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By Mary carole mccauley Capital Style
Student Isabella Russell-Wood, 13, works on her wooden sign in the class. Children take part in a summer crafts workshop at AR Workshop
in Edgewater. photos by Paul W. Gillespie
‘Teamwork, fun & lots of sawdust’
AR Workshop gives DIYers a place to create home decor
Ten-year-old Caden Hooker knew exactly which design to
stencil onto a throw pillow for her bedroom. Under the guidance of instructors at AR Workshop Annapolis, she painted
the Eiffel Tower black and silhouetted it against a dove-gray
background.
When it was finished, the pillow would look just like Paris
on a cloudy day, the Paris the Edgewater girl experienced when
she and her mother visited France and Spain in 2019 for their
birthdays.
“It was a great trip,” Caden said, tossing her waist-length,
dyed-green cornrows out of her way. “I got an Eiffel Tower
toothbrush and now I’ll have a pillow.”
In 2018, Brittany Meade opened the Southern Maryland site
for AR Workshop, a national chain of more than 150 DIY studios. The unofficial motto — as expressed by a sign in the shop
— “This workshop runs on teamwork, fun and lots of sawdust.”
Participants create such home décor items as wooden trays,
pet beds or picture frames. Other crafts include stenciling tote
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Student Lis Russell-Wood, 13, works on her wooden sign in the
class with help from owner Brittany Meade.