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INTRODUCTION TO HANDBUILDING

$75

with Bessa Axelrod

Calendar Apr 11, 2024 at 6 pm

Looking for something creative to do this spring? Interested in learning pottery? Come and create your own functional pottery in Introduction to Handbuilding. During this five week class you will learn how to take a lump of clay and create your own glazed mugs and bowls without using the potter's wheel. No special skills or tools needed, closed toe shoes required. Location: 156 Perham Street, Farmington. No class April 21  Materials fee: $110 pay instructor at 1st class. 

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Green Wood Spoon Carving
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Green Wood Spoon Carving

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Calendar Aug 3, 2024

Join up-and-coming artisan craftsman and maker Grant Hawkes of Wildfolkwanderer for a weekend making beautiful wooden spoons and plenty of curly wood shavings! Spoons are one of the most universal tools of humanity, being crafted and used across the globe for thousands of years. In this course we will explore the details of spoon carving, diving fully into the process of transforming a freshly cut log into a functional and beautiful spoon using simple hand tools. We will cover tool use and care, wood selection, spoon design, carving techniques, and discussions on craft and the role it plays in our lives as we carve together. Over the weekend, each participant will have the opportunity to work on a couple different projects, completing the course with new skills and utensils to take home.

Date: August 3-4, 10:00 am Saturday to 4:00 pm Sunday

Cost: $300-400 sliding scale, meals and accommodation included (see registration form for more details)

Online registration: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelchi5ELeqPjMdd_UqKWVxqDJ4Vc6HUOF3vYMUrTGoAZRAPA/viewform

Willow Weaving Weekend
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Willow Weaving Weekend

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Calendar Oct 5, 2024

In this two day workshop you will make a round-base basket, otherwise known as stake-and-strand, traditional to much of Europe.  Learn to make the slath, two-rod twining, staking up, 3-rod waling, French randing, a waled border, and handles of your choice.  Take home a round-base basket to use for the rest of your life and the skills to make more.

The workshop is taught by Mary Lauren Fraser, who apprenticed with Karen Collins in northern Scotland. Mary has been weaving coffins for green burial and teaching basketry workshops throughout New England since 2015. Of Scottish heritage, she grew up and resides on the banks of the Connecticut River in today's western Massachusetts, on unceded Abenaki land. 

Date: October 5-6, Saturday 10:00 am to Sunday 4:00 pm

Cost: $400-500 sliding scale, meals and accommodation included (see registration form for more details)

Online Registration: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW56NVV58jg3nOQYMsUrNaTvx2CfQ27e38iTZ0NEnBSnM8vA/viewform





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