Old Walls. New Work.
The old bank on High Street in Mineral Point was built in 1907, when permanence mattered and buildings were meant to hold weight—both literal and symbolic. Its stone walls have witnessed generations pass through its doors, once carrying the quiet gravity of trust, value, and exchange.
Time has softened its purpose but deepened its meaning. What was once a place of measured transactions has become a place of human ones—hands moving, voices gathering, ideas unfolding.
There’s a particular kind of beauty in a space that refuses to be frozen in time. The old bank holds its history gently, letting it coexist with the present. Light falls differently now. The rooms breathe. Creativity echoes where numbers once lived.
Rooted in Mineral Point’s past and alive in its present, the building stands as a quiet reminder that reuse is its own form of reverence, and that what endures most is what continues to be lived in.
The Crafty began with a simple idea: people need places to make things together.
In a world that moves fast and asks us to be constantly productive, craft is often treated as a luxury or an afterthought. The Crafty exists to push back on that, to make room for slowness, curiosity, and the kind of creativity that doesn’t need to be optimized or explained.
What started as a shared love of making grew into a space built around community. A place where hands stay busy, conversations unfold naturally, and learning happens side by side. The Crafty was created not to showcase perfection, but to welcome experimentation, mistakes, and the joy of trying something new.
At its core, The Crafty is about connection—to materials, to process, and to each other. It’s about honoring old skills while making space for new ideas. It’s about showing up, pulling up a chair, and being part of something that feels human and lived-in.
The Crafty exists because making things together changes how we feel, how we connect, and how we move through the world. And because some things are better done by hand, and never alone.
