We had an amazing and creative 2015 with our outreach partners! In December, the women from St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women in Transition, and Lydia’s House came to our shop… Read more »
Nov 2015: Purses, Lunch Pails, + Storage Spots
Inspired by a donation of cigar boxes, our teaching artists showed the women in our outreach programs how to transform these wooden boxes into custom purses, lunch pails, and storage… Read more »
Oct 2015: Scrap Glass Art
With just a few simple supplies, the women in our outreach programs created breathtaking sun-catchers this month! Our instructors visited the Center for Women in Transition, St. Patrick Center and… Read more »
Sept 2015: Wood Pendants
This month, the women in our outreach workshops learned basic woodworking skills and created custom pendants. The women at St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women in Transition, and Lydia’s House cut, carved,… Read more »
Aug 2015: Found Image Collages
This month, the women at St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women in Transition, Lydia’s House, and Shalom House learned to make personal looms from found cardboard boxes. After setting up their… Read more »
July 2015: Shoebox Weavings
This month, the women at St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women in Transition, Lydia’s House, and Shalom House learned to make personal looms from found cardboard boxes. After setting up their… Read more »
June 2015: Natural Textile Dyeing
With the start of summer, we can’t stop thinking about outdoor time in the garden. Perennial’s instructors decided to bring a little bit of the outdoors into our outreach workshops… Read more »
May 2015: Leather Goods
This month, our teaching artists traveled to St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women in Transition, Lydia’s House, and Shalom House to share the simplicity of leather working! Using leather from damaged jackets… Read more »
April 2015: Pollinator Palaces
In honor of Earth Month, we’ve been making mini insect hotels with the women of St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women in Transition, Lydia’s House, and Shalom House. These little tin-can… Read more »
March 2015: Papermaking
In our outreach workshops this month, we are traveling with junk mail and a blender to St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women in Transition, Lydia’s House, and Shalom House. We’re making… Read more »
Feb 2015: Projects for Self-Love
February DIY Workshop: This month in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, we brought self-care and self-love themed projects to our outreach partners at St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women… Read more »
Jan 2015: New Year’s Goals
January DIY Workshop: We kicked off a new year of outreach programs this month with St. Patrick Center, the Center for Women in Transition, Lydia’s House, and Shalom House. For our… Read more »
Dec 2014: Wool Sweater Mittens
December DIY Workshop: Last month, women upcycled wool sweaters into fingerless arm warmers at St. Patrick Center and the Center for Women in Transition. We washed and dried old sweaters to… Read more »
Call for Instructors Open
Perennial is a community workshop + store that transforms trash into treasure and teaches the St. Louis community how to do the same. Perennial’s programs teach do-it-yourself skills… Read more »
Oct 2014: Custom Notebooks
October DIY Workshop: We brought the art of book making to the women at Lydia’s House, St. Patrick Center, and the Center for Women in Transition this month. Each woman… Read more »
Sept 2014: Finger Knitting
September DIY Workshop: Getting ready for the Fall weather, we are teaching the art of finger knitting in our outreach programs. The women at Lydia’s House and St. Patrick Center… Read more »
June 2014: Power Tools!
June DIY Workshop: We brought the tools down to Lydia’s House and St. Patrick Center this month to handcraft miniature flower presses. The women got to learn some woodworking basics… Read more »
April 2014: Sewing Shopping Bags
April DIY Workshop: This month we brought our newly repaired fleet of sewing machines along to our programs with our partners. The women transformed old t-shirts into new bags that… Read more »
Growing with the Women
March DIY Workshop: We prepared for spring this March with the women at Lydia’s House and St. Patrick Center. Transforming wine bottles into self-watering planters, participants learned to cut and… Read more »
Calling all creative folks!
An Ode to Soy Gel
Hello folks of the Perennial-verse! This is Catherine, one of this summer’s handy interns, and I come baring the news of Soy Gel! It’s golden and thick, and like honey,… Read more »
Summer Projects
Perennial is getting ready for another hot St. Louis summer! Cool off and keep the bugs away in style this summer. We’ve been working hard in the shop making paper… Read more »
IN(tern)SANITY
Introducing our new summer interns Catherine and Nancy! They go to the same school! They live in the same house! They carpool! This summer Perennial is fostering two art… Read more »
5 Questions with Bridget
Don’t miss out on Bridget’s Rag Weaving Workshops! Session 1: June 18 + 25 // Session 2: September 5 + 12 Registration for Session 1 ends tomorrow! 1. What is… Read more »
5 Questions with Theresa Hitchcock
Don’t miss Theresa’s Recycled Paper Making workshop! Click here to register by 6.5.13 1. What is your favorite reclaimed material to work with? Saved Heirloom Seeds 2. What is the… Read more »