Ever wonder what to do with that stray earring?  Or the yarn from that knitting project? Or those yogurt containers?

In this workshop at the Old Stone House on Saturday, December 18th from 4-6PM,  sculptor Julie Peppito will show you how to transform yogurt containers, milk jugs and cartons, old jewelry, and scraps of paper, fabric and other trash into ornaments and treasures.

Peppito is a local Brooklyn sculptor, playground designer, jewelry designer and painter. She has a BFA from The Cooper Union in New York City and an MFA from Alfred University in upstate New York. She has received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture and a grant through the Andy Warhol Foundation.

Peppito also designed fountains and sculptures for Underhill Playground in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and is working on artwork for the JJ Byrne Playgroundthat will be installed in front of The Old Stone House. Ms. Peppito’s work is currently represented by Heskin Contemporary in Manhattan and other independent galleries. In this workshop Julie will show you how to transform yogurt containers, milk jugs and cartons, old jewelry, and scraps of paper, fabric and other trash into ornaments and treasures.