All aboard the project express! Weave a project in 5 weeks! Reaffirm skills and keep the practice fresh! Spend time with a loom!5-Week WorkshopDate: Tuesdays, November 19-December 17, 2024Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: All aboard the project express! Weave a project in 5 weeks!Reaffirm skills and keep the practice fresh! Spend time with a loom! Weave a gift!All […]

Photo: Reagan West-WhitmanConversation GroupDate: Friday, December 6, 2024Time: 1pm-3pmDescription: Join fiber artist Christina Kingerski for Office Hours, a budding creative community that brings together makers and art lovers working in diverse mediums who are looking to spark their own, and each other’s, curiosities.You are encouraged to bring a project to work on, or something to […]

Craft a sturdy 2-dimensional woolen ornament with the help of your favorite cookie cutter!3-Hour WorkshopDate: Saturday, December 7, 2024Time: 11am-2pmDescription: Join local fiber artist Erin Carlson of Red Cottage Fiber Studio in crafting a sturdy 2-dimensional woolen ornament with the help of your favorite cookie cutter! Students will learn about the wonderful properties of wool […]

Embroider your "tall tales" onto a vintage handkerchief to be sewn into a quilt by Artist-in-Residence Kirsten Ervin.3-Hour WorkshopDate: Tuesday, Deember 10, 2024Time: 10am-1pmDescription: Participants will write and share short, "tall tales", true stories with exaggerated elements. These can either be personal stories, or stories told to them. Participants will embroider these stories on vintage […]

We will learn the ancient art of Joomchi, making laminated sheets of mulberry paper into a new sheet of paper.3-Hour WorkshopDate: Saturday, October 19, 2024Time: 10am-1pmDescription: Since our first class in January was so successful we have decided to offer it again! We will learn the ancient art of making laminated sheets of mulberry paper […]

After this workshop you will be certified to rent time on Contemporary Craft's laser cutter!2-Hour WorkshopDate: Wednesday, December 18, 2024If you can't make this date, this workshop is offered the third Wednesday of every month. You can see all of the dates here. Please note this workshop is limited to 2 students to ensure plenty […]

Suminagashi or "Floating Ink", is a traditional Japanese form of paper marbling.2-Hour WorkshopDate: Saturday, December 21, 2024Time: 10am-12pmDescription: Suminagashi or "Floating Ink", is a traditional Japanese form of paper marbling. Suminagashi uses Sumi ink, made from soot and animal glue. Suminagashi is great because it is so simple, requiring only two materials and a small […]

Learn the basics of creating mosaic using the direct method in this 8-part series8-Part Series WorkshopDate: Tuesdays, January 7-February 25, 2025Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: Through the direct method, students will design and layout a mosaic, and then build their mosaic from start to finish by using a variety of tools to cut glass and tile to bring […]

Explore the fundamentals of Jewelry and Metalsmithing8-Week WorkshopDate: Thursdays, January 7-February 25, 2025Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: Learn to design and construct your own jewelry. You will be introduced to a range of metalsmithing basics such as:Basic metalsmithing skills of sawing, piercing, filing and sandingBasic cold connections of flush, flat, and tube rivetsHow to use a torch to […]

Learn basics of how to use a 4-harness loom and gain an understanding of cloth structures that can be created on this type of loom.8-Week WorkshopDate: Tuesdays, January 7-February 25, 2025Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: Interested in learning to weave?Meet the newly extended family of looms at Contemporary Craft!In this introductory series, students will learn basics of how […]

TBD8-Week Series WorkshopDate: Tuesdays, January 7-March 4, 2025 (Please note: no class on February 4)Time: 6pm-9pmDescription: In this introductory bobbin lace workshop students will focus on learning the fundamental techniques of Torchon Bobbin Lace. Using bobbins, a bobbin lace pillow, thread, and pins, students will focus on building up the foundational skills from which all […]

Expand your weaving skills!8-Week WorkshopDate: Thursdays, January 9-February 27, 2025Time: 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, […]