In this workshop, students will learn the fundamentals of coil basketry by creating a small hand-stitched basket. We’ll cover how to start a base, shape the sides, and use simple stitching techniques to build structure and pattern. This class is suitable for beginners and anyone who enjoys working with their hands. All materials are provided, but if you have special yarns or fabric you’d like to incorporate, feel free to bring them along.

This will be a fun, engaging and hands-on opportunity to learn the wonderful art and craft of rug hooking.

Students will learn to hook various shapes and how to prepare the wool and yarn fiber. Different finishing techniques and design considerations will also be covered.

Sample kits ($25 fee) will be provided and are included in the cost of the class. They include an 8” x 8” design and all materials. Frames and hooks will be available for use and loan between classes.

In this class, students will learn the basics of wet felting to create a wearable piece of art. Using merino wool roving, soap, water, and a bit of elbow grease, you can create your own fabric and mold it into 3D form.

We will explore the use of a resist (plastic template) to create a seamless felted 3D shape. Students will be encouraged to create their own unique hat shape or can utilize provided templates. In addition to felting techniques, we will explore color and texture options to personalize your creation.

NOTE: Please bring two bath towels you don’t mind getting wet along with a garbage bag to transport home.

This workshop, specifically for women and nonbinary folx offers participants the opportunity to start exploring our historic woodshop while learning how to make a beautiful handmade serving set.

This course is appropriate for brand new beginners as well as those with some skill who might like to try out our space.

We think this would make a fabulous friends night out...and you’d both leave with a one of a kind project!

Learn white line woodcut printmaking, a technique developed in Provincetown, Massachusetts in the 1920. Inspired by Japanese woodblock prints,European modernism and American crafts techniques, this simple process  combines printmaking and watercolor painting. Students start by carving linear drawings into a pine woodblock and then will learn to create a print with multiple colors from the single block. With a few simple tools, this process is easy to replicate at home. No experience needed. All levels welcome.

Try out woodturning in this single-session beginner class in which students will learn to safely mount a hardwood blank between centers on a wood lathe, and then use spindle roughing gouges, parting tools and calipers to measure and shape a rolling pin tailored to their preferences. The finished projects will be ready to take home that night and put to work right away. 

This course takes place in our beautiful, light filled woodshop at the very back of our campus. 

All materials for the creation of your rolling pin are provided.

Flip a switch and the entire world becomes the world of your imagination. In this course the emphasis is on interacting with the seen world, seeing what YOU see and interacting with it. Develop the process and allow yourself to see what you see AS you draw or paint and build your own personal LANGUAGE that comes out of living in the moment of your creations. It’s not simply about what you want to say but also about what is the work saying? Can you listen to its voice while you are working on it? Whatever materials you bring along for the journey are fair game. This class emphasizes process, experimentation, and the merging of the imagination with the visual world around us. You will build a personalized “mark and color toolbox” through exercises in line, rhythm, pressure, material exploration and more. Over time, you will learn how to trust your instincts, develop visual sensitivity, and cultivate a uniquely personal, meaningful practice..This class is for students who are ready to discover the core of their creativity and ready to develop a truly unique body of work.Open to all levels. Skills for success include curiosity and a willingness to explore.This is a mixed media class: oil, acrylic, wax pencils, oil sticks, pastels, charcoal are some of the possibilities. Painting on paper is encouraged as an affordable way to experiment. Canvas and panel and other materials are acceptable also.

This class skips Thanksgiving week

Shibori is a collection of ancient Chinese/Japanese resist dyeing techniques on fabric often dyed with indigo. This class will cover the 3 categories of techniques of resist:  Stitching, folding and clamping and pole wrapping.  We will spend each week on a different technique and a final open studio session to work on final projects. We will work on cotton and silk and several indigo vats of varying strengths. Shibori resists offer exploration full of mystery and surprise. Something magical happens in the process.

Students Bring:

pre-scoured fabric or scarves to sample techniques. A good source for both fabric and scarves is Dharma Trading.  https://www.dharmatrading.com. 

No synthetics.

Please do not bring clothing to dye. Our vats are not large enough to accommodate pieces of clothing.

Instuctor will also have some organic cotton bandanas for purchase.

Note: No class on November 27