Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
September
1 eventMetalsmithing Basics: Soldering, Texturizing, & Stone Setting
Learn to solder with a torch, texture metal with stamps and hammers, and set a stone to create a pendant, ring, or pair of earrings.
October
27 eventsIntroduction to Glassblowing: Glassblown Pumpkins
Blow molten glass into a pumpkin shape, learning to add color and curl the stem in glass artist Michael Peluso's beginner workshop.
Introduction to Sashiko
Learn sashiko's fundamental stitches and geometric patterns, practicing with stencils and freehand designs, then stitch a decorative patch.
Nantucket Trinket Baskets at the Hattie Weselyk Studio
Weave a small Nantucket-style basket on a mold using cane and reed, leaving with an unfinished piece ready for polyurethane finishing.
Monsters & Halloween Sculpted Glass Plant Stakes
Melt Italian glass on a rod using flameworking tools to sculpt monster and ghost plant stakes, shaping bodies, eyes, mouth, and teeth by hand.
Needle Felted Sunflower Car Vent Clip
Needle felt a wool sunflower car vent clip with Sarah Summers, then scent it with essential oil of your choice.
Needle Felted Pumpkins & Gourds
Needle felt wool into pumpkins and gourds, learning to sculpt with barbed needles at different gauges.
Stained Glass Halloween
Make a Halloween stained glass piece by cutting and soldering colored glass panels, leaving with a finished decoration for your home or garden.
Make a Tote Bag
Sew a lined tote bag with pockets, learning construction techniques from fashion designer William Jefferies.
Introduction to Blacksmithing
Heat and hammer metal into S-hooks, plant hangers, or fireplace pokers using traditional forging techniques.
Redware Sgraffito Plate
Scratch a design into white slip on a redware plate using traditional Pennsylvania German sgraffito techniques.
Nantucket Trinket Baskets
Weave a small Nantucket-style basket with cherry rim and base, working with flat reed and cane over a 3-5 hour session.
Colorful Tin with Polymer Clay
Create a decorative polymer clay tin using surface pattern techniques, then bake your finished container.
Flameworked Glass Halloween
Flamework glass Halloween ornaments and figurines, shaping colored glass rods in a torch flame to create pendants or decorative pieces.
Bezel Set Rings
Fabricate a sterling silver bezel set ring around a semi-precious cabochon, learning to solder, stamp, and polish.
Metalsmithing Basics: Soldering, Texturizing, & Stone Setting
Learn soldering with torch, texturizing with stamps and hammers, and stone setting to make a sterling silver pendant, ring, or earrings.
Intuitive Abstract Painting with Alcohol Inks
Paint with alcohol inks on ceramic tile, synthetic paper, and canvas, using brushes and air flow to move the vibrant colors intuitively.
Needle Felted Mushroom & Reindeer Ornaments
Needle felt mushroom and reindeer ornaments using wool roving, shaping details by hand.
Sterling Silver Gallery Wire Rings
Design and solder a sterling silver ring with gallery wire detailing, then stone set a cabochon of your choice and polish it to finish.
Stained Glass Halloween
Learn to cut, grind, foil, and solder glass into a spooky stained glass piece for your home or garden.
Beginning Flameworked Glass Beads
Shape glass beads over a torch flame, learning to melt, wrap, and finish your own colorful beads with instructor Jessica Keemer.
Flameworked Glass Icicles
Work borosilicate glass over a flame, shaping colorful icicle ornaments with frit glass details.
Metalsmithing Basics: Soldering, Texturizing, & Stone Setting
Learn to solder with torch, texture metal with stamps, and set stones, creating a sterling silver pendant, ring, or earrings.
Flameworked Glass Halloween: UV Glass Mushrooms
Flamework molten glass into UV-glowing mushroom figurines, learning torch techniques with recycled and uranium glass.
Flameworked Glass Halloween
Flamework glass Halloween ornaments or figurines using a torch, learning to shape and color molten glass.
Painting with Enamel
Paint enamel imagery on copper using stencils and sifting, then fire your pieces into finished jewelry or wall art.
Fused Glass Four Seasons Candle Holder
Create a fused glass candle holder featuring a four seasons design, cutting and arranging colored glass pieces before firing in the kiln.
Crochet with Wire & Beads
Crochet a beaded wire necklace using chain and single crochet stitches.
November
19 eventsChristmas Resin Art
Pour alcohol ink and mica powder into resin on a wooden canvas, embedding quartz crystals and glass to create a shimmering geode artwork.
Flameworked Glass Pumpkins
Create flameworked glass pumpkins by shaping molten glass with a torch, choosing your own colors and designs.
Needle Felted Mushroom
Needle felt a decorative mushroom from wool roving, sculpting the cap and stem by hand.
Fused Glass Winter Wonderland
Cut and arrange colored glass pieces to build a winter scene, then kiln-fire your fused glass creation at the instructor's studio.
