Photo: #The paper jacket is based on a commercial pattern for a suit.
Photo: #Willis Bowman aka "Bow" models the finished paper jacket
Photo: #It takes an hour to get the jacket in shape
Photo: #Bow has to be careful not to crush the suit as he attaches the arms
Photo: #It takes five pieces to make the torso
Photo: #Bow Bowman, Tara Fahey and Westy Copeland begin cutting out the pattern
Photo: #Euan Kerr modelling the paper suit

Grown ups come out to play at Studio Bricolage

by Euan Kerr, Minnesota Public Radio
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After years of doing classes for children on how to make stuff out of art supplies and donated junk, a south Minneapolis workshop has found a ready audience of adults who want to try the same thing.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Tomorrow evening, a group of adults will gather in a workshop in South Minneapolis just to make stuff. Studio Bricolage caters to grown-ups who have taken their children to crafts classes and alwys felt an urge to join in. This Friday's theme is paper, and visitors will be able, amongst other things, to learn how to make full-size paper suits.

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