All upcoming Studio Arts: Fiber Arts classes

Learn the science and magic of how bright magenta pokeweed, dark black walnut, vibrant orange cosmos, and even urban detritus can become ingredients for your palette in the form of beautiful inks. Before the workshop, you receive a guide from workshop leader Jason Logan to take along as you go on a foraging walk to search for ink materials. Then get hands-on in the studio to transform what you gathered into rich, colorful inks, creating place-based art materials that celebrate the stories of where they were found.

Art, craft, science, ecology, and magic combine in this hands-on inky workshop with Jason Logan, founder of the Toronto Ink Company and author of How To Be a Color Wizard: Forage and Experiment with Natural Art Making. A few simple ingredients and permission to play offer color wizards ages 8 to 12 and their adult assistants a new window into the prismatic world around us. Young wizards, who must be accompanied by an adult, learn what paint and ink are made of and how to create a rainbow of colors and textures from beets.

Dip your toe into the world of weaving and create a miniature woven tapestry on a small frame loom after you learn techniques to manipulate the yarn to make stripes and shapes and mix colors.

Learn to apply the principles of abstract art to making embroidery. Develop a free-flowing approach to embroidery that emphasizes form, color, line, texture, pattern, composition, and process.

Discover the joy of this craft characterized by colorful floral designs embroidered in wool, a style that originated in the Andean mountains of Peru. The course offers one-on-one teaching.

Break down the basics of handmade bobbin lace, which originated in the 16th century. You learn to wind bobbins and follow patterns, constructing four small bobbin lace projects.

The log cabin quilt, with blocks of simple strips built around a center, is a traditional style yet remains a modern favorite. Learn this technique, then finish 10 blocks into a table runner.

Whether you know how to knit a scarf but not much more, used to knit but now feel rusty, or are confident in your beginning knitting skills but want to make sure you're ready for an intermediate class or project, this workshop is for you.

It’s getting chillier outside, and there’s no time like the present to knit gloves and mittens for yourself or a loved one. Learn the skills you need to craft a pair to keep the winter’s cold at bay. In class, make a small sample mitten for a child or as a decoration.

Embark on a maker’s journey as you create a fiber art labyrinth modeled after an ancient convoluted circular path. Explore a selection of materials, create a reusable pattern, practice handwork techniques for couching and quilting, and learn finishing and installation techniques.