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In the Making: Community Conversations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECqxfImReP4 In the Making is a series of interviews with crafts- and tradespeople of all backgrounds, where we get insight into their lives and work. Kicked off in spring 2020,...
NBSS Featured on New England Living
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7R_DblxgM8 New England Living is a weekly lifestyle show featuring unique people, places, and experiences around New England. The show recently visited North Bennet Street School, the oldest and first...
In the Making: Rebekah Lord Gardiner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flkbpBqxzQo “I know something good will come out of this.” Rebekah Lord Gardiner is an NBSS Bookbinding graduate, a member of the School’s Board of Advisors, and co-owner of Shepard...
In the Making: Employer Spotlight, Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYS_eekq7U “All the NBSS grads we’ve hired or worked with have an amazing work ethic, they have fabulous hand skills… They know what they’re doing, and I can put them...
In the Making: Nathan Abbe and Cooper Jonas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De-3sodhuIU “Just like Strad used to do it.” Nathan Abbe VM ’20 and Cooper Jonas VM ’20 are set to graduate this summer, once they finish up their final projects...
In the Making: 2022 Exhibition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZXJyEjy5w4 As part of Boston Design Week 2022, watch a guided virtual tour of our 2022 Exhibition, featuring work handmade by North Bennet Street School students. For this year’s annual...
Make a Turkish Map Fold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUvukzFi_xQ Learn how to make a Turkish map fold, a fun and unique book form using a single piece of paper! NBSS middle school book arts instructors and Bookbinding graduates...
In the Making: Jackson Fairlie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkMmWUAnlHc “Take the tools, leave the clothes.” I first met Jackson Fairlie CF ’20 in late August 2019. He was the first new student to get the tools required for...
Make a Recycled City Kite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi1BJGvy44c Use some recycled materials from around your home to quickly build a kite for outside play. Watch the video above where NBSS Middle School woodworking instructor Emily Natale shows...
In the Making: Emmet Van Driesche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWA9N2Cgtbc “Spoon carving is a wonderful vehicle for getting to explore all sorts of other things about design and function and form and aesthetics. That’s what really excites me about...