Introduction to Blacksmithing
Forge S-hooks, plant hangers, and keychains using traditional blacksmithing techniques, learning to heat and shape metal by hand.
Make a Hand-Bound Journal
Bind a 100-page lay-flat journal with a leather spine and decorated covers, learning to attach sewn text blocks and colorful endpapers.
Flameworked Glass Suncatchers
Learn to flamework glass with a torch, shaping molten glass into a suncatcher to hang in your window.
Eucalyptus Magic
Naturally dye a silk or wool gauze scarf using fresh eucalyptus leaves.
Needle Felted Cardinal
Needle felt a cardinal on a wire armature with fiber artist Sarah Summers.
Introduction to Woodturning: Turn a Bowl, Lidded Box, or an Ornament
Learn to mount wood on a lathe and turn a bowl, lidded box, or ornament using fundamental techniques and hand tools.
Gold & Silver Stacking Rings
Make three stacking rings in gold-filled and sterling silver, learning to size, form, solder, and polish them.
Pear Gourds
Paint and seal a decorative gourd shaped like a pear, learning sanding, color techniques, and optional leaf embellishments.
Introduction to Flameworking: Glass Pendants
Learn to shape molten glass with a torch, creating a finished pendant from scratch.
Needle Felted Gingerbread Gift Tags
Needle felt small gingerbread-shaped gift tags, learning to shape and detail wool roving by hand.
Needle Felted Holiday Ornaments
Needle felt holiday ornaments from wool roving, shaping small decorative pieces by hand.
Fused Glass Christmas Trees
Create two fused glass Christmas trees by cutting and assembling colored glass pieces, then pick them up after kiln-firing in a few weeks.
Gold & Silver Stacking Rings
Create three stacking rings in gold-filled and sterling silver, learning to size, form, solder, and polish the bands.
Flameworked Glass Icicles
Shape borosilicate glass rods and frit over a torch flame to create delicate icicle ornaments.
Beginning Flameworked Glass Beads
Learn to shape glass with a torch, creating flameworked beads from colored glass rods.
December
11 eventsLighted Sea Glass Christmas Tree
Design a sea glass Christmas tree on a wooden plaque, arranging colorful glass pieces and fairy lights, then embellish with beads and shells.
Faux Bois
Carve a gourd with burrs and a flex shaft to create faux wood textures, then seal your finished piece.
Sculpted Glass Holiday Snowmen or Tree Plant Stakes
Flamework glass snowmen and trees into 9-11" plant stakes, adding details like hats, scarves, and colored dots by hand.
Sea Glass Christmas
Create a sea glass Christmas tree, poinsettia, or succulent arrangement, assembling colorful pieces with lights into a finished holiday decoration.
Holiday Tree Mosaic
Create a glass and tile mosaic tree using the copper foil method, cutting pieces and grouting them onto a board.
Introduction to Flameworking: Glass Pendants
Heat glass over a torch flame to shape molten beads into pendants, learning fundamental flameworking techniques.
Needle Felted Christmas Ornament
Needle felt and wet felt a Christmas ornament, learning both sculptural techniques with wool roving and leaving with a finished piece.
Stitched Stories: Creating Small Fabric Tapestries
Hand-stitch a small fabric tapestry using appliqué and embroidery, layering scraps and drawn details to tell a personal story.
Wet Felted Vessel
Design and wet felt a large wool vessel, blending colors and adding embellishments to create a one-of-a-kind piece.
Stained Glass Angel Ornament
Create a stained glass angel ornament by cutting colored glass, grinding edges, foiling pieces, and soldering them together.
Mosaic Jewelry
Create a mosaic pendant by cutting glass pieces with nippers and arranging them into your own design on a base shape of your choice.
January
5 eventsNew Year Mini Mandala
Create a 4-inch glass and tile mandala mosaic inspired by your New Year intention, learning to cut and arrange pieces by hand.
Mosaic Jewelry
Design and nip glass and tile pieces, then arrange them into a mosaic pendant you'll leave.
Nantucket Trinket Baskets
Weave a small Nantucket basket with cherry or walnut base and rim, learning tight caning and reed techniques on a mold.
Needle Felted Snowman
Build a needle felted snowman with wire armature, shaping wool with barbed needles, then add a felted hat and scarf.
Needle Felted Mother & Baby Penguin
Needle felt a mother and baby penguin pair on wire armatures, shaping fluffy chicks from alpaca wool.
February
1 eventValentine's Day Heart Mosaic
Break colorful glass and arrange the pieces into a 3.5-inch heart mosaic, creating your own design.
March
1 eventSpring Songbird Mosaic
Create a 6-inch mosaic songbird by nipping colorful glass with wheeled nippers and gluing pieces to a bird shape, ready to hang.