Glass Pendants

Leader: Monica Kaul

Create beautifully fired, hand cut glass pendants without a kiln! These are the latest in jewelry fashion statements and they are simply gorgeous. These pendants are quick to with stunning results. Making just one is just simply not enough so in this class we'll make at least THREE completed pendants to take home as a gift to yourself (you deserve it) or for someone else. We'll also discuss unique tips for working with your own photographs to create customized pendants edged in silver.

Saturday, August 21st 1-3pm

Power Animals Rock!

Leaders: Sarah Kastrup & Sylvia Hartowicz

The more you understand your power animal, the more you understand yourself. Discover your power animal and begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. Create a work of art, using oil pastels and collage, to honor your new found spirit guide. This 2 hour workshop of guided meditation, story-telling, and art-making is for children ages 7-12.

Saturday, 9/25 at 1:30-3:30pm

Cost: $45

To reserve your space please call or email:
503-232-3457

Power Animals Rock!

Leaders: Sarah Kastrup & Sylvia Hartowicz

The more you understand your power animal, the more you understand yourself. Discover your power animal and begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. Create a work of art, using oil pastels and collage, to honor your new found spirit guide. This 2 hour workshop of guided meditation, story-telling, and art-making is for children ages 7-12.

Saturday 8/28 at 1:30-3:30pm and Saturday 9/25 at 1:30-3:30pm

Cost: $45

To reserve your space please call or email:

Self Portrait Show

Portland, Oregon. On August 6th, 2010 The 100th Monkey Studio will host an art opening for the studio’s Self Portrait show. The event will be held from 6pm-9pm and is free and open to the public. During the evening there will be live entertainment and refreshments. This event is for all ages. The show will hang in the studio from 8/6/10 – 8/29/10.

Etsy Basics

Leader: Christine Claringbold of Eye Pop Art - http://eyepopart.etsy.com

A workshop designed to help artists and craftspeople to improve their business and marketing capacity, providing training on the use of www.etsy.com for marketing and selling artwork and handmade items.

The workshop will cover:
* Overview of Etsy.com
* How to set up your Etsy shop
* Keys to creating an aesthetically pleasing shop
* Getting seen by Etsy users
* Getting seen outside of Etsy

July 29th from 6-8pm

Cost $30

TEENS: Wearable Art Workshop

Leader: Audrey Whitlatch

In this fun-filled course, learn a variety of techniques to create your own hand printed garments. Learn how to use paper stencils and a variety of stamping techniques to develop an image or pattern, & create your very own custom wardrobe. Experiment with imagery, & find the right process to transfer multiples of your work to a variety of surfaces. Learn to push an idea with color, texture, & layering during this 3 week interactive printmaking workshop.

3 week course

Hand Printing 101

Leader: Audrey Whitlatch

Experiment with traditional hand printing techniques, in a non-traditional manner, on a variety of plates. Each week learn a new process and alternative printmaking techniques, to find new ways of making a mark. Develop a vessel of prints throughout the course and unfold a new life with each process. Get lost in the transcendental process of layering, unconsciously create, and improvise with color, pattern and texture through monoprints, collagraph & block printing techniques.

3 week course

Hello everyone and welcome to another crafty week!
 
After a long wait for summer, it's finally here! Hope you all have fun plans for the upcoming holiday weekend!
 
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Hello everyone and welcome to another crafty week!
 
Our apologies for any errant emails you've gotten over the past couple weeks, hopefully this one will arrive safely in everyone inbox. ;)
 
Here's a quick list of what's coming up this week...
 
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Jewelry/Metalsmithing:Text in Jewelry -- Date:Tue, 06/22/2010 - 6:30pm
 

Hello everyone and welcome to another crafty week!
 
There are great classes and events this week, so here are the handy-dandy links to see what's happening:

• Calendar view: http://www.diyalert.com
• List of upcoming events, grouped by type (kids workshop, public craft group, workshop, etc): http://www.diyalert.com/events-type
• List of upcoming events, grouped by category (crochet, sewing, painting,etc): http://www.diyalert.com/events-tag

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