Traditional Crafts

What is your favorite vision of Nature? Is it the sunshine, birds, flowers, or a particular scene? Bring your idea or sketch along to this workshop, and capture your image in tile, stone and glass? to create a colorful artwork that will enhance your garden or yard for years to come. Beginner to experienced artists welcome! Students will utilize brightly colored porcelain tiles, as well as glass tiles, stained glass, seashells and pebbles. (Bring a couple of permanent items to add to your project, if you?d like!) Kate has all the ?tesserae,? tools and expertise you?ll need to shape your pieces and set them in mortar, which will comprise our first day of work. Day two will be a shorter day, grouting and admiring your finished piece, which will be ready to take home! Artist Kate Hartley, who created the North Creek Mosaic Project Mural with over 2000 volunteers, will guide you in bringing your own vision into mosaic form. She?s been teaching visual arts to people of all ages for four decades, and delights in encouraging individual expression in artists of all experience levels.

What is your favorite vision of Nature? Is it the sunshine, birds, flowers, or a particular scene? Bring your idea or sketch along to this workshop, and capture your image in tile, stone and glass? to create a colorful artwork that will enhance your garden or yard for years to come. Beginner to experienced artists welcome! Students will utilize brightly colored porcelain tiles, as well as glass tiles, stained glass, seashells and pebbles. (Bring a couple of permanent items to add to your project, if you?d like!) Kate has all the ?tesserae,? tools and expertise you?ll need to shape your pieces and set them in mortar, which will comprise our first day of work. Day two will be a shorter day, grouting and admiring your finished piece, which will be ready to take home! Artist Kate Hartley, who created the North Creek Mosaic Project Mural with over 2000 volunteers, will guide you in bringing your own vision into mosaic form. She?s been teaching visual arts to people of all ages for four decades, and delights in encouraging individual expression in artists of all experience levels.

Get an early start on holiday gift giving. Make pinecone flowers, use natural mosses and twigs to decorate a small keepsake box and one small frame. Add your own photo for a special gift or family keepsake.

A variety of patterns can be woven into a caned seat, beyond the traditional octagonal pattern. Appropriate for beginners, in this class we?ll weave a diamond pattern into a chair seat. Bring a chair needing a new seat (see requirements below). Tools and materials will be provided.

A variety of patterns can be woven into a caned seat, beyond the traditional octagonal pattern. Appropriate for beginners, in this class we?ll weave a diamond pattern into a chair seat. Bring a chair needing a new seat (see requirements below). Tools and materials will be provided.

A variety of patterns can be woven into a caned seat, beyond the traditional octagonal pattern. Appropriate for beginners, in this class we?ll weave a diamond pattern into a chair seat. Bring a chair needing a new seat (see requirements below). Tools and materials will be provided.

A practical, functional broom to chase away cobwebs. Broomcorn will be tied to a wooden handle. There will be a decorative section of plaiting (weaving) on the broom. Brooms will be finished with a leather handle for hanging.

A handled, plaited handle broom that is totally functional for sweeping. Processed and colorfully dyed broomcorn will be used. The broom will be finished with a leather handle for hanging.

In this exciting new AFS class you will learn to carve letters in stone using a hammer and chisels. You'll develop chiseling techniques, learn about lettering design and proportion, and gain insight into letter design under the expert guidance of Charles Austin, stone mason and carver.

Sharpening and honing of blades is a mystery to most people these days although our ancestors knew the skill intimately. Technology of honing has definitely improved over the past 100 years and there are many technologies to choose from. Howard will demystify the sharpening process and you will leave the workshop with the skills to sharpen your own blades. Students should bring one or two blades to hone for the class.

Join Janet for a day long class to create a mini barn quilt for that special mom, grandma or mother -in- law for Mother?s Day. Or perhaps to spruce up your entrance way for summer. Come and unlock your creative spirit in this daylong class.

In this family-friendly class, children ages 6 and up, with the help of a parent, will weave a rainbow of colored flat reed splint onto a hardwood stool. Stool and weaving materials will be provided.