Jamey Stegmaier, right, photographed with his partner Megan Sisco, has been designing board games for as long as he can remember. “It was a fun hobby,” he explained, “that turned into something much more.” Stegmaier, who’s from Chesterfield, VA,, came to St. Louis because of the Japanese studies program offered at Washington University. He graduated…
Category: Handmade
Train hobbyist lays down tracks in the CWE
It took Mel Husmann, above, three days to unpack boxes and set up his elaborate train set in the corner window of what will soon become Twisted Ranch at York and Maryland Avenue. Husmann transported about 90% of his collection to the CWE at the request of his daughter Kate Haher, executive director of CWENCID…
CWE Halloween Adult Costume Contest: The runway
As Halloween festivities returned to the CWE, the task of choosing which contestants to feature in this post chronicling the main event was a challenge. What really struck me was how clever and creative the costumes were, case in point: “Over the Rainbow,” above. When Emcees Trish Bush and Jeremy Corray asked contestants who made…