This project transforms traditional basketry into a contemporary fine craft. Paper Coiling Core is shaped and glued in layers in the same manner as a clay coil pot is constructed. Vibrant and fluid Liquid Watercolors can replicate patterns from the Papago, Navajo, and Apache cultures of Native America and Northern Mexico, or painted in contemporary, …

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Design your own artwork using computers and a laser cutting machine! Participants can create custom earrings, coasters, signs, and more in this fun contemporary art class.

Whether you're a bona fide poet or you didn't even know it, come use word stickets, fill-in-the-blank templates, and pages from ruined books and magazines to create your own mixed media poetry masterpiece.

Paste papers, one of the earliest forms of decorated paper, were used for both covers and end-papers in books from the late sixteenth and eighteenth century. The basic technique involves dampening a sheet of paper, coating it with colored paste, and then drawing designs through the paste. In this exciting three-hour workshop participants will be …

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Create awesome sticker decals for your computer, water bottle, car, luggage, and more using computer design, our Cricut machine, and your imagination!