Get your thump on! Build a customized washtub bass and hit the road with a jug band. This version goes beyond the broomstick on the edge of a tub: it’s tuneful, it’s tunable, and it’s loud. Be prepared to transport your new instrument home. No building skills are required, just an interest in this classic folk instrument.

Want to make an heirloom stocking for that special someone? Discover how to use felted wool to create a durable and beautiful custom stocking for a loved one in your life. Learn how to create a simple appliqué piece from start to finish, including designing, fusing, hand stitching, and lining your work, as well as personalizing your stocking with an embroidered name.

Decorate with gourds for the holidays! Craft your own “gourdaments”—snowmen, reindeer, angels, penguins, and more. Make holiday lights and candleholders to use in your home or to give as gifts. Learn a variety of techniques to personalize your gourds, including painting, cutting, using epoxy putty, and adding embellishments. All levels welcome.

Discover one way to turn family pictures or favorite photos into permanent keepsakes. In this fun process, you’ll copy the photos (they will not be harmed) to make decals, then fire them into enamel for a sepia-tone finish. Then, experiment with “colorizing” with sifted enamels, colored washes, or paints applied under and over the images. This is a great class for beginners, but all levels are welcome.

Learn to make flaky, tender, buttery croissants, pies, and puff pastry treats in this class dedicated to gluten free laminated pastries! We’ll dive into the science of gluten free baking, make our own flour blends, and practice the dough handling techniques needed to make the delicious, flaky pastries that you’ve been missing. Please note that while we take precautions and clean between classes, the studio is not a dedicated gluten-free kitchen.

Tap into two ways to keep rhythm in the Irish tradition: with a drum and with your feet. Gain an introduction to playing the bodhrán, including basic techniques, positioning, strokes, and rhythms. Alongside, try your feet at the improvised, percussive style of Sean-nós dancing, all to live fiddle music provided by musician Margaret Graham. All levels welcome.

One part art, one part science, and one part magic, marbling is the art of using floating pigments on water to create designs with a variety of tools and methods. Learn to marble using various techniques and surfaces while creating lovely items for holiday decoration and gift-giving. All levels welcome.

Uncover the techniques of painting by subtraction, including lifting paint to create highlights, layering for shadows, and creating the chiaroscuro effect. Each application follows the dry stage of the painting process and, unlike traditional watercolor, this method uses minimal underpainting and is designed for control. Class will also explore some basic drawing and value scale principles. Beginners welcome.

Discover the possibilities of turning! Whether you’re new to woodturning or want to improve your current skills, this class will guide you through proper tool selection, sharpening, safety, and technique. Learn spindle and faceplate turning to create candlesticks and a small footstool. Explore aspects of design and surface embellishment, including paint and texture. Leave with the skills you need to continue your turning journey.

In the leather studio, create an instrument strap of your choice for your guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, or accordion. Learn basic tooling techniques and create a unique design for your pre-cut straps. In the music studio, dive into playing music with others: jamming, duets and trios, bands, and playing for dances or concerts. We’ll also explore the fundamentals, etiquette, and theory of playing together. Banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass, and mandolin are all welcome!

Grief is a change in our future story. Whether it’s the death of a loved one (pets included), the end of a relationship, an unexpected move, or the release of a lifelong dream, we live in the aftermath of loss. Maybe we love others more. Maybe we protect ourselves more. Every path of grief is different. Bring a story of change from your own life and turn pieces into prose. Beginning and intermediate writers welcome.

Experience the journey of learning blacksmithing basics. Discover how to build and manage a coal fire and how to use that heat to create several useful and decorative items, all while practicing seven of the basic blacksmithing processes. Choose from a variety of projects or bring your own ideas. All levels welcome.

Sharpen your piecing and cutting skills as you make an heirloom holiday quilt in a beautiful Christmas tree pattern. Learn about combining different colors and prints to spruce up your design and give the tree pattern form and shape. Expect to complete your 59- by 71-inch quilt top and have it ready for quilting by the end of our week together. Some previous sewing experience helpful.

A visit to Shetland reveals colorful, circular, seamless garments created by the fastest knitters in the world! Get the Fair Isle technique firmly “in hand” as you experience the exciting and effective use of color, carrying only two colors per row. Sample colors with typical pattern repeats (handspun yarns welcome), and then design and dress something: a teapot or a stocking, for Santa or for yourself! For knitters comfortable with circular knitting.

In this glass and fiber collaborative studio experience, witness the transformation of glass rods and rag strips into beautiful woven purses with unique glass buttons. During the flameworking portion, learn the basics of creating glass buttons and closures. In the weaving studio, weave a rag purse from start to finish: prepare rag strips, explore weaving techniques, construct the bag from your handwoven cloth, and combine your creations into a finished purse. No prior experience required.

Fill your life with color and light this holiday season. Acquire basic glass cutting, foiling, and soldering skills as you make simple and beautiful snowflakes and/or starbursts and progress to creating a framed stained-glass panel. Get creative with exploring elements of design and color choice and discover how different qualities of light affect and interact with the glass. Note: materials fee may exceed $100.

Capture the magic of the holiday season in watercolor. Learn to layer warm and cool colors to bring cozy mountain scenes to life and to use texture and bright colors to paint lovely poinsettias. This class is geared towards beginning and intermediate students, but all are welcome.

Discover a wonderland of techniques for making mosaics from handmade clay tiles, recycled materials, and more. Create your own plaster sprig and press molds and use them to create unique clay tesserae. Bring items such as chipped or broken china, coins, costume jewelry, and keepsakes to incorporate into a mixed-media mosaic wall hanging. We’ll also explore using your molds in a variety of applications including boxes, tiles, and ornaments. All levels welcome.