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Heather Marano is a Bay Area fiber artist and founder of the Merry Spinster, an online yarn and fiber arts store. Heather is excited to be teaching a series of Textile Dyeing Workshops at Craft+Work. Each workshop will explore a different aspect of textile dyeing with hands-on instruction and a finished product to take home. Click on the workshop name to learn more and to register. Ages 14+ with adult participant.

Class costs are per person: $80 for one, $150 for two, $210 for three, $290 for all four in the series using promo codes at checkout!
See class listings for more details.

Natural Dyes: February 22nd, 10am-1pm

Acid Dyes: February 29th, 11am-1pm

Shibori with Indigo: March 14th, 11am-1pm - Cancelled. To be rescheduled

Eco Printing (Bundle Dyeing): March 21st, 11am-1pm - Postponed

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Rachel Sterling is an experienced energy healer, tarot card reader, psychic medium, and teacher. We are pleased to welcome her to our studio for this special class.
Come celebrate the Spring Equinox with a night of Tarot! Who are you in the Tarot?

In this class we will focus on the souls life path in this incarnation. This gives great insight into what our soul came here to do and the triggers that can throw us out of alignment. No prior experience with the Tarot necessary.

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Join visiting instructor Cara Corey for a beginning crochet class, where you will learn how to construct a sturdy basket (perfect for storing craft supplies, toys or other household items) with soft cotton rope and your fingers rather than a crochet hook. Start by learning how to make increases to create a flat-bottomed round. Then you will use a different stitch to build the sides of the basket. Finally, you can attach leather handles to your basket with rivets. Students will also learn how to source materials and adjust the pattern to make baskets in different sizes and shapes. Bring a friend and save $10 ea!

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Craft+Work is excited to welcome craftswoman, author, and local resident Taryn McCabe to our studio. Taryn brings over 30 years of jewelry making experience, as well as a background in shoemaking, glass, and woodworking! Taryn will be teaching you how to make her Chain Stitch Pendant which was featured in New Stamped Metal Jewelry, the book she co-authored. In her class you will learn the art of stamping on metal, one tool at a time. With a metal bench block, a brass hammer, and a collection of metal stamps you will use your muscle to create mandalas, words and other beautiful designs. We will then show you how to transform your stamping into jewelry.

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Michelle Holdt is a new transformational leader in the world of self love. She is the Founding Executive Director of Arts Ed Matters. She is a passionate Goddess committed to living a joyful authentic life and supporting others to do the same. Her new workshop,

The Art of Self-Care, is an interactive creative workshop designed to nurture and restore your creative spirit. Through art-making, mindfulness, and gratitude activities, we'll spend the evening exploring your biggest goals and dreams. You'll leave with your own handmade art journal to continue your practice at work and at home.

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We are pleased to welcome Latifat Apatira of Titilayola to Craft+Work. Latifat brings us Botanical Nature Printing. Botanical Nature Printing is a centuries-old printmaking technique that combines plant-pressing and hand coloring to create charming, hand-pressed compositions using fresh flowers, foliage, ink and paper. The process is unassuming and approachable, and no previous art experience is necessary to achieve rewarding results. Latifat’s work is currently on display at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, through March 2020.

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Get ready to jump-start your creativity and learn something new! In this workshop, you’ll learn to make your own personalized stamped and textured sterling silver cuff bracelet! Using traditional metalworking tools, letter stamps, hammers and more, you’ll learn to form, shape, hammer, and texture your personalized bracelet. Instructor Sharon Zimmerman designs and makes jewelry with expressive force and badass execution. With more than 16 years of experience in jewelry and metalsmithing, she is the designer and maker behind Sharon Z Jewelry, based in San Francisco. Ages 16+ with adult participant

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Punch Needle Embroidery--it's having a moment, and for good reason. This fiber art is creative, vibrant, textural and FAST! Plus, the yarn-obsessed find it an excellent stash-buster--beautifully using those inevitable leftovers. This class is the perfect entree into punch needle embroidery, and also a fun gathering for those who have punched before and want to learn new techniques. Ages 16+ with adult participant

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Craft+Work is proud to host Jessica Hannah of J. Hannah co. for a Two Day Natural Perfumery Blending and Distillation Workshop led by natural perfumers Jessica Hannah and Jeffrey Paul. During the course students will formulate multiple natural perfumes and participate in a distillation demonstration of local botanicals.

Students will spend the weekend smelling material, blending formulas, and discussing classical and contemporary perfume structures, plant origins, and the historical context of materials. Our materials will include essential oils, absolutes, resins, and concrete waxes. We will create multiple iterations of an idea and share our work in a friendly feedback session. Our time will allow for for questions, problem solving, and sharing creative prompts for future blending.

The distillation demonstration will educate students in safely operate a still and share information on working with hydrosols and essential oils. We will review the various plants that are ideal for distillation, and how to utilize hydrosols in perfume, body-care products, food and drink, and herbalism.

Click here for more information and register for this exciting event!

Can you believe it's been 2 years since Craft+Work opened our doors?
Save the date for our annual Anniversary Celebration and Mother's Day Pop-up Open House! Come help us celebrate as we enter our 3rd year in business.
Shop for gifts from some of your favorite C+W instructors, enjoy refreshments and raise a glass of bubbly to another crafty year in Pacifica.
More details to come...

Craft+Work is excited to welcome Basketry Artist Peeta Tinay to our studio! Peeta brings over 27 years of experience ranging from woven restoration work, custom woven garment accents for a NYC fashion designer, work with interior designers, and her own basket work. Peeta will be teaching her full-day Mini Basketry workshop at Craft+Work on May 16th. Click below to learn more and to register.

Registration now open!