Students will create original, colorful, textured, layered collages with fine Japanese papers and traditional Japanese wet mounting techniques.
Pack-Basket Weaving (May)
Saturday May 29, 2021 - Sunday May 30, 2021
Learn to weave a pack-basket in this 2-day intensive.
Mt. Hood Mushroom Foray (May 30)
Sunday May 30, 2021
Spend the day learning about mushrooms near the Mt. Hood National Forest.
Contemporary Hand Quilting (June)
Saturday June 05, 2021
Students will design and hand sew their own contemporary quilted piece, but don’t let your mind stop at quilt squares!
Plein Air Painting: Oil & Acrylic (June)
Sunday June 06, 2021 - Sunday June 06, 2021
Plein Air painting is the practice of painting outdoors, in nature, and it is a lovely way to expand your connection to your local environment.
Expressive Line Drawing
Sunday June 06, 2021
Spend a day reconnecting with the spirit and energy of free-form drawing!
Tree Bark Basketry
Saturday June 12, 2021 - Sunday June 13, 2021
In this class we will explore the wonders of harvesting and weaving with the bark of local trees.
Katazome Indigo Resist
Saturday June 12, 2021 - Sunday June 13, 2021
Katazome is a centuries-old Japanese dyeing technique in which artists create a resist paste and apply it to cloth using hand-carved stencils.
Flower Farm Dyes at Sweet Delilah Farm -June
Sunday June 13, 2021
For plant-dye enthusiasts! Students will be working on-site at Sweet Delilah Farm to harvest, process and dye with flowers on cotton, wool and silk fiber
Clay & Fire: East Creek Ceramics Retreat
Saturday June 19, 2021 - Sunday June 20, 2021
East Creek is pleased to host this special 2-day ceramics retreat in collaboration with WildCraft Studio.
Textile Marbling (June)
Saturday June 19, 2021
Swirling patterns, organic shapes and natural formations: marbling offers a playful, no-pressure approach to textile surface design.
Flower Farm Watercolor Painting
Sunday June 20, 2021
Students will learn to plan compositions using thumbnail sketches, creating depth and dimension in your paintings to change the mood of your painting.
Family Indigo Dyeing!
Sunday June 20, 2021
Share the creative magic of indigo and part with beautifully dyed and patterned cotton bandanas and samples. Ideal for children over the age of 6.
Hand Carved Pendants
Saturday June 26, 2021
Beginning with a piece of jeweler’s wax, students will learn to carve, melt, drill & saw, forming a custom and uniquely shaped pendant.
Basket Weaving: Natural Material Fiber Exploration
Saturday June 26, 2021 - Sunday June 27, 2021
Explore structural design and weaving techniques to create unique, personalized baskets with a wide variety of plant materials.
Mixed Media Landscapes
Saturday June 26, 2021
Spend the day immersed in the dramatic and vibrant landscape of the Columbia Gorge, in a mixed-media drawing/painting session guided by Carly Larsson.
Summer Wild Foods of the Coastal Forest (June)
Sunday June 27, 2021
Learn to identify and forage the wild foods found within the Oregon coastal rainforest and gather together to make a forest salad of fresh summer edibles.
Seaweed & Intertidal Edibles (June 27)
Sunday June 27, 2021
Join us for a day at the coast tasting fresh seaweed, preparing mussel dishes and pickling bull kelp.
Wooden Spoon Carving (June)
Sunday June 27, 2021
Learn how to select an ideal wood for carving, how to use simple hand-carving tools to create a handsome and useful spoon.
Fresh Leaf Indigo
Saturday July 10, 2021 - Saturday July 10, 2021
Calling all you urban indigo growers! Come play with freshly extracted indigo pigment to paint and print on fabric.
Summer Color: Natural Dyes of Portland (July)
Sunday July 11, 2021
Portland is in full bloom this time of year, and with a bright array of dye plants at our finger-tips to use as natural dyes.
Skin-on-Frame Kayak Building
Monday July 12, 2021 - Sunday July 18, 2021
Students will learn to build a kayak frame using only lashing, mortise and tenons, and wooden pegs: no metal or glue!
Summer Planting for Cool Season Flowers
Saturday July 17, 2021
Join Chelsea Willis to learn about cold hardy blooms, all of which can be planted in the fall to bring on earlier and stronger spring blooms.
Carving Wooden Utensil Sets
Saturday July 17, 2021 - Sunday July 18, 2021
Students will make bespoke utensils in a sturdy canvas utensil holder, while spending the weekend learning traditional greenwood carving techniques!
Beginning Basketry (July)
Sunday July 18, 2021 - Sunday July 18, 2021
In this beginning basketry class, students will explore fundamental plaiting and twining techniques to create a small woven vessel.
Woven Beaded Rings
Saturday July 24, 2021
The workshop will cover simple patterns in traditional flat weave one-bead netting, as well as finishing techniques and material options.
Woven Leather Baskets (July)
Saturday July 24, 2021
Students will learn how to transform leather into beautiful usable objects through measuring and cutting strips to weave together into a 3D form!
Wildflower Identification on Mount Hood
Sunday July 25, 2021
Join us as we explore the wild colors and varieties of the late summer alpine wildflowers on Mount Hood!
Clamming & Coastal Edibles (July 25th)
Sunday July 25, 2021
This class will introduce students to clamming, and foraging edible wild plants that grow close to the ocean and bays.
Crochet Rag Rugs
Sunday July 25, 2021
In this class, Tania will show you how to crochet a circular, oval, or rectangular rug using a big crochet hook and "yarn" made from scrap fabric.
Coastal Color: Natural Dyes of the Oregon Coast
Saturday July 31, 2021
This workshop leads students on a tour of natural colors found in the plants of the Oregon Coast!
Plein Air Painting: Oil & Acrylic (Aug)
Sunday August 01, 2021 - Sunday August 01, 2021
Plein Air painting is the practice of painting outdoors, in nature, and it is a lovely way to expand your connection to your local environment.
Clamming & Coastal Edibles (Aug 22nd)
Sunday August 22, 2021
This class will introduce students to clamming and foraging edible wild plants that grow close to the ocean and bays.
Flower Farm Dyes at Sweet Delilah Farm (Aug)
Saturday August 28, 2021
For plant-dye enthusiasts! Students will be working on-site at Sweet Delilah Farm to harvest, process and dye with flowers on cotton, wool and silk fiber
