VIRTUAL: Four Seasons Workshop Series with Tiffany Budzisz
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USJoin us from the comfort of your own home to create paper landscapes of the four seasons!VIRTUAL: 4-Part Workshop SeriesDates: Saturday, March 11 - SpringSaturday, June 10 - SummerSaturday, September 9 - AutumnSaturday, December 9 - WinterTimes: 10am-1pmDescription: Create your own 6"x6" paper sculpture landscape. In this workshop you will use a craft knife with […]
Enameling 2 with Katie Rearick
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USLearn Cloisonné Enameling in this introductory 4-session course.4-Part Series WorkshopDate: Tuesdays, May 23-June 13, 2023Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: Learn Cloisonné Enameling in this introductory 4-session course. Students will create small jewelry pieces, or samples, exploring cloisonne with transparent enamel using wet inlay techniques. Students will learn how to wash and store transparent enamel, as well as blend […]
Crafts & Drafts: Basketry Pins with Jim Ebbert
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USJoin our beloved Store Associate, Jim Ebbert, as he teaches his coiled basketry technique.3-Hour Crafts & Drafts WorkshopDate: Friday, June 2Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: Here it is! The workshop you have all been waiting for! Join our beloved Store Associate, Jim Ebbert, as he teaches his coiled basketry technique. Students will learn the coiling technique and create […]
Tapestry Weaving with Jamie Boyle
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USSpend a Saturday morning playing with yarn, Legos, paper and colored pencils!7-Hour WorkshopDate: Saturday, June 3, 2023Time: 10am-5pmDescription: Want to weave pictures with yarn? In this one day workshop, explore the potantial of pictorial tapestry weaving! We will learn to prepare our looms and explore some basics of tapestry weaving. You can expect to weave […]
Plates Serving Pattern with Eva Conrad
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USStudents of all skill levels will handbuild a number of plates to explore application of patterns on.2-Part WorkshopDate: Saturdays, June 3 & 10, 2023Time: 1pm-5pmDescription: Students of all skill levels will handbuild a number of plates to explore application of patterns on. We will cover the method of creating plates through hard slab work and […]
Beads, Boxes, & More: Hollow Forms in Silver Metal Clay with Donna Penoyer
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USLearn a variety of methods to construct hollow, jewelry-sized pieces, in almost any shape imaginable!8-Part Series WorkshopDate: Tuesdays, June 6-August 1, 2023 (no class July 4)Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: Learn a variety of methods to construct hollow, jewelry-sized pieces, in almost any shape imaginable!More information will be coming soon! If you would like to be notified when […]
Weaving 2 Series with Jamie Boyle
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USExpand your weaving skills!8-Week WorkshopDate: Thursdays, June 8-July 27Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: Expand your weaving skills!In this series, students will have the opportunity to design and weave individualized projects on one of Contemporary Craft’s 4-harness looms. We will dive deeper into the specifics of planning a woven project, including reading—or adapting—a weaving pattern draft, selecting yarn, measuring […]
VIRTUAL: Summer Paper Landscape with Tiffany Budzisz
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USJoin us from the comfort of your own home to create a Summer paper landscapes!3-hour VIRTUAL WorkshopDate: Saturday, June 10Time: 10am-1pmDescription: Create your own 6"x6" paper sculpture landscape. In this workshop you will use a craft knife with #11 blades to cut out the provided paper pattern, then shape and glue the pieces together to […]
Rabbit Laser Cutter Certification – June
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USAfter this workshop you will be certified to rent time on Contemporary Craft's laser cutter!3-Hour WorkshopDate: Thursday, June 15If you can't make this date, this workshop is offered the third Thursday of every month. You can see all of the dates here. Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: Students will work step by step through project designed to introduce […]
Feel the Burn with Vicki Branagan
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USFeel the Burn with the wood burning tools in our Wood Studio!3-Hour WorkshopDate: Saturday, June 17Time: 10am-1pmDescription: In this class, students will learn basic techniques of wood burning (pyrography), and will have the opportunity to customize their own set of wooden coasters with their own designs. They will learn how to transfer designs to wood, […]
Introduction to Encaustic Painting with Michele Randall
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, Pittsburgh, PA, USA hands-on introduction to the encaustic process, an ancient hot-wax painting technique.7-Hour WorkshopDate: Saturday, June 24, 2023Time: 10am-5pmDescription: This class gives participants a hands-on introduction to the encaustic process, an ancient hot-wax painting technique. The instructor will provide a demonstration of basic techniques followed by hands-on studio time. Learn a variety of skills including how […]
VIRTUAL: Mini Weaving – undergarment – with Jamie Boyle and Sarah Byrd
Join fashion and textile historian Sarah C. Byrd and artist Jamie Boyle for...in context, a virtual series of weaving workshops!VIRTUAL: Mini Weaving - image of an undergarmentDate: Wednesday, June 28Time: 6pm-9pm ESTThis workshop is part 6 of a 12 part series. To see the other workshops in the series and to register for 3, 6, […]