Learn 5 embroidery stitches while constructing a charming, 3-D  ornament.  These skills will give you the confidence to mend your clothes creatively, and create gifts everyone will want to receive  $10 material fee.

CANCELLED Dive into the process of cyanotype printing with Katama Murray of Teach Peace Prints in this hands-on, one day workshop! This outdoor workshop will focus on how to create prints on watercolor paper and cotton fabric using foraged or personal items with the power of the sun. Cyanotype printing is an amalgamation of photography and printmaking that commonly yields cyan-blue prints, also referred to as blueprints. In the case of cloudy or rainy weather, we will still create prints using special UV lamps. This process yields different results each time, and is a great opportunity to let go while collaborating with nature. Create beautiful, one of a kind prints that can be admired forever, while taking time to slow down and appreciate the richness and diversity of plant life dwelling alongside us. Students will create five prints on paper, small prints on cotton fabric, and a printed cotton tote bag. $30 material fee

Since the 3rd century, humans have been weaving wire to create coats of armor for protection and prestige.  Today we weave wire rings to create beautiful and extremely tactile jewelry. Learn the basics of chain mail construction and take home an elegant bracelet or pair of earrings. (please note that the image is a more advanced project but the weaving is the same) $10 material fee

Paste paper, which was produced starting in the late sixteenth century, is made from both vegetable dyes and inorganic pigments mixed with paste.  An endless variety of patterns can be achieved by manipulating the wet paste. Unlike other types of paper which involve extensive equipment and are made only by skilled craftsmen, paste paper can be made in the binding workshop, and the patterns that resulted represent an amazing range of detail and quality. Bookbinders use paste paper for their end pages.

Modern paste paper uses common household items, found objects, brushes and sponges to create patterns in the wet paste/paint mixture. We’ll use our imagination and create designs on paper - as freestyle or traditional as you like.  Then we’ll make flag books from our artistic papers.  

The foundation of the deceptively simple Flag Book structure is an accordion folded spine. Rows of flags attached to opposing sides of each of the spine’s “mountain” folds allow the artist to fragment and layer a number of complementary or contrasting images and narratives. The flag book was originally created by Hedi Kyle. $12 materials fee

PS In Deb's letter she writes: "I promise it will be a day of freedom for our creative selves (there’s no bad paste paper) and lots of fun"