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.

Make your own pack basket and in the process learn one of the oldest crafts in human history. For thousands of years baskets served as indispensable objects in every culture. Carry on the tradition and take home a beautiful, durable and functional basket crafted from local and responsibly harvested, hand-pounded black ash logs. In this workshop students will craft a daypack-sized traditional Adirondack-style packbasket with cedar runners, adjustable webbing straps and a white ash handle, carved by local craftsman, Eric Cannizzaro, of Vermont Handworks. Great for hikes, farmer’s markets, picnic lunches and whatever else you would use a regular backpack for. This basket is made to last and be used. Included is a discussion on how the material is harvested and processed.

Please bring a check for $100 for Penny on the day of the class for materials.

This is a fake class to see if our stuff is up to snuff.

Students will learn the basics of making fused glass jewelry. Each student will craft a few pieces, choosing from a variety of wearable options. Fused glass work will be fired in Our glass kilns to be picked up at a later date. Open to complete beginners to those with experience.

Students will learn the basics of making stained-glass jewelry. Each student will craft a few pieces, choosing from a variety of wearable options. Open to complete beginners to those with experience.

This class introduces participants to linoleum block printmaking with a focus ontwo-color printing techniques. Over four weeks, students will design, carve, and printtheir own linocut images while learning two different approaches to multi-color printing:puzzle printing and registration printing with separate blocks.

Have you ever wanted to see what film can do when you break all the rules? In this 4 week class we will be experimenting with a variety of photographic, development and darkroom techniques that push (and pull) the limits of what is possible in film photography. Learn about cross-processing, redscaling, film soup, alternative darkroom chemistry, using expired film, double exposure, camera hacking, and more! This class is open to everyone from beginners and seasoned pros; cameras and film will be provided, but students are welcome to bring their own materials.

In this class, participants will make a pair of copper dangle earrings. Students will cut shapes from a sheet of copper, texture the surface, and drill a hole for assembly. The shapes can match or be asymmetrical, giving each pair its own character.

Participants will attach their copper shapes to a silver chain and connect the chain to earring wires using jump rings, creating lightweight earrings with gentle movement.

If time allows, students may also darken or color the copper using a torch to create a patina—a natural surface color that develops with heat to highlight the texture.

This three-hour class is designed as an approachable introduction to working with metal. No experience is necessary.