upcoming classes

TWO SECTIONS

Saturday 12/20 & Sunday 12/21

6:15-9:15am OR 5-8pm

$110 (+ materials $35)

The approaching Winter Solstice, bringing the early dark and frosty nights, marks a period of reflection on themes of hibernation, slowness, and warmth. Join CPC Resident Artisan Calvin Stalvig in this 2-day workshop to carve and transform wooden wands into illuminating beeswax candle wands, capping off with a celebratory meditation.

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Thursday, December 25

11am - 12:15pm

By donation $0-30

Refill your cup with a grounding movement and relaxation practice designed to help you release what no longer serves you. Then gather for a cozy potluck of chai, food, and community care. Veteran instructor James Orione aims to create a safe space to explore yoga with open and accessible classes for students who are diverse in gender, race, religion, age, and ability.

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Thursdays — 1/8 & 1/15 - 6-8pm

$75 (+ materials $20)

Beat the winter blues with meditative hand-stitching taught by CPC Resident Artisan Riley Kleve. Learn how to transform any piece of fabric into a work of art with couching (pronounced COO-ching). Join this 2-session class to learn to embellish fabric via this simple stitching style with roots all over the globe from Ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe and beyond.

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Saturdays — 1/10 & 1/17 & 1/24 - 1-3pm

$110 (+ materials $20) per participant

Green wood, knives, grips, wood grain secrets, and carving safety - did we have you at green wood? Come have some fun and learn the skills of basic green wood carving with CPC founder Anna Lindall. This 3-session series is designed for kids (ages 8-14) and their grown-up, and will emphasize self-expression, curiosity, and patience over perfection.

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Saturdays — 1/10, 1/17, 1/31 - 9am - 4pm

By donation

In this 3-day service learning workshop with master woodwork and toolmaker Paul Linden, you’ll be learning traditional Scandinavian joinery that draws on trestle table design. Working together the class will construct a set of adaptable, multi-purpose work tables that will become a lasting part of the center’s new classrooms.

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Thursday 1/15 - 6:30-9pm

$45 (+ materials $15)

Join Liesl Chatman to learn more about the very old, yet accessible craft of kolrosing - the ancient Scandinavian art of tattooing wood. In this class students will practice carving thin lines into wooden objects and then filling them with dark powders or colored wax.

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Thursdays 2/5 & 2/12 & 2/19 - 6-8pm

$110 (+ materials $35)

Fear not the plague of the two sock syndrome, CPC Resident Artisan Calvin Stalvig will have you whipping a long cable magic loop to cast on two socks like a boss. Join this 3-session class where you’ll be will be guided through the process of casting on two socks, turning the heel, and finishing with the kitchener stitch.

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Friday 2/26 5-8pm, Saturday 2/28 9am-4pm, Sunday 3/1 1-4pm

$335 (+ materials $75-175)

Join basket weaver Bozena Scheidel to weave a simple willow basket and get to know how willow grows and moves! For people who are curious to try their hand at willow basketry for the first time, learn to weave a European stake and strand willow basket. Students will leave class equipped with the knowledge to weave a basket, and another and another.

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