Alabama News Center — Alabama’s Handcrafted Huntsville brings makers together

By: Deborah Storey

Renaissance re-enactors are busy welding battle breastplates. Upstairs, a future fashion designer sews trim on her latest creation. Volkswagen enthusiasts compare notes on repairing a 1968 Beetle.

Handcrafted Huntsville is a hodgepodge of creativity and skill where members learn, collaborate and use a variety of equipment for everything from making jewelry to blacksmithing.

When founder Kenny Paone lived in central Florida, “there were probably a half a dozen” places where people could visit a cabinet shop, mechanic shop or sewing center to use equipment. They were scattered, though, and small.

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