Explore wirework, polymer clay, and UV resin in this hands-on jewelry workshop.

Create earrings, rings, and pendants while learning core techniques and experimenting with your personal style—perfect for all skill levels.

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Create nature-inspired felted vessels in this immersive wet-felting workshop, drawing from textures and forms found on the forest floor.

Open to all skill levels, with a brief look at the history and process of this ancient fiber art.

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Create a coiled pine needle basket while learning dyeing, advanced stitches, and embellishments. No experience needed, and all materials are included.

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Discover the instant joy of marbling in this hands-on workshop! You’ll learn traditional techniques to create intricate patterns on paper and two silk scarves.

Take home a stack of beautiful marbled papers, perfect for cards, journals, and more—plus a detailed handout packet to keep the creativity flowing. All materials included.

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Unplug in a nature-inspired spa workshop combining mindful walks, journaling, and hands-on crafting.

Learn cold-process soap making and create personalized bath and body products using natural oils, clays, and botanicals.

Leave with a curated spa basket including soap, body scrub, face mask, eucalyptus bundle, floral water, moisturizer, accessories, and a journal.

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Shape simple, functional forms as you carve either a birdbath or a pair of bookends from Virginia soapstone.

Using hand tools, you’ll learn the fundamentals of stone carving while bringing out the natural beauty of this soft, workable material.

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Create a functional coiled pine needle basket while learning to start, stitch, and finish your piece. No experience needed, and all materials are included.

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In this workshop, you will learn two traditional Yoruba techniques for using indigo: Adire Eleko and Tie-Dye.

Adire Eleko is the process of creating designs using cassava paste (also called yucca), a small broom, and a chicken feather. Tie-Dye is the process of using raffia to tie fabric and then dying the fabric.

In addition to these dye techniques, you will also learn about Yoruba culture and the meaning behind the designs you will create.

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This hands-on workshop introduces participants to the basics of Chadō, the Japanese tea ceremony, exploring its history, philosophy, and key etiquette.

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Letters are glyphs representing ancient archetypes. In this workshop, we explore peculiarities of a single glyph/letter using water-based inks in a constructed accordion book.

Both the book and the print are in the service of expanding the graphic possibilities inherent in the repetition of one single letter form through placement, scale, and color.

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The Red Mill Museum Village and the Hunterdon Art Museum, in collaboration with Handwork 2026, invite the public to celebrate the opening of “The Peace Flag Project,” hundreds of handmade flags displayed along the Raritan River and pedestrian bridge.

The public is invited to the dedication ceremony, Sunday, June 14th at noon on the Main Street Bridge.  Following the ceremony, both mills will have public programs emphasizing crafts, community and the State of New Jersey’s 250th anniversary.

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Artazan Handcraft Market celebrates handcraft across jewelry, ceramics, textiles, wearable art, décor, and artisan goods.

Bringing together artists and makers from across the country, Artazan highlights craftsmanship, creativity, and the enduring value of handcraft through curated exhibits, artist interaction, demonstrations, workshops, and opportunities for the public to connect directly with the artists behind the work.

Proud participant in Handwork 2026: Celebrating American Craft.

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This learning event is led by Chestina Dominguez, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakama Nation and descendant of the Warm Springs tribe. Chestina uses contemporary materials to create baskets using the ancient techniques of her ancestors.

Sally bags, known as wapaas and aqw’alkt respectively among the Wasco and Wishxam peoples, are woven with a unique full-turn twining method.

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Celebrate America’s 250th birthday by creating a patriotic Flag Market Basket! Using twine with round reed, weave red and white stripes, and add a blue overlay field.

Basket weaving experience is not required but is helpful. This is a long class, feel free to bring snacks, bottled water will be provided.

All weaving materials and supplies are included. Please note that the image depicts a swing handle, the actual project will use a stationary D handle.

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Free event! All ages & skill levels welcome! Join us for a full day of interactive crafting fun at Fiber Fest! You’re invited to celebrate sustainable fiber and craft at San Diego Craft Collective.

At Fiber Fest, enjoy a variety of free crafts, fun Make & Take crafts (for a small fee), local vendors, and live demonstrations, including sheep shearing, wool processing, spinning yarn, felting, weaving, knitting, crochet, natural dye, basket weaving, broom making, and more! See you there!

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