For plant-dye enthusiasts! Students will be working on-site at Vibrant Valley Farm to harvest, process and dye with flowers on cotton, wool and silk fiber
Snow Peak Fiber Mill & Arm Knitting
Saturday September 30, 2017 - Sunday October 01, 2017
See the inner-workings of Snow Peak Fiber Mill on a custom tour, followed by a studio day working with luxurious merino wool to arm-knit a rug or throw
Leather Craft 101
Saturday October 07, 2017
This one-day class will introduce beginning leather craft techniques
The Art of Mending
Saturday October 07, 2017
Extend the life of your clothing, while creating functional art and building vital and utilitarian sewing skills.
Fall Mushroom Forage
Saturday October 14, 2017
Spend a day in the autumn forests of the Columbia Gorge and participate in Mother Nature’s treasure hunt, looking for mushrooms.
Scandinavian Knife Making
Saturday October 14, 2017 - Sunday October 15, 2017
Make a Scandinavian knife with knife maker Jeremy Thomas, owner of Sasha Wilderness Living Tools.
Silk Painting
Saturday October 14, 2017 - Sunday October 15, 2017
Learn to paint on lustrous silk fabric with your own hand drawn designs. Gutta resist and all natural plant based dyes will be used in this 2-day intensive
Beginning Weaving
Wednesday October 18, 2017 - Wednesday November 08, 2017
Learn how to weave on a table-top rigid heddle loom, in this introductory weaving course.
Wooden Spoon Carving
Saturday October 21, 2017
Learn how to select an ideal wood for carving, how to use simple hand-carving tools to create a handsome and useful spoon.
Textile Screenprinting with Natural Dyes
Saturday October 21, 2017 - Sunday October 22, 2017
Learn how to screenprint patterns on textiles using natural dyes.
Columbia Plateau Beadwork
Saturday October 21, 2017 - Sunday October 22, 2017
Join Brigette for discussion and teaching of Columbia Plateau beadwork, including a history of local beadwork, and creation of a beaded piece.
Build It: Weaving Tools
Sunday October 22, 2017
Create your own weaving tools from select hardwoods in this 1-day workshop focusing on tapestry beaters/combs, shuttles and bobbins
Matsutake Mushroom Forage!
Friday October 27, 2017
We're on the hunt for late fall mushrooms, including the prized MATSUTAKE!
Natural Paintmaking: Oil & Egg Tempera
Saturday October 28, 2017
Participants will have hands-on experience in processing minerals into pigments, as well as mixing them with various types of binders to make oil paint.
Beginning Embroidery: Folk Sampler
Saturday October 28, 2017
In this one-day workshop, students will learn a variety of basic and advanced embroidery stitches to complete a unique embroidered sampler.
Root to Flower: Natural Dye Intensive
Sunday October 29, 2017
Stinging Nettle Gather & Cordage Making
Saturday November 04, 2017 - Sunday November 05, 2017
Harvest and process nettle into cordage, using techniques and traditions preserved by NW Native artists.
Bauhaus Block Printing for Textiles
Saturday November 04, 2017 - Sunday November 05, 2017
Drawing inspiration from the history of Bauhaus Textiles, students will be introduced to repeat block-printing using a geometric and structured approach.
Textile Screenprinting with Natural Dyes
Saturday November 04, 2017 - Sunday November 05, 2017
Learn how to screenprint patterns on textiles using natural dyes.
Winter Color: Natural Dyes of Portland
Saturday November 11, 2017
Learn to extract natural dyes for textiles from plants, barks, flowers, and weeds found along the roadsides and in garden plots throughout the city.
Wasco Weaving: Flat Twined Sally Bag
Saturday November 11, 2017 - Sunday November 12, 2017
The 2-day class will focus on Wasco-style weaving techniques and patterned design work, teaching a Native art of the Columbia Plateau.
Ikat Weaving
Wednesday November 15, 2017 - Wednesday December 06, 2017
This class will cover warping, creating an image-based design, tapestry weaving techniques, weft shading, and finishing techniques.
Advanced Kalapuya Basket Weaving
Saturday November 18, 2017 - Sunday November 19, 2017
Spend the day learning how to process Western Red Cedar bark, prepare it for weaving, weave a medium sized basket, learn four different weaving techniques.
