Learn to make by hand
in the historic village of Waterford.
Passing on knowledge and skills
The Waterford Craft School seeks to teach and preserve traditional methods used in craft and building arts. Enabling students to learn make by hand skills by offering classes to the public taught by experts in each field.
The school is part of the educational mission of the Waterford Foundation and works with the Waterford Fair in providing opportunities for artisans to demonstrate and teach and students to experience and learn.
What you will learn
Classes vary each session and include topics such as quilting, weaving, furniture-making, and basket weaving.
Classes in building arts are available. which focus on traditional construction methods for building restoration.
Course material is designed for students ages 18 and up. Classes are held in the Waterford National Historic Landmark in or around Waterford Foundation buildings.
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TESTIMONIALS
what students say
Allen was outstanding – clear, knowledgeable, understandable, interesting.
It was exactly what I hoped to learn – and I am now not at all dissuaded to tackle my own windows.
Great lunch both days. Facility was clean and open. A lot of room.
Schedule
Four separate sessions in April, May, June and July of 2018. All classes are two-day classes unless otherwise noted.
Most classes are held at the Old School but a few are held outside or around the village as required for the class.
Intermediate Rug Hooking
In this two-day class, students will cover the same general information as the beginning class but will concentrate more on hooking and color planning with a more complicated pattern.
Herbal Medicine Cabinet
In this two-day class, students will first learn what they might want to grow in their own gardens. And some plants used grow commonly around us and often are known as “weeds”. Students will then learn to harvest, dry and store herbs in a variety of ways. Then they will learn what to use them for as they make their own teas and tinctures to take home.
Introduction to Hand Woven Cane
In this two-day class, students will learn the history, origin, and preservation of woven seats. They will learn how to prepare the materials to be used and what size cane to use. Then they will learn the six-step standard pattern which is the most widely used and the strongest. The chair seat itself will be the “loom” with holes drilled around the frame for the cane to be woven through. When the six steps are finished, binder cane and lacing will be applied to cover the holes and knotted to finish the bottom.
Ms. Foster can provide a cedar folding “fishing” chair for students to cane for a materials cost of $100. If students want to provide their own chair to cane, it must have fewer than 70 holes. Materials would then be $20. This is a two day class. Students will leave with a finished product.
Pamela FosterInstalling a Dry Brick Walk
In this two-day class, students will be introduced to the methods for proper excavation, bed preparation, and crowning and then they will learn placement of the bricks for a traditional dry brick walkway.
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- 40222 Fairfax Street
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- 540-882-3018
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