Dirty Hands team members Krissy, Joe, and Annie ventured out to Park Slope this past week to learn the self-healing art of Reiki. The practice, taught out of Reiki master Heather Alexander’s cozy apartment, strives to bring balance, focus, energy, and relaxation to practitioners. Click the links below for our coverage of the event: Read [...]

Andras Gipp came to New York from Hungary 14 years ago to build pianos for Klavierhouse. In his spare time, he also makes electric bass guitars. Ball park figure for a custom-made bass guitar is $2,500. Gipp said it’s about a 40-hour investment in terms of labor, but doesn’t include the drying time for the [...]

Love to DIY? Love being green? So why not combine the two? It’s easy to do with RePlayGround, a company run by self-described recycling fanatics where discarded materials take on a new life. While it’s becoming increasingly fashionable to start an eco-friendly company, RePlayGround’s founder, Tiffany Threadgould, has entertained this lifestyle since she was little. [...]

Easter may be over but that’s no reason to put away your egg decorating supplies. The spring season is the perfect time to get your craft on, and we at DHNY are here to help! Here’s a map of some craft stores around the city (and a few in Long Island) for you to stock [...]

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In addition to the beautiful New York City weather we’ve been having this week, March has brought DirtyHandsNY some local recognition, and we’d like to share it with you! The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has written a short blurb about our site’s Ask the Expert section in this month’s newsletter. Joanne Wilson, Gotham Gal blogger, [...]

Updated: March 19, 2010 @ 7:41 PM: Missed our live blog event? Here’s the recap from our Twitter account: 9:24 PM: Did our best… And ate yummy (and messy) sushi. Look out for a final post with pics and other fun stuff in a few days! Thanks for joining! 9:07 PM: The aftermath 9:01 PM: [...]

Have you ever thought that making jewelry involved a mini-blowtorch? If it involves metal then the answer would be obvious, but I know nothing about being a metal smith. You can bet I was surprised when Tammy Gia, creator of Gia Fragalli Creations, said I would be making jewelry at her studio in DUMBO. Gia, [...]

For Graça Clifford, an aspiring designer living in Chelsea, fashion was always an innate part of her life. From as young as seven, she has designed her own clothing: her mother would buy the fabric she picked and Clifford would bring it, along with her drawings, to her neighborhood seamstress to have her designs come [...]

You think beer is the only thing brewing in Brooklyn? Try some of Vincenzo Lombardo’s homemade wine at his home in Bensonhurst and you might think you’re in California.