Create beautiful swirls and mottling colors with several forms of marbling. Learn Turkish-style marbling on water thickened with carrageenan (Irish moss). Experiment with a range of materials, colors and papers to create lovely, unique designs.
Watercolor can seem daunting for beginners. Loosen up your approach and find out how rewarding it can be. Learn how to work with water and mix colors, understand paper and use the strengths (and weaknesses) of the medium to your advantage.
Take a week off from your summer routine and spend it in our upholstery workshop—just like our regular Upholstery class but for an intensive five days. This class follows an open workshop format, incorporating students of all levels.
Combine the discipline of a traditional calligraphic art with a contemporary approach to image-making. Treat each stroke as a choreography of movements. Using rice paper and ink, apply your practice to new forms.
Take a week off from your summer routine and spend it in our upholstery workshop—just like our regular Upholstery class but for an intensive five days. This class follows an open workshop format, incorporating students of all levels.
Learn the basics of flat pattern making to bring your clothing designs to life. Customize the fit of a set of slopers, a collection of base patterns for a top, skirt and pants.
Take a week off from your summer routine and spend it in our upholstery workshop—just like our regular Upholstery class but for an intensive five days. This class follows an open workshop format, incorporating students of all levels.
Take a week in the studio with space and support to deepen and expand your mixed media art practice. Demonstrations of mixed media techniques and short visual exercises augment independent studio time to start/continue/finish your mixed media proj
Learn to make hand-printed, multicolor woodblock prints. Carefully carve images into wooden blocks, then use your blocks to print with water-based pigments and paints on Japanese printmaking papers.
Design and construct a wearable pair of ballet-style flats. Measure your feet, alter the lasts, construct patterns, skive and cut leather, stitch and last the shoes. Gain an understanding of all the steps and components of shoemaking.
Learn various felting techniques to create innovative exciting forms by using the special qualities that wool has to offer Layer, form, cut, turn, and dye to make stunning three-dimensional forms, reliefs, and wearables.
A serger cuts, sews and binds up seams all at once—and fast, too. It’s especially great for sewing rolled hems to protect seams and create decorative embellishments. This one-on-one introduction will get you started.
