Create a nuno felted scarf, combining merino wool and silk. Learn how to lay out fine merino wool on silk and how to roll and manipulate the wool until it goes through the silk. Take home a beautiful, silky scarf to wear in any season.

Learn about woodworking using a combination of machines and hand tools in a guided project. Previous projects have included boxes, picture frames, stools, small drawers, and more.

Co-sponsored by Eastern Mass. Guild of Woodworkers

Take screen printing to the next level with two-color prints, hand-drawn designs, and more.

Transform books, old or new, into art objects. The book becomes a canvas, a sculpture or a reliquary of personally meaningful content. Draw inspiration from the book’s author or contents, or purely use the book as a structure.

Choose your time of the week and join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community. Work on a project of your choice in an open-format classroom. There is not a set curriculum.

Learn the history and use of spot samplers, then make your own as you practice basic stitches including seed, running, back, stem, split, chain, lazy daisy, cross and satin stitches and French knots.

Draw with color and texture, fine or painterly. Explore the possibilities of pastels with linear strokes, cross-hatching, scumbling, feathering and blending. Gain facility with the medium and develop your style.

A handmade star book can be presented as an artist’s book or as a hanging ornament. Excite viewers with the visual movement and performative qualities of this unusual book structure.

Immerse yourself in drawing in an afternoon or full day of drawing with a dynamic and popular teacher who will bring out your best.

Given a simple wooden frame, learn webbing, springing, padding, covering and machine stitching—and go home with a fresh new footstool. Limit 8 students

Cold-process soap is made from scratch using vegetable oils and lye. Learn the basics while making a batch of honey-oatmeal soap, then experiment with colors and fragrances. Soap made in class can be picked up the next day or next week.  

Silkscreening seems daunting, but you can do it just using your kitchen sink and a closet. That gives you the power to print colorful multiples on paper or fabric.

Create a customizable Shaker table from ash wood. Choose your own dimensions for an end table, coffee table or another small table. Learn how to adapt the dimensions of a basic design.

Appliqué, a process of cutting, layering and sewing cloth to create imagery, can serve as an illustrative device, a form of collage or even a pathway to three dimensions.

Co–sponsored by Eastern Massachusetts Guild of Woodworkers

Personal photography projects are an excellent way to develop your personal visual style. Start a new project or continue with an ongoing concept.

Adjust a pattern for your size; choose and cut fabric expertly. Go beyond basics with zippers and get started with a garment of your choice.

Build on your foundational drawing skills. Practice drawing from both observation and expression.

Limit 10 students

Create unique prints that combine techniques of painting, drawing and collage, incorporating organic materials and found objects, including fabric, egg shells, bubble wraps, feathers and anything your imagination desires.

Immerse yourself in drawing in an afternoon or full day of drawing with a dynamic and popular teacher who will bring out your best.

Using a wide range of beads and color combinations, follow clearly explained directions to create your own patterns and designs for elegant beaded jewelry.

Yupo, a synthetic paper made from polypropylene resin, opens many exciting possibilities for water-based media. Colors flow, swirl and bleed on its surface, creating unique effects when the water evaporates.

Take part in this small group discussion and get valuable feedback about your work. Bring up to five pieces of recent or unfinished work in any genre including painting, mixed media, furniture, fibers and fashion.

Glycerin soap is already made, but can be personalized with scents, colors, pearlescent powders, flowers or embedded items. Soap will be ready to take home by the end of class. Limit 12 students

Create a useful tool to use in your woodworking projects.Make your own functional mallet, starting with a solid or glued-up blank. Carve the handle and turn the body while learning or reviewing safety and basic spindle techniques

Co-sponsored by Eastern Mass. Guild of Woodworkers

Learn basics of handheld carving, including shaping, detailing and whittling. Understand basic approaches to full round and relief mode, paving the way to create decorative elements for furniture and small sculptural objects.

Through a series of alla prima (single session) painting sessions, create oil paintings that are structurally sound in color, composition and technique. Begin in the studio with still lifes.

Learn how to use color mixing as a tool for expression, honing your watercolor skill set. Explore different techniques including spraying and splattering. Learn to vary brushstrokes and how to apply color layers.

Learn basic embroidery stitches to design and stitch your own patch. Finish it off with an adhesive back to adhere to your favorite jean jacket or tote bag.

Learn fundamentals as you work a given plan through to completion. With a focus on six essential power tools, learn properties of wood and shop etiquette, interpret a plan, cut and mill stock and use basic machine joinery.

Immerse yourself in drawing in an afternoon or full day of drawing with a dynamic and popular teacher who will bring out your best.

Learn about woodworking using a combination of machines and hand tools in a guided project. Previous projects have included boxes, picture frames, stools, small drawers, and more.

Children assemble projects in wood, using simple tools and techniques. We’ll emphasize safety in our explorations, and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.

Let your child get started with simple sewing by hand and machine. Pillows and stuffed toys lead to more complex projects. The small class allows for individual attention, and we encourage kids to share their skills.

Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.

Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.

Learn fundamentals as you work a given plan through to completion. With a focus on six essential power tools, learn properties of wood and shop etiquette, interpret a plan, cut and mill stock and use basic machine joinery.

Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.

Children assemble projects in wood, using simple tools and techniques. We’ll emphasize safety in our explorations, and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.

Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.

Children assemble projects in wood, using simple tools and techniques. We’ll emphasize safety in our explorations, and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.

Choose your time of the week and join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community. Design and construct projects of your choice. Projects must be a manageable size due to limited storage; check first with instructors.

Choose your time of the week and join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community. Design and construct projects of your choice. Projects must be a manageable size due to limited storage; check first with instructors.

For comic book artists ready to go to the next level. Advance your skills in storytelling, drawing, lettering and inking. Learn to master professional tools and techniques.

For kids who love art and want to have fun exploring a variety of approaches, mediums and techniques. You may have just started drawing, or already draw well and want to improve your skills.

Make your own comics. Looking at anime and manga, learn how to tell stories in visual form. Create dynamic characters, stories, and visuals with a collaborative artist-writer teaching team. 

Take an existing pattern or piece of clothing and revise it to express your personal style. Expect to complete a new pattern and a piece of clothing. Two classes each term will introduce basic fashion portfolio skills.