WildCraft West: our Portland OR studio opened in March 2016. This 3000 sq ft space is also the showroom & shop of Fieldwork Design & Architecture. WildCraft West offers 4-week evening courses and weekend workshops in contemporary craft skills, traditional textile practices and fresh perspectives on art-school classics. If you’d like to stop by the studio, please do so on weekends between 11am-3pm.
WildCraft West 601 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR
Classes at Portland Studio:
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
