Cory Ryan, Instructor
Sunday, April 27, 2025
9 AM – 11:30 AM
Learn the art of quilling which is the art of coiling paper and shaping the pieces into shapes that are used for your art piece. Each student will make a least one note card and have enough supplies to make many more at home.
Students who would like to stay after class for lunch can add that option during registration.
** Students can follow up this class with “Quilling” the same day, from 12:30 – 3:00 PM. Click here for more information.**
Cory Ryan
I grew up in the Wyoming Valley near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. After graduating from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, I was employed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in Clark Summit, Pa from 1973-1978.
I married my husband, Jack Ryan, in 1973. We had two sons and now have four grandsons who live near us now in the Charlottesville/ Waynesboro area.
In 1978, I moved to Richmond, VA to work for Dominion Energy (then VEPCO). I worked at Dominion until 2009 in the IT department, working initially as an application developer and retiring from a management position after 32 years of service. After retiring, my husband and I wanted to move closer to family in Charlottesville. We moved to Ruckersville in 2015.
Art was always a hobby and my therapy from the stressful IT job. I started with folk art painting and beaded jewelry making. After retiring, I taught myself Quilling, the art of paper coiling.
I also learned to make baskets from long leaf pine needles from my friend’s mother. She learned from her mother. The art is very old. Back in the day, raffia was used to wrap the pine needle coils but it didn’t hold up so today we used waxed thread or sinew.
Currently I am 73 years old and enjoy making art just about every day to display and sell at a local craft shop, Qute Scraps, in Ruckersville. I am an active member of the Art Guild of Greene (www.artguildofgreene.org).
I am on the board of directors and currently ending my 4th year as the president.
I also teach a variety of classes, ranging from Mandala Dot Art, Quilling, painting a gourd bowl, and pine needle basketry. These classes are held for the Art Guild of Greene, Albemarle county’s adult learning program, The Center and at Qute Scraps Handmade Boutique.