For crafters Eugene Boyd and Ashley Lambert, visiting Cornerstone Center for the Arts and Minnetrista helped grow their passion for crafting.
To check out Ashley Lambert’s all-natural beauty products, go here.
Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main St.
Minnetrista
1200 N. Minnetrista Parkway
A variety of artists sold their handmade goods to the Muncie community Saturday at Heekin Park.
When Muncie resident Eugene Boyd retired in 2011 from General Motors, he was looking for something to do. He decided to sign up for a ceramics class at Cornerstone Center for the Arts in downtown Muncie and said he was instantly hooked.
“I started totally ignorant,” he said, standing next to a table filled with his crafts, all of which were created on a potter’s wheel. “My first bowl that I made ... my instructor said it would make a good doorstop.”
Boyd valued the classes he took at Cornerstone, saying it’s a place to try many things without spending a lot of money.
“You don’t wanna invest in all the things, so you can go there and they can give you a start,” he said.
For Ashley Lambert of Eaton, Ind., Minnetrista helped her become more interested in plants. In 2010, she picked up a calendula as part of Minnetrista’s Plant of the Week. Now, she owns and operates a small business where she makes all-natural beauty products.
She sells these at craft shows as well as on Etsy.
Lambert found challenges in creating her products, including the basics of her craft.
“I had to find a base recipe, then make up my own,” she said. “I’m still perfecting it. But it was a good couple of years before I felt comfortable with coming out with new products.”
She advocates for crafters to be educated in what they’re making. This includes the creative side and the business side.
“If you don’t know what you’re working with, then you’re not going to make a good product,” she said. “You’re not going to know what to tell [your customers] what is good or bad for them.”
Creating handmade items is a way to give back to the community — Boyd now volunteers at Cornerstone to teach people about the art that he has come to love.
“Be excited about it,” Lambert said. “Have passion for it.”
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