Summer 2017 Creative Workshops
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Bookbinding Weaving Other Fiber Arts Surface Design & Paper Arts Kids' Classes Other Opportunities Or browse through the entire list below: Bookbinding Workshops
Look for more bookbinding workshops to return in Fall 2017!
Also, check out the Surface Design & Paper Arts section for more topics of interest to bookbinders. Weaving Workshops
SIMPLE LOOMS SERIES
Weaving is fun, relaxing, and satisfying—we think everybody should do it! During this summer series on simple looms, we’ll explore various ways to make fabric using affordable and accessible looms that you can create and use on your own. Take one workshop or take many!
Other Fiber Arts Workshops
Surface Design & Paper Arts Workshops
Kids' ClassesCREATIVE CAMPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Join us for our second summer of Creative Camps for Young People! This summer, we are offering four separate weeks—two for children ages 8 to 12 (one week for fiber arts, one for paper arts), and two for teenagers ages 13 to 17 (also one week for fiber arts, one for paper arts). Each week is independent of the other, so your child can take one or both. For more information on our Creative Camps, please visit our Creative Camps page. Kid Camp/FIBER Weaving (several different small looms + floor loom), knitting without needles (finger, spool, and loom knitting), felting (wet felting, Nuno felting), Kool-Aid dyeing, fabric painting, stamp making. June 12-16 – 9 a.m. to Noon daily $125 (includes all materials + daily snack + camp bag) Kid Camp/PAPER Papermaking, paper pulp beads (and make jewelry with it!), bookbinding (stab binding, accordion binding, pamphlet stitch—make your own blank books!), surface design (marbling, paste paper, Gelli plate monoprints, soap bubble paper, salt paper) July 17-21 – 9 a.m. to Noon daily $125 (includes all materials + daily snack + camp bag) Teen Camp/FIBER Weaving (backstrap loom + floor loom—go home with your very own backstrap loom, with a backstrap handwoven by you!), spinning yarn (spindle + wheel), needle tatting (make an anklet), sewing with upcycled felt, needle felting (make bags, cup cozies, whatever else you can imagine!) June 26-30 – 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily $165 (includes all materials + daily snack + camp bag) Teen Camp/PAPER Bookbinding (long stitch, Secret Belgian, French link stitch—make your own blank books!), pop-up cards, surface design (Gelli plate monoprints, suminagashi, marbling, paste paper), papermaking July 24-28 – 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily $165 (includes all materials + daily snack + camp bag) Also, watch for our new Kids' Class schedule--Coming Soon!
Other Opportunities
WALK IN & WEAVE
Join us for our regularly scheduled Walk In & Weave freestyle weaving instruction three times weekly, for all ages—adults and kids, alike. Come once, or come as often as you'd like!
Sundays, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Wednesdays, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Fridays, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. $20 + materials ($2/oz.) (Introductory session is $15 + materials) For more information about Walk In & Weave, click here. GELLI PLATE PLAY-DATE FOR GROWN-UPS
Join us the first Saturday morning of each month for some creative play using Gelli plates to make beautiful and unique prints on paper, cardstock, and fabric. These can be used in mixed media projects, on greeting cards or in scrapbooking, or to embellish other items such as photo mats. Gelli plates are playful, creative things—very little instruction is required, and this “play-date” is all about having fun while using our vast array of tools, paints, and papers. First Saturday of every month: 5/6, 6/3, 7/1, 8/5 – 10 a.m. to Noon $15 GIRLS' NIGHT OUT
Watch for our occasional Girls' Night Out events. Check our home page or our Parties & Events page to see what's coming up! OPEN BOOKBINDING STUDIO
Have you take a bookbinding workshop at The Makery, then never made a book again because you don't have the tools you need? Then we have just the thing for you! We are now offering a weekly Open Bookbinding Studio on Wednesday nights between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Here you will be able to use any of our bookbinding tools, and someone will be here to offer advice and assistance, as well. The cost will be $10 for up to the full two hours (come as little or as long as you want within that two-hour time period). We'll also have supply kits (cover material, paper, binding thread) available if you'd like to use those materials to make your book, or you can bring your own. Please note that this will not be a time for basic bookbinding instruction--it is meant for people who have completed a bookbinding workshop at The Makery, or who can otherwise demonstrate basic competence in bookbinding. There is no need to pre-register, but if you think you will come to Open Bookbinding Studio but will not be able to be there right at 6:00 p.m.,please call, text, or email me to let us know you are coming. We will also soon have bookbinding kits for sale, that will provide all of the basic tools you need to make books on your own! REGISTRATIONTo help us prepare for your creative workshop, please register at least one day before the first day of the workshop.
You can register in several ways:
All workshops take place at The Makery, 108 West Yankie, in Silver City.
We will provide all tools and materials for use in the workshop (unless otherwise noted)--you supply your own unique sense of beauty! |
art/craft for everyone
Our goal is to make the world of art/craft accessible to everyone, of all ages, genders, backgrounds, and abilities. We teach you the basics, then encourage you to let loose and have fun with it, whether it's freestyle weaving, or any number of other more traditional handcrafts. We believe that every individual has their own sense of beauty and spark of creativity, and we want to create a nurturing space where you can gain the basic skills, then feel comfortable to express that creativity in your own way. No rules, no mistakes--just joyful creation from the heart!
Our Workshops
With this goal in mind, throughout the year, we will offer evening, after-school, and weekend workshops in all kinds of fiber arts, paper arts, and bookbinding for children and adults. Some examples include:
We will provide tools and materials for use in your workshop--you supply your own unique sense of beauty!
- Kumihimo (disk and marudai)
- Bobbin lace
- Surface design, such as screenprinting, batik, fabric printing
- Crochet
- Knitting
- Knitting without needles (spool, loom, finger, and arm)
- Spinning
- Making monoprints and paste paper
- Specialty kinds of weaving (such as inkle, peg loom, and tablet weaving)
- Various bookbinding techniques, such as Coptic stitch, secret Belgian, stab binding, folded books, long stitch, buttonhole stitch, and pamphlet stitch.
We will provide tools and materials for use in your workshop--you supply your own unique sense of beauty!
Remember Our Other Offerings:
We also offer Creative Camps in the summer.
In addition, we offer individual and group instruction in freestyle weaving, arranged ahead of time, or on a drop-in basis during our Drop-In Weaving times.
Want to do something different for your next special occasion? Plan your next party at our studio, and unleash your creative side with your friends!
Watch for our special events, coming soon! We'll plan special nights out where we do the hard part, and you come and have the fun of creating something new.
In addition, we offer individual and group instruction in freestyle weaving, arranged ahead of time, or on a drop-in basis during our Drop-In Weaving times.
Want to do something different for your next special occasion? Plan your next party at our studio, and unleash your creative side with your friends!
Watch for our special events, coming soon! We'll plan special nights out where we do the hard part, and you come and have the fun of creating something new.
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