Create a festive Christmas tree basket, a flat wall basket woven on a wooden D-handle and designed to bring handmade holiday charm to your home. A Christmas tree is woven into the front using dyed reed and finished with decorative buttons, making this project a delightful seasonal decoration or gift.
Learn a different embellishment for your woodturning each week, focusing on textures and processes including woodcarving, woodburning (pyrography), painting, bleaching, and sandblasting. This allows you to take your turned forms to new creative heights and gives you the ability and tool kit to start experimenting in more artistic ways. Your turned forms become a canvas and starting point for a myriad of new creative pursuits. A materials fee is due at registration. Closed-toe shoes required.
In this creative workshop, you’ll design and make your own custom ceramic rib tools for shaping clay on the pottery wheel. You’ll work in the woodshop to carve your designs from durable materials, creating tools that match your unique throwing style. Come with your ideas ready, and leave with personalized tools made by you! Closed-toe shoes required.
Handcraft your very own bubble glass tray in our fused glass studio. Learn glass cutting, safety practices, and the glass fusing process as our instructor guides you through design options and assembly techniques. Closed-toe shoes required.
Get into the creative spirit by designing and crafting your own ceramic ornaments! In this workshop, you’ll use handbuilding techniques and decorative tools to make unique pieces, perfect for holiday décor or gifting. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.
Turnaround time for ceramics can be a few weeks. Once the pieces are ready for pick up, you’ll receive an email from our Programs team letting you know.
Class will be held in the Ceramics Auxiliary Classroom 301, on the 3rd floor of GoggleWorks.
Learn about glassblowing as you create an original beverage glass. Once cooled, pick up your glass at Thorn Alley Kitchen where the second half of the workshop will conclude with a demonstration and wine tasting with our bartender 1pm Sunday, Dec. 13. Ages 21 and over only.
Have a group of 4 or more? Turn up the heat, gather your family and friends and book an exclusive, hands-on glassblowing workshop with us! Find details here. Minimum of 4 required.
Learn the foundational skills of woodturning to create a functional pen. Gain a comprehensive introduction to tools, techniques, and safety practices. Perfect for beginners or those looking to expand their woodworking skills! A materials fee is due at registration. Closed-toe shoes required.
Explore the magic of camera-less photography through lumen prints! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll create dreamy, experimental images using photographic paper, natural light, and found objects (please bring any objects with interesting shapes you’d like to print). We’ll cover the basics of the process, exposure techniques, and how to develop unique organic compositions full of unexpected textures and tones.
Class will be held in the Darkroom, Studio 233, on the 2nd floor in GoggleWorks.
Learn how to cut, shape, and polish any stone of your choice in our studio, or bring some of your own stone to work on! Discover what it takes to turn a rough stone into a finished, custom-cut tree gem!
Acceptable stones: pectolite, calcite, fluorite, orthoclase, and quartz. No street rocks or precious gems. Instructor is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Welding isn’t as intimidating as you might think! Learn the basic principles of MIG welding, a process in which an electric arc forms between a wire electrode and metal, causing them to melt and join together. At the conclusion of the workshop, leave with a miniature metal sculpture.
Flame-resistant clothing, long pants, and heavy closed-toe shoes are required. Class will be held in the Welding Studio, Building 4.
Welding isn’t as intimidating as you might think! Learn the basic principles of MIG welding, a process in which an electric arc forms between a wire electrode and metal, causing them to melt and join together. At the conclusion of the workshop, leave with a miniature metal sculpture.
Flame-resistant clothing, long pants, and heavy closed-toe shoes are required. Class will be held in the Welding Studio, Building 4.
Ring in the holiday season in our hot glass studio by crafting your own ornament or bell. Learn how to gather hot glass from the furnace, add color, and sculpt it into a holiday classic.
Have a group of 4 or more? Turn up the heat, gather your family and friends and book an exclusive, hands-on glassblowing workshop with us! Find details here. Minimum of 4 required.
