Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving
Rigid Heddle weaving is a great way to learn the basics of weaving and make a great product. Class covers the mechanics of a rigid loom, types of articles we can weave, weaving patterns, design ideas, and finishing. You’ll leave with a handmade piece you’ll be proud to show off or even use every day! Please note: NO class 1/19.
My Funny Valentine Adult Workshop
Create your own custom Valentine’s Day cards or postcards! Start with blank cards in different formats and design and customize them with a large variety of provided art materials. All skill levels are welcome! The teacher will provide a list of postage guidelines, plus recommended books and websites with handmade card projects for further exploration.
My Funny Valentine Youth Workshop
Create your own custom Valentine’s Day cards or postcards! Start with blank cards in different formats and design and customize them with provided collage papers, markers, colored pencils, crayons, paints, stamps, 3D objects, and letter. All skill levels are welcome! The teacher will provide a list of postage guidelines, plus recommended books and websites with handmade card projects for further exploration.
Needle Felted Sculpture Workshop
Bring an idea or just come to play and explore the magical art form of needle felting. Using a special barbed needle and colorful wool, layer and form textures that can be relief sculptures or fully 3 dimensional ones. There are limitless possibilities such as embellishing garments like boiled wool jackets or making puppets. It is an enjoyable medium that is easy to work on anywhere; no water or paint to clean up.
Nuno Felting a Scarf Workshop
Using fine merino and a laminated felting technique utilizing an open weave fabric, such as silk gauze, enables you to create a gossamer scarf. Once wet and agitated the wool will work its way through the fabric weave and permanently bond as it shrinks and creates a unique accessory.
Parent/Child Together: Valentine’s Day Love Box Workshop
Share a fun afternoon with your special little one/ones, creating a beautiful little Valentine’s Love Box. Embellish your boxes with paint, lovebirds, flower petals, heart foil, ribbon, mulberry botanical papers, pearl beads and more! Line your box with red and pink velvet felt. Create a gift for your Valentine or as a place to keep your most loved treasures! Please note: tuition and material fee are per person.
Puppets in Live Theatre
Puppets are a captivating way to bring to life fantastical creatures, wild animals, or characters that cannot be portrayed by a live actor. Discover how puppets can interact with actors to tell a story. In this class, you’ll design and build your own puppet using safe, nontoxic materials such as wool for felting, wood, fabrics, and repurposed objects—perfect tools to help you bring your story to life.
Lamp Worked Glass Beads Workshop
Students will learn to use a torch to melt glass rods, creating personalized colorful glass beads. Many glass decorating techniques will be demonstrated, including enamels, metal foils, flowers and more.
Learn the Art of Iris Folding – Valentine Cardmaking Workshop
Create beautiful square Valentine cards while learning the “Art of Iris Folding,” a paper-crafting technique where strips of decorative paper are folded and layered in a spiral pattern to form a design that resembles the iris of a camera or eye. Using different templates and a stunning assortment of papers, you’ll fold, layer, and assemble your design to completion, resulting in a one-of-a-kind card.
Flower Pots and Macramé Knots Workshop
Welcome in the spring by painting and personalizing your own flower pot, then learn basic macramé knotting techniques to make a hanging planter that’s perfect for your new creation.