Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Kids make copper snowflakes at the Ironwood Carnegie Library's arts and crafts hour Monday.
By MEGAN HUGHES
IRONWOOD - Nearly a dozen kids braved Monday's snow to create a snowstorm of their own as part of the Ironwood Carnegie Library's monthly arts and crafts hour.
Local artist Arlene Schneller had the young artists create copper snowflakes. She and a band of volunteers guided the children through the process of making their own copper snowflakes with a technique called "repousse."
The kids gathered around tables and used tools called styluses to leave impressions in sheets of copper foil, which they then, with an adult's help, cut out to turn into ornaments...
