A typical Williamsburg hipster store? An experience more than a shop. SPACECRAFT is a unique craft-making and supply boutique located in the discreetly stylish Southside of Williamsburg Brooklyn. It is a place that feels good. With a big huge paint splattered table, warm and woody. You pick a project, pay for materials, you sit down at the big table and make crafts, make conversation and make friends. Maybe you show up stressed, but you leave relaxed.
You catch a glimpse of a better life for yourself, one that doesnt rush all the time and doesnt revolve around buying things. The owners, Stella Metzner and Cristina Dodd are wonderful! Stella Metzner grew up in a family of artists and designers. She attended the Rudolf Steiner School for 15 years where she learned to sew, knit, crochet, sculpt, paint, book-bind, weave, and much more. She further developed her love of craft and hand-making objects when she attended the California College of Arts and Crafts.
It was there that she learned to incorporate these childhood talents into fashion designs and later into a career as a stylist and designer. Cristina Dodd also began creating at an early age, learning traditional crafts like quilting and cross-stitch from her grandmother and making decoupage, macramé, leather crafts and more at summer camp.
Cristina learned set – building and costume making in high school and went on to earn a degree in Photography. After spending several years as a custom black and white printer and freelance photographer she moved into the realm of corporate event planning where she was able to successfully combine the use of both creative and business skills.
This combination of over 35 years of arts and crafts experience, and becoming mothers to two energetic boys, has provided Stella and Cristina the amount of experience and determination necessary to open a store like SPACECRAFT. This is a great gift to the community. If you’re ever in the Bedford area of Brooklyn, you should stop to check them out! For more information, follow the link bellow.