This beginners skills class will focus on making fused glass objects—melting glass into planned art pictures, designs, and shapes. From the ground level up, students will build skills including creating your own design for your project object, glass materials manipulation, and basic kiln-program understanding necessary to learn the fine-tuning art of kilnwork. The registration fee includes all materials.

Beginner skills will focus class participants to make fused glass objects. From the ground level up, build skills including creating your own design for your project object, glass materials manipulation, and basic kiln-program understanding necessary to learn the fine-tuning art of kilnwork. In this course, students will be melting glass into planned art pictures, designs, and shapes.The registration fee includes all materials.

Beginner skills will focus class participants to make fused glass objects. From the ground level up, build skills including creating your own design for your project object, glass materials manipulation, and basic kiln-program understanding necessary to learn the fine-tuning art of kilnwork. In this course, students will be melting glass into planned art pictures, designs, and shapes. The registration fee includes all materials.

Beginner skills will focus class participants to make fused glass objects. From the ground level up, build skills including creating your own design for your project object, glass materials manipulation, and basic kiln-program understanding necessary to learn the fine-tuning art of kilnwork. In this course, students will be melting glass into planned art pictures, designs, and shapes.The registration fee includes all materials.

This workshop is designed to give participants excellent skills in embroidery. Students will develop a working vocabulary of both plain and fancy stitches with variations, including the stem stitch, chain stitch, split stitch, French knot, blanket and buttonhole, couching, feather and fly stitch. Illustrated instructions will be provided and students will create a personal sample book of stitches. Students are encouraged to share ideas as well as any heirloom textiles they may have; workshops will support students to develop skills specific to personal projects. Linen fabric, wool and cotton embroidery threads, and best needles will be provided.

Try your hand at this satisfying and potentially profitable craft—repurposing old or discarded furniture into something newly useful, and unique. Turn a dresser into a bar? drawers into shelving? In this class we’ll start with something small enough to carry to class each week—a stool, picture frame, perhaps a small trunk, a vintage silverware box or piece of luggage. The instructor will share ideas and materials to help you accomplish your furniture makeovers. She’ll cover the basics of bringing your goals into focus, planning your project, cleaning, sanding, removing old finishes, and other preparations needed to transform that outdated piece into something fabulous!

Kuksa is a type of drinking cup traditionally crafted by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia. Perfect for tea or coffee. In class, we will use either basswood or birch woods for the cup. We will also carve wooden spoons. We will have many various woods to choose and whittle. Designed for both beginners and skilled carvers alike. We will go through the various tools and carving techniques needed to make this cup and wooden spoon. NO REFUNDS UNLESS THE CLASS IS CANCELLED OR RESCHEDULED.

Now is your chance to learn to knit. We will cover the very basics: casting on, the knit stitch, the purl stitch, and binding off. With this basic knowledge, you can eventually make almost any type of knitted garment or accessory. Needles and practice yarn included in registration fee. Class skips 6/3.