Sashiko is an old Japanese form of functional embroidery. It is based on the simple running stitch and was used to repair clothing by reinforcing points of wear or patching worn places. Elegant, timeless designs that invoke clouds, mountains, bamboo, and more were traditionally stitched with white thread on indigo cotton fabric. Today, though, sashiko…

Learn how to create beautiful natural plant designs on lambskin leather! Eco printing (also known as botanical printing) is a natural dyeing technique that allows you to imprint images of leaves, plants, and flowers directly on leather. In this class, you’ll learn to: create your own unique, beautiful, and colorful designs with plants you bring from home,…

Learn how to create beautiful natural plant designs on silk! Eco printing (also known as botanical printing) is a natural dyeing technique that allows you to imprint images of leaves, plants, and flowers directly on protein fibers using a water bath process. In this class, you’ll learn to create your own unique, beautiful, and colorful designs with…

Want to try out weaving? Then, this is the class for you! You’ll learn to weave on a rigid heddle loom – a simple but fully functional loom that allows you to weave light-weight pieces, such as placemats, dish towels, scarves, shawls, or fabric for clothing. In just one day you’ll learn about rigid heddle…

Gel plates are soft, translucent, and flexible plates used for transferring paint to paper – a low-tech, no-press-needed tool that generates truly exciting results! In this class, you’ll use gel plates, transfers, stencils, paints, inks, markers, mark-making tools, and more to make prints that can stand alone or be used for collage, book-making, or anything you’d use decorative paper for.…