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:
Beginning Weaving (June Session)
Thursday June 01, 2017 - Thursday June 22, 2017
In this 4-week course students will learn how to weave on a table-top rigid heddle loom.
Wooden Spoon Carving
Saturday June 03, 2017
Learn how to select an ideal wood for carving, how to use simple hand-carving tools to create a handsome and useful spoon.
The Art of Mending (June Session)
Saturday June 03, 2017
Extend the life of your clothing, while creating functional art and building vital and utilitarian sewing skills.
Intermediate Coast Salish Weaving
Saturday June 10, 2017 - Sunday June 11, 2017
This 2-day workshop teaches the advanced Coast Salish twined weave style, found in both everyday and ceremonial clothing.
Northwest Plateau “V” Tule Basket
Saturday June 10, 2017
Students will work with tule warps and Z-twine, split cattail leaves, learning various rim endings, ideal for those who have taken a basket weaving class.
Marbled Textiles
Saturday June 17, 2017
Marbled Textiles explores organic patterns, and surface design through a painterly, free-form textile technique.
Wooden Spoon Carving
Saturday September 09, 2017
Learn how to select an ideal wood for carving, how to use simple hand-carving tools to create a handsome and useful spoon.
Naturally Dyed Leather
Saturday September 09, 2017 - Sunday September 10, 2017
Learn techniques for using natural dyes with leather!
Building a Practice: Weaving as Contemporary Expression
Monday September 11, 2017 - Monday October 23, 2017
6-week critique seminar program designed to facilitate artistic growth through lectures, critiques, studio visits, work-time and the dedicated group support.
Textile Block Printing For Illustrators & Designers
Saturday September 16, 2017
This workshop is dedicated to students who have an active drawing/design practice, who want to learn to transform their unique imagery into printed fabric.
Columbia Plateau Cedar Bark Basket
Saturday September 16, 2017
In this 1-day class, students will measure and cut Western Red Cedar, learning to make their own folded gathering basket.
Kalapuya Basket Weaving
Saturday September 23, 2017
Students will spend the day learning how to process Western Red Cedar bark, prepare it for weaving, weave a medium sized basket.
Sculptural Embroidery
Saturday September 23, 2017
Learn to create sculptural embroidery and textural stitches such as bullion knots, woven picot, and shisha in this 1day intensive with 3 bonus studio hours
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.
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.
