg

Where: STARworks Glass Studio in Star

When: April 1 5:30-7:30

We invite you and your family to try your hand at hot glass making. You can work together as a family or individually to make your own glass egg. Guests are also invited to come down and just watch this process, that is unlike any other. There will be items for sale ranging from $15 and up, and are functional as well as decorative. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind experience for you and your family. $30 to make your own Easter Egg.

Starworks Glass Lab
P.O. Box 159
Star, NC 27356
Nick@starworksnc.org
Starworksnc.org

StarWorks Glass Valentines Day Open House

On February 11, STARworks glass will have an open house "Create your own Glass Gift",

They invite you to try your hand at making your own glass flower or heart. You can work together as a couple or individually. Guests will also be able to purchase a variety of gift items--hanging hearts, paperweights, flower vases, specialty stemware and other decorative Valentine's vases and bowls. Come and enjoy this opportunity, everyone welcome. For cost of materials, $25 to make your own flower or heart.

Feb.11 5:30pm-7:30pm -- 100 Russell Dr. Star, NC 910-428-9001

Star

Can Durham Outshine Star, NC?

"Can each community in our nation achieve the goals set out by the little town of Star North Carolina, and their eco-industrial park? After 15 years of what has been certainly hard work, the 6 counties in central NC bordered by Asheboro on the north and Rockingham on the south, Albemarle on the west and Siler City on the east, have created an experiment in rural economic development that rivals some of the finest examples across the country. "......

Visit Community Sustainable Energy blog to read the rest of this article.

Backyard Tourist

The Backyard Tourist
By Christa Wagner

The following paragraph came from an article written in the Charlotte Viewpoint Metropolitan Ideas and Art. I have extracted an excerpt from the column. To read the full article visit Charlotte Viewpoint’s website , scroll down and click on “Read our most recent issue here.”
Also you can sign up to receive an e-mail notice of the release of each new free issue of Charlotte View Point Magazine and to receive occasional news and notes about their organization.


“Psst. Guess what they’re calling us? We’re the urban bananas. The nickname refers to the arc along I-85 between the Triangle, Triad, and Charlotte. I think it’s kin of cute. But lately, I’ve been peeling away from my downtown Durham apartment and heading southwest to discover North Carolina’s Central Park counties: Randolph to Richmond by way of Montgomery and Moore. The eight counties that make up the cleverly named Central Park have a lot to offer the urban day tripper. In mid-November, for example, I enjoyed the Celebration of Seagrove Potters festival. There were too many beautiful things I wanted to buy, some beyond my student budget, but other pieces were perfect. Who knew there were so many uses for a slab of colorfully glazed pottery the size of my cell phone? (5$ each.) I bought four: one for my keys, two for used tea bags, and a pretty blue one for the odds and ends that always accumulate on the kitchen counter. I was in Seagrove both as a tourist eager to stock up on holiday gifts and as a researcher, so to speak, for my, graduate work in rural entrepreneurship. In addition to famous Seagrove ceramics, I marveled at glass blown at the STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise and ate a perfectly grilled pimento cheese at Blake’s restaurant in Candor, where that day Congressman Larry Kissell was also having lunch. , STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise is fascinating. STAR stands for Small Town Area Revitalization; it's a nonprofit located in the town of Star focused on growing businesses to one day place in the region's downtown areas. These businesses have a lot of appeal for its urban neighbors, in my opinion. And you can check out the whole region on just one tank of gas".........

Starworks Glass Lab Open House tonight!

StarWorks Glass Presents September 18th OpenHouse!

We welcome the public to come and experience the exhilarating
art of glassblowing. We will be doing live glassblowing demonstrations. This round of demonstrations will consist of the artists executing more advanced forms and techniques. Also art work made for Starworks will be Available for purchase.

STARworks Ceramics Open House

STARworks Ceramics Open House

We want to announce STARworks Ceramics will have an Open House on August 28th (Friday), 5-7pm. This time we will give out cone 6 Local clay mix samples for everyone at this event. Please save date and don't miss it!

STARworks Ceramics Clay makes native clay for Penland Workshop

STARworks Ceramics made 8000 pounds of their Native Clay woodfire claybody for a workshop at Penland, Norh Carolina. The workshop is being taught by Seagrove Potter Daniel Johnston.  Visit their blog to read about their trip to Penland.

Visit to Penland  1

Visit to Penland 2

Visit to Penland 3