Workshops

Grab a friend and get messy in the clay studio! 

Join us, and create handbuilt, one of a kind, clay gifts for your friends and family this holiday season.

  Doors open at 5:45PM so that you can get settled in and enjoy some appetizers and cheese board goodies with your beverage of choice.

Instructor: Alisa Goodstein

Friday, December 1, 2023

6:00PM-9:00 PM

Tuition: $65

materials and munchies included

Please join visiting artists Matt & Pam Furches from Gnarly Branch Studios for this one of a kind workshop.

Students will learn basic knife safety and how to use very specific, safe, and efficient cuts to create useful and beautiful implements from local woods. Over the course of the workshop, Matt will also demonstrate how to sharpen and maintain carving tools and care for the finished projects. This is a hands-on class using only hand tools. Students are encouraged to bring a pair of leather lwork gloves, water and snacks. Various local hard and soft wood blanks will be provided. There will be sharp, high-quality Mora knives and hook knives on loan for the class as well as sandpaper and oil for polishing your project. 

Saturday December 2, 2023

1:00-5:00PM

Tuition: $115

$15 materials fee payable to instructors

Torch firing is a wonderful way to experience enameling in all of it stages. I see it as an extension to kiln fired enamels and not a replacement since the results are very different. It requires working from instinct with a sensitive observation of cause and effect. The torch oxidizes and blends the pigments, creates patterns and causes chemical reactions that do not occur with kiln firing. Students will learn the various stages of how enamel fuses to the metal and may use embellishments such as glass beads and threads, and millefiori to further their designs. I will also demonstrate the “dip and fire” technique seen in the photo.

Adults 18+

Instructor: Amy Iversen

Saturday, December 2, 2023

1:00-4:00PM

Tuition: $59

$25 materials fee payable to instructor

Join Erin in the studio for a relaxing Sunday afternoon. Take some time to yourself before the busy week begins and create a pair of earrings you can wear everyday to remind you of the beauty of something handmade. Students will saw and mold the shape, and use stamping and hammering techniques to create details. Making your own ear wires will add the finishing touch!

Instructor: Erin Doran

Sunday, December 3, 2023

3:00-6:00PM

Tuition: $59

$25 materials fee payable to instructor

Grab a girlfriend and unwind after a busy week! Doors open at 5:45PM so that you can get settled in and enjoy some appetizers and cheese board goodies with your beverage of choice.

 Relax while you explore the magic of resin and suspend dried, pressed botanicals forever in your very own handmade jewelry. Students will be using UV-curing resin and lights, provided by the studio. Each student will make 3-4 pieces with their choice of earrings, pendants, or keychains. Plenty of jewelry settings/bezels will be provided. 

All levels are welcome. Adults 21+

Instructor: Hattie Weselyk 

Friday, December 15, 2023

6:00PM-9:00 PM

Tuition: $65

materials and munchies included

Please join visiting artists Matt & Pam Furches from Gnarly Branch Studios for this one of a kind workshop.

Students will learn basic knife safety and how to use very specific, safe, and efficient cuts to create useful and beautiful implements from local woods. Over the course of the workshop, Matt will also demonstrate how to sharpen and maintain carving tools and care for the finished projects. This is a hands-on class using only hand tools. Students are encouraged to bring a pair of leather lwork gloves, water and snacks. Various local hard and soft wood blanks will be provided. There will be sharp, high-quality Mora knives and hook knives on loan for the class as well as sandpaper and oil for polishing your project. 

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

5:00-9:00PM

Tuition: $115

$15 materials fee payable to instructorsFriday, 

Join our new instructor, Erin Doran, and create up to 3 silver bangles. A variety of texturing techniques will be taught. These bangles are perfect for everyday wear, or a night out with friends!

Friday, January 12, 2023

6:00-9:00PM

Tuition: $65.00

$30 materials fee payable to instructor

Please join Bob for this popular workshop hosted at the studio, offered by the PA Guild of Craftsmen. 

The workshop will include the use of all necessary tools, mold, cane, and reed to complete a Nantucket basket ready for finishing.  

The mold size will be between 3 and 5 inches with a solid cherry rim and base. 

 It is not necessary to have basket-making experience but would be helpful.

The Nantucket-style basket is made on a mold using cane and reed material.   

The weave is tight and with narrow spacing between the staves.

Instructor: Bob Antonishak

Skill Level: Some basket weaving experience is preferred but not required

Sundays, January 21 & 28, 2024

9:00AM-1:00 PM

Registration through the PA Guild of Craftsmen

Keum-boo is an ancient Korean gilding technique used to apply thin sheets of gold to fine silver using heat as a catalyst, to make silver-gilt. In this workshop you will learn how to add this technique into your jewelry making toolbox and add an extra level of finesse to your finished pieces. You will be creating either a necklace pendant OR a pair of earrings using a rolling mill to create texture, a jeweler’s saw and jeweler’s files to refine your shape and adding 24K gold leaf for that extra special touch.

Adults 18+

Instructor: Amy Iversen

Saturday, January 6, 2024

1:00PM-4:00PM

Tuition: $59

$45 materials fee payable to instructor