February 1st will be here in only three weeks! That day, all of our 2023 classes will be open for registration and the class descriptions, along with complete information, will be available on our website. The site will be in “maintenance mode” soon, but available again for registration on February 1. Featured on the cover of the 2023 brochure are some of the many colorful splint-woven baskets made by Jeanette Biederman. Thank you, Jeanette, for all the beautiful baskets and equally beautiful friendships you’ve made with us and your students over the past 32 years! Many of our instructors are returning in 2023 and we welcome two new teachers this year, Joyce Gitter and John Rezachek. Both Joyce and John […]
Handmade Treasures
We probably could’ve included the words “handmade treasure” in each of this year’s class descriptions or titles, but it officially appeared in only one: Handmade Treasure Boxes. We’re taking the liberty of applying those words to the two previous classes, as well, Creative Knitting Retreat with Sandy De Master and Mary Germain and the Open Knitting Studio session held in the Walter Studio, where eleven knitters worked independently on a variety of projects. The Creative Knitting Retreat class saw a number of knitters working on Latvian or Estonian-patterned mittens, Fair Isle, sweaters of all kinds, baby blankets and more. Help in solving fit issues as it applies to hand knits, substituting yarns and deciphering patterns are just some of the talents Sandy and Mary bring to class […]
Paint drying
Whether the paint was literally drying on paper in Lorrie Grainger Abdo’s Surface Design on Paper class, or, figuratively in Rich Prange’s Chair Caning class (he likes to say that caning is like watching paint dry, grass grow or ice melt), students from both classes went home with the techniques to either repair their own chairs or to continue experimenting with gelatin printing, paste painting and numerous surface design treatments on paper. Put your own feet up and see what else they’ve done this past week! Favorite pieces from the class were made into these flag books with some pages signed by each person in the class. Next, we’ll be on the boardwalk with Mary Sue Fenner’s […]
