Old Sturbridge Village readies for Craft Weekend - MassLive.com

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Derek J. Heidemann, coordinator of historic trades at Old Sturbridge Village, has seen people turning more and more to craft as a means of coping with the uncertainty around them.

“I think that for many people, the pandemic has encouraged them to dive into the world of craft and develop a new appetite for creating things with their hands,” he said.

So the upcoming Craft Weekend event will celebrate the talented staff at Old Sturbridge Village and give them a platform to showcase their abilities. “It also serves as a means to bring together our community around crafts that they are passionate about,” Heidemann said.

A new addition to this year’s event is the “Exhibition of Craft,” which invites visitors and museum staff to enter examples of items that they have made this year in an unjudged exhibition.

Old Sturbridge Village will host its annual Craft Weekend Sept. 19-20, showcasing the major industries and crafts of the early 19th century and their relevance and impact on life today.

Planned demonstrations in a variety of subjects have been adapted for viewing outdoors and feature a full schedule of events including tailoring, quilting, bonnet making, wool dyeing and knitting, book binding, making tin coffee pots, making ladies walking shoes, basket making, straw braiding and timber framing construction.

Village potters will fire up the 15,000-brick kiln outside the pottery shop. The 24-foot-tall structure heats up to more than 1,900 degrees Fahrenheit and can fit up to 800 pieces stacked 10-feet high within its walls.

“While our artisans on staff at the museum are regularly demonstrating their crafts throughout the year, Craft Weekend is a chance for them to take on particularly difficult projects that give them the opportunity to both challenge themselves and highlight their experience and skill,” Heidemann said.

The craft program at the museum is popular with visitors, and this weekend gives them the opportunity to immerse themselves in activities that often only happen once a year. For example, Craft Weekend is the only time that museum staff fires the wood-fired pottery kiln each year.

This year there will be an evening component to the program that will allow visitors to view the kiln firing and other craft demonstrations after hours.

For many visitors, a highlight of their experience when visiting the museum is not only viewing craft demonstrations but being able to purchase objects made by the artisans. “Not only are these objects special in that they are handmade, but they remind people of their own experience visiting Old Sturbridge Village and hopefully encourage them to become involved in a craft themselves,” Heidemann said.

Safety protocols will be in place during the Craft Weekend. “Since the museum reopened in early July, we have followed strict safety protocols,” he said. All visitors and staff are required to wear masks, and sanitizing stations are located throughout the museum.

“We have also moved most of our programs outdoors, which allows us to offer a strong experience for visitors in the comfort and safety of outdoor spaces,” Heidemann said.

Craft Weekend will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 19 and 20 and is included with standard daytime admission into the village. Visitors and members are required to purchase or reserve their tickets in advance using a new, online reservation system at osv.org/plan-your-visit.

Available tickets will be released each week on Wednesday, with three blocks of time per day for arrival: 10 to 11:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., or 1 to 2:30 p.m. Once in the Village, visitors are welcome to stay until the museum closes at 5 p.m.

For more information, visit osv.org.

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