The color and thickness of wine bottles make them a great–and free!–medium for all sorts of recycled-art projects. As a bonus, turning bottles into art keeps them out of landfills. Learn to cut glass on a wet saw, drill holes in glass on a drill press, and melt glass in a kiln. You’ll be amazed at the variety of fun and artistic pieces you can create. Think outside the bottle!

Learn century-proven techniques for carving wood in relief or carving ornamentation out of a (usually) flat surface. Develop a deeper understanding of wood as an art medium and explore the many applications of this unique art form. Bring your own simple design to carve or choose from provided patterns. Return home with at least one finished piece to display and admire.

Gain skills to better understand proper lighting, composition, color, exposure, and go-to editing apps to enhance your photographs. Learn to use editing tools already on your phone for cropping, adjusting vibrancy, contrast, or color and to turn a color photograph into a black-and-white and several other color or black-and-white variations. Although this class is best suited for the iPhone photographer, Android photographers are welcome too.

Explore the intersection of drawing and painting with watercolor pencils and crayons. Reinvigorate your visual vocabulary with a new understanding of how, where, and when marks merge and diverge. Learn new techniques and introduce playfulness into your practice through this somewhat nontraditional watercolor medium. All levels welcome.

If you love colorful, patterned papers or earthy, decorative papers to use in your artwork, this class is for you. Explore wax-resist, Japanese paste papers, gel plate printing, mark-making techniques, gesture writing, and much more. As time allows, also use some of your papers in a project or two. Return home with a portfolio of papers to use in future work as well as handouts so you can continue to make more decorative papers at home.

From dill to bread and butter, carrots to peaches, there’s a pickle for everyone! Learn to prepare quick pickle recipes for immediate gratification and also explore longer fermentation processes that create complex, tangy flavors. Examine the role of salt, vinegar, and other ingredients in food preservation. By the end of class, you’ll have the skills and confidence to create a variety of delicious and safely preserved pickled fruits and vegetables.

Learn a variety of different beading techniques as you weave several skinny bracelets–3/16 inch to 3/8 inch wide–which you can layer together to your heart's content. Gain skills to manage needles and beading thread, and work on designs with shaped beads and mixed colors. Use Half Tilas, Gem Duos, Super Duos, and more. This class is addictive for beaders and non-beaders of all levels. $

Get ready for a wild mushroom foray. Go on mushroom identification and collection walks, taking advantage of the spectacular summer mushroom diversity of this region’s hardwood forests. Learn about mushroom cultivation, production of mushroom supplements, and culinary tips. Dive into the influences of ecology, soil, weather patterns, and human activity and also learn all about the life cycles of fungi.

Weekend + Week. Learn to make large-scale work! Through group demonstrations and individual instruction, learn healthy hand and body postures for moving clay, how to make pots in sections, and the coil and paddle method. Inform and enliven the conversation with open discussion and focus on finding the best technique for your design ideas. Best for intermediate to advanced students who want to make large pieces. No firing will take place in this process-oriented class. $

From yarn to warp to cloth, weaving on a floor loom can be so much fun! Explore every step of the weaving process, including selecting yarn, measuring warps, dressing a loom, looking at a draft, throwing a shuttle, and finishing your cloth. Weave and finish a sampler and leave the class with a toolkit of skills and ideas, a special zine commemorating the week’s community, and ready for the “what’s next” of your weaving journey.

Millions of wine bottles are discarded every year, however their thickness and color variety make them perfect for an array of recycling projects. Learn how to cut bottles and melt glass in a kiln, then transform them into various artistic glass pieces including jewelry, tiles, wind chimes, and garden ornaments. Beginners welcome.

Learn traditional woodcarving techniques for making fine, classic furniture. Start with discussions and demonstrations about various carved motifs such as a ball and claw foot, acanthus leaves, and various shell forms. Then, carve a mahogany, Newport-style, shell mirror crest on a provided frame (glass mirror not included). An ideal class for woodworkers who want to add hand carved embellishments to their furniture.

Try your hand at many ways to turn soft, fluffy wool into sturdy felt. Explore both flat and seamless 3-D wet felting along with needle felting for embellishments. Venture down the felt path that interests you most, making a larger project like a rug or slippers, or several smaller ones. Leave ready to plan and make just about any wooly wonder you can imagine! No experience required, just a good amount of patience.

Blacksmiths have an elegantly simple solution for every problem–hit it with a hammer! And, every time we hit it, the metal moves in three dimensions. Learn to think of hot steel as a mass-like clay to squish instead of as a line to bend. Learn to track changes in order to make controllable and repeatable forgings of your own design. Expect to focus on skill building rather than finished pieces. All levels welcome.

Let your imagination guide you as we create truly one-of-a-kind pieces of functional art. In this intermediate level class, explore several traditional and inventive methods of binding brooms and building brushes onto found object handles. Work with a variety of fibers, allowing you to take your creativity to new heights! Moderate hand and body strength needed; some broom making experience recommended. $

Design and create a beautiful stained glass panel–up to 12 by 24-inches–for your home using the ancient technique of lead came. Practice on a small panel, then fabricate your own unique piece from start to finish, from choosing a design, to preparing and cutting the glass and lead came, to soldering the came to form the panel. This class is perfect for those who enjoy stained glass and are looking to try something new. All levels welcome; moderate hand strength needed. $

If you think watercolor painting is difficult and the paints are hard to control, come explore how to use this fluid medium to your advantage with the colors flowing from your brush to the paper. Use color blends and washes to create wonderful, expected and unexpected results. Learn how to create different textures and effects using traditional and unconventional tools. Let’s make watercolor painting fun and stress-free. All levels welcome.