Wheel Throwing for Everyone (B)
Have you always wanted to try wheel throwing? Come throw a pot using white stoneware, then fire and finish your pieces using food-safe glazes.
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Stackable Bands
Create a sweet stack of rings from 14-karat yellow gold-filled wire and silver. You’ll learn to solder bands and become proficient at single seams. We’ll also cover fabricating, embellishing and forging simple bands in different gauges and types of metal.
read moreStained Glass Workshop: Create a Suncatcher (A)
Learn the basics of working in VisArts' Glass studio by creating a light catcher! Students will learn to cut glass, grind the edges, foil the glass, then solder it all together.
read moreLearn to Make Wire Earrings
Wire earrings! Learn to manipulate wire using pliers, mandrels and hammers to create unique styles. We will experiment with flat and dimensional ideas. You will work in copper and make final earrings in Sterling silver.
read moreFoldforming: Leaf Pendant + Earrings
Fold forming is a technique using the metals characteristics to bring organic dimension and form to cut out shapes of metal quickly. Experimenting with copper and basic forged line folds we will create leaf and pod forms. Learning to anneal (soften) our metal and open our hammered folds will reveal our unique shapes. Filing, finishing […]
read moreEncaustic Painting (A)
Explore encaustic painting for the first time or return to expand your skills. You will work with opaque and transparent colors, layering, using stencils and creating patterns using hot wax.
read moreSpinner Rings
Experiment with spinner rings, which allow several rings to be made into one. The outer band supports one or more moving rings. We’ll cover sizing, shaping and soldering sheet metal and wire into rings. The rings will become one using a forming technique known as anticlastic. We’ll also cover basic solder, forging and forming techniques.
read moreWeave an Overshot Table Linen
Learn to weave with an overshot pattern and make a table linen. Using 2 shuttles weaving different patterns, overshot patterns allow you to expand your pattern potential without having to expand your loom. In this class we will discuss overshot patterns and how they function as a weave structure. Choose from a couple overshot patterns […]
read moreStained Glass Workshop: Create a Tea Light Holder (B)
Learn the basics of cutting glass, grinding, foiling and soldering to create a diya, or tea light candle holder. Diyas are used for celebrating Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights! Celebrate Diwali this fall by creating your very own Stained Glass Diya to light your path.
read moreWheel Throwing for Everyone (A)
Have you always wanted to try wheel throwing? Come throw a pot using white stoneware, then fire and finish your pieces using food-safe glazes.
read moreFlameworking: Making Glass Beads (A)
Learn the basics of using a torch and mandrel to wind hot glass into beautiful beads that are perfect for jewelry.
read moreFlameworking: Dress Up Your Drink
Learn to manipulate borosilicate glass tubing and rods to create your own drinkware! Students will create swizzle sticks and straws using an oxygen propane torch.
read moreEncaustic Painting (C)
Explore encaustic painting for the first time or return to expand your skills. You will work with opaque and transparent colors, layering, using stencils and creating patterns using hot wax.
read moreFlameworking Glass Flora
Explore the world of flameworking and sculpting with glass. You’ll learn basic sculpting and forming techniques for borosilicate glass on the torch and gain an understanding of welds and connections by constructing flowers and other organic forms.
read moreHand Building: Make Your Own Clay Mug (C)
Have you ever wanted to drink out of a mug you made? Learn the techniques of coil building to make your own mug.
read morePrinted Protest: Letterpress Posters for Change
Explore the medium of the letterpress poster and its various historical and contemporary uses in protest messaging. Participants will workshop and discuss language, reach, and use and then plan their own poster in a size of their choice. We will cover the basics of safe typesetting, composing a piece, proofing, letterpress printing, using the flat-bed […]
read moreONLINE: Introduction to Songwriting
In this 2-hour session, we’ll talk about how songs are built, including what makes a chorus, a verse, and a bridge. We’ll look at popular songs as we write our own original lyrics. We’ll also talk about the intimidating questions of how to begin and end a song. As we delve deeper into the mechanics […]
read moreIndigo Vat Dyeing with Paste Resist
Work with an organic indigo vat and a paste resist to pattern fabric. We’ll learn about the magic of indigo and talk about how to creatively block out areas of the fabric with a paste resist.
read moreWTF (Woman, Trans, Femme) Woodworking: Utensils (B)
This class is a safe space for women, trans, and femme folks to learn introductory woodworking techniques. Students will learn to make spoons & spatulas in all different shapes and sizes! Students will gain experience using the band saw, electric sanders, hand tools and drill press. We will respect marginalized identities, be patient with one […]
read moreMake a Sewing Pattern from Your Favorite Clothing
Learn how to turn your favorite clothing into sewing patterns without taking it apart. This workshop will cover how to copy most garments, and students will leave with a finished pattern matching their favorite garment.
read morePhoto Transfer Collage (ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR)
We'll use a simple photo transfer technique to create the groundwork for a beautiful mixed media piece. Just come with a few photos you'd like to work with and all other materials will be provided. By the end of this session you'll feel comfortable recreating this technique at home.
read moreCuttlefish Bone Casting
A simple, traditional metal casting technique that takes advantage of the finely porous texture of the bone and imparts it on your cast piece. Carve the cuttle fish bone and cast the same day!
read moreA Little Bread – a Crust – a Crumb: Celebrating Emily Dickinson (this class is only offered once a year)
Celebrate the poet Emily Dickinson by reading some of her poems, eating her famous cake, and writing poems of your own. We'll also look at some of Dickinson's manuscripts and letters, and we'll consider how her writing process and life experiences shaped her poetry.
read moreWeaving Project Planning
Have a weaving project in mind you’d love to tackle, but a little stuck on where to start? Let’s plan it out together. Learn the steps to plan out your next weaving project. We’ll have an overview of what goes into planning and what information you need to know to get started. We’ll then walk […]
read moreWool Spinning as Ritual
Fiber passes through the hands as a tether into deep ritual, relationship, and memory of shared labor. In Wool Spinning as Ritual, we will situate wool into our ecologic, historic, and social contexts, and trust the material as teacher. We will learn to spin wool in its most elemental form, becoming familiar with simple but […]
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