Fall and Spring Workshops
Fall and spring workshops are designed for true beginners or those who want to explore techniques and create objects in our blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metal and wood studios.
We offer a variety of formats from all-day Saturdays, to full weekends and occasional evenings. Dates, times and fees are listed with each workshop description and include materials, use of tools and equipment during the workshop and, for all day workshops, lunch.
Please click on the dropdown menus below for complete offerings and workshop descriptions. Workshop registration here.
September 28
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Letter Openers with Jay Replogle
Learn the essentials of working at a coal forge and anvil while forging a steel letter
opener. - $85, includes materials
October 5
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Bottle Openers with Abraham Pardee
Learn effective use of a coal forge, anvil and hammer as you forge a steel bottle
opener or two. - $85, includes materials
2020
February 29
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fire Pokers with Abraham Pardee
Gain skill at fire control, hammer control as well as using a forge and anvil to forge
a fire poker from steel. - $85, includes materials
March 7
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Forged Steel Jewelry with Anne Bujold
Create cuff bracelets and pendants while manipulating red-hot steel through blacksmithing
techniques. Consider design, wearability and refinement while using forging processes
on a smaller scale. - $85, fee includes all materials
September 28 AND October 5
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Raku and Pit Fire with Rachel Clark
Learn some basic hand building techniques to create multiple sculptural and functional
forms on the first day. The next weekend cover the making and use of terra sigillata
on your pieces and then learn to pit and raku fire them! Come prepared to get messy,
feel a little heat and have fun! - $175, fee includes up to 25 lbs. of clay and all
firings
2020
February 29-March 1, AND
March 7-8
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Hollow Form Animal Sculpture with Rachel Clark
Learn to make hollow form animal sculpture using a slab. Cover techniques including
hollow form sculpture, sculpting realistic body parts and creating texture that resembles
fur and skin. Create at least one medium scale animal sculpture. - $300, fee includes
up to 25 lbs. of clay and all firings
September 28
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Make Your Own Decorative Papers with Claudia Lee
Learn to work with wax resist and Japanese Colored Paste to make unique art materials
for all your projects! - $85, fee includes all materials.
September 28-29, AND
October 5-6
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Beginner Weaving on a Floor Loom with Jessica Hagar
Learn everything about basic weaving from dressing a loom to reading patterns, color
interaction and material exploration. Leave the class with sample fabrics, a beautiful
hand-woven scarf, and resources to begin your own journey as a weaver. - $300, includes
all materials and use of a loom
October 5
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Japanese Style Book Binding with Claudia Lee
Learn Eastern book making techniques for everything from the elegant to the whimsical.
- $85, fee includes all materials
2020
February 29
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Four Books: Four Bindings with Claudia Lee
Learn four different bindings in one day: Ethiopian binding, accordion slider, long-stitch
binding and a stiff-leaf structure. - $85, includes all materials
March 7
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Eco Printing with Jessica Hagar
Use plants to naturally dye and print on fiber through contact printing methods. Explore
the alchemy of water, plant materials and heat. Create beautiful prints on 100% silk
scarves. Use fried and true plant materials that Jessica has gathered at her home
or bring your own to experiment. - $85, includes all materials
September 28
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Introduction to Glass Bead Making/FALL with Keith Moy
Create multi-color glass beads using a torch, tools and your imagination. Learn heat
control, decorative techniques and how to anneal. - $85, fee includes all materials
October 5
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Each workshop session is 1 hour in length
Register for one or more sessions scheduled 9-10 a.m., 10-11 a.m., and 11 a.m. - 12
p.m.
Create Your Own Glass Ornament with Eric DePan and Keith Moy
Learn to gather glass, add color and gain hot glass working skill while creating a
glass ornament of your own design. - $40, fee includes materials and shipping
2020
February 29
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Introduction to Glass Bead Making/SPRING with Keith Moy
Create multi-color glass beads using a torch, tools and your imagination. Learn heat
control, decorative techniques and how to anneal. - $85, fee includes all materials
March 7
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Each workshop session is 1 hour in length
Register for one or more sessions scheduled 9-10 a.m., 10-11 a.m., and 11 a.m. - 12
p.m.
Create Your Own Glass Paperweight with Eric DePan and Keith Moy
Make a glass paperweight! Gather glass from the furnace learn to add frit, cane or
stringers and shape the glass to create a paperweight with your own unique combination
of color and pattern. - $40, fee includes materials and shipping
2019 October 5 October 19-20 and 26-27 2020 February 29 March 7
September 28
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Introduction to Raising with Anne Bujold
Use the process of raising, stretching and compressing flat sheet metal over stakes
with specific hammers, to create vessels. Learn annealing, raising and planishing
while creating a copper bowl. - $85, fee includes all materials
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Jangling Bangles with Anne Bujold
Create stackable bangles! Learn to texture wire with hammers and stamps and to solder
the wire together to create bangles from brass and copper. - $85, fee includes all
materials
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saw, Rivet, Texture, Solder: An introduction to Jewelry & Metals with Brie Flora
Learn most basic and important jewelry and metalsmithing techniques. Our first weekend
we will focus on three things, learning safety in the studio, sawing, and riveting
to create tiny chairs out of one sheet of metal. Our final weekend we will explore
textures, learn how to make earring findings, and create sterling silver stacker rings. -
$300, includes basic materials in copper and brass. If silver is used an extra fee
will be assessed.
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Forming Flowers with Anne Bujold
Use hammers and forming stakes to transform flat sheet metal into botanical forms.
Develop volume, planish and refine forms while creating organic shapes in copper.
- $85, fee includes all material
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Knife Sharpening for Everyone with Jay Replogle
Learn the proper way to make create a razor sharp edge on all of your knives. - $100
Fee includes a professional sharpening stone set. Bring your own knives!
October 5
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Honey Dippers with Michael Osheroff
Learn to turn wood honey dippers on a lathe using a few basic spindle turning techniques.
$85 - includes all materials
2020
February 29
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Spooning with Michael Osheroff
Learn the basics of carving spoons for eating, serving and cooking. Address the ergonomics
of various types of spoons and which types of wood are best suited to them. $85
March 7
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
As the Wood Turns with Michael Osheroff
Learn to turn small bowls and trays (nothing larger than 7" in diameter). Cover preparing
bowl blanks, safely chucking them to the lathe, and proper turning techniques to achieve
beautiful results. $85
