Crafts Classes in Washington, DC

Get ready for a beginner-friendly, low-pressure, soy candle making class, where you'll have expert guided instruction to make beautiful, environmentally friendly soy candles, in the comfort of your home. Grab yourself a drink, your favorite snacks, and get ready to create something lovely that you can proudly say "I made it myself!". Materials...

Mixed media collage is the utilization of more than one medium in a single piece of art and may include paint, glitter, crayons, fabric, magazine/book images/quotes, found objects, ink, watercolor, oil pastel, chalk pastel, colored pencils, etc.  Mixed media art brings together all of your artistic skills, even if they’re not as good as you’d...

This class is for students who have some collage and mixed media experience/students who have taken either Mixed Media Collage for all Levels and/or Virtual Collaging for all/or one of my Vision Boarding classes and would like to meet to socialize, learn some new strategies, practice what they have already learned or just relax and watch art...

It takes an incredible amount of talent and hard work to become the greatest at anything. There’s a name for believing in our ability to grow and change and that name is growth mindset. We get where we are through a combination of innate ability, hard work and effort. We have infinite influence over our skills and abilities, far more influence than...

Self-care activities are things we do to take care of our mental, emotional and physical health which in turn increases our empathy and immunologic functioning and lowers anxiety and depression. When we create a balance between self-care and care for others, we become better equipped to meet our and other’s needs. Expressing kindness and caring...

Let's relieve a lil stress, have fun and make a scarf! Learn a new skill and enjoy fellow creatives in this virtual knitting circle. All levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary. This online class will be provided via Zoom videoconferencing service. To participate, you will need a smartphone or computer with a microphone (or headphones)...

The many layers of silver and blue silks, velvets and linen fabrics give this blossom interest and texture. The shimmery silk velvet center glows like ice. We will use paperback fusible sheets and heat to mold the petals. Use as a corsage or on top of a fabric covered wire stem with tendrils and leaves. Vintage millinery flowers were once molded with...

One of three styles of origami, kusudama was inspired by the patterns made from herbs and flowers in Japanese medicine balls. Experience the meditative quality of this simple yet intricate art as you connect multiple versions of the same shape of folded paper into a recognizable pattern. Create a kusudama model then experiment with designing other...

Settle in for a good soak with the ultimate fizzy bath time treat!  Let your imagination go wild while experimenting with different oils, colors, flowers, and even glitter, for tons of fizzy fun.  

From this class, you will design a cardholder, and be introduced to basic leather making tools. You will learn how to construct a cardholder, and use techniques, such as saddle-stitching, sanding, and edge-painting.  Due to COVID-19, we are only running online classes at this moment. Please book a session at least 10 days in advance, as we...

Want to know how to use the cold process soap making method to create soap completely from scratch?  Well, this class will explain to you A to Z cold process soap making so that you can create beautiful handmade soaps right in your kitchen. Oh, and don't worry about your experience level, it really doesn't matter.  This class ranges from...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Gather plants and urban detritus (like rust!) from the surrounding landscape to make beautiful dyes-bright magenta pokeweed, dark black walnut, and rich purple wild grape. In the first session, artist and founder of the Toronto Ink Company Jason Logan will teach...

In this two-part workshop, students will learn how to create simple paper templates and cardboard profiles with which to construct larger symmetrical forms like vases. This workshop will cover basic coil-building techniques, and is great for beginners or those wanting to refine their hand-building skills. The first class will include a slideshow...

Make your sumi-e and/or calligraphy ready for framing and display by mounting/backing them to flatten and strengthen! This workshop demonstrates how to make traditional glue that has been used for mounting masters’ pieces for hundreds of years and is still used in museums for restoration, and how to mount your work with backing paper with the...

Breaking from Convention: Crafting Compelling Narratives from Your Personal Photographic Archive We have all made thousands upon thousands of photos—we store them on our mobile devices, save them on hard-drives, and many are gathering dust in family albums.  Some of you may have outstanding singular images that just don’t seem to fit within...