ALL CLASSES

Build resilience in the winter months in this evening class that will help build skills in building immunity and stimulating immunity when a challenge arises.

Make your own whisk broom! These common tools have a long and diverse history; everybody sweeps!

Use locally salvaged Port Orford Cedar to construct a Japanese inspired toolbox with a locking lid.

Learn to repair blue jeans using patches, functional embroidery, and a mixture of hand and machine sewing.

Learn the art, science, and traditional craft of making your own goat milk soap from scratch.

Learn one-on-one from the teacher and turn a prepared blank into a hollow shape that will be more or less a bowl, using a foot-powered lathe.

Rug twining is a craft that is easy to learn and makes use of inexpensive or cast off materials!

This class will introduce participants to the art of traditional blacksmithing.

Students will learn the process of carving their very own spoon, from splitting a log to carving finishing touches.

Students will craft their own wooden drop spindle and begin learning to spin their own yarn.

Students will explore clay/marks and expression through prompts and play with the medium of clay.

Learn to crochet or build your skills to participate in the coral reef project.

Learn the basics of willow and mixed bark basketry using local colorful weaving materials!

Make a series of flat or shallow willow basketry trays in a mix of beautiful colors- round, square cornered and leaf or boat shaped.

Learn about acorns as a food staple in the Willamette Valley and around the world.

Students will learn the basics of working with birch bark.

A hands-on exploration of traditional materials, fire-starting and fire-carrying tools and techniques.

Learn the basics of woodcarving and knife skills in this multi-week exploration of hand carved animals, like horses, chickens, pigs, and all kinds of fauna!

Learn the basics of bean to bar chocolate making.

Discover the wonders of lacto-fermentation basics through the lens of sauerkraut!

Weave plainweave bands on a backstrap style rigid heddle.

Earth pigments are a viable and potent medium. Learn how to ethically forage, process, and prepare local minerals into fine pigment

Weave a willow shopping basket, suitable for the farmers market, grocery store, or harvesting vegetables from your own garden!

Explore the beautiful yet utilitarian world of band weaving.

Knowing how to fix your own bike is empowering and might get you or your friends out of a jam. Come learn with us!

Construct a sturdy wooden mallet from start to finish.

An introduction to working with earth as a building material- from plaster wall finishes to sculptural and structural mud!

Come learn to weave with colorful willow bark.

Meet Wednesday evenings for four weeks to learn about green wood and carving spoons, chopsticks, spreaders, and more!

Students will learn multiple traditional weaving techniques with cedar bark.

Explore using a barbed needle to build beings from nature, working with wool batting and roving, and some other fibers as well!

Come learn woodworking techniques and how to make a bluebird house out of cedar!

Come learn what medicinal plants grow well in our bioregion and how to help them succeed.

Learn how to use a simple penknife or pocketknife to cut the shapes and curves of different letters into soft and hard woods.

Discover the beautiful exotic world of lichens, what their patterns show us about the world, and why they matter.

Learn the basics of woodcarving, mortise and tenon joinery, and furniture design with this simple, hand-carved 3 legged stool.

Learn about acorns as a food staple in the Willamette Valley and around the world.

Learn to sharpen just about any tool, just about anywhere.

Get a head start on planning and planting this year, by learning which dye plants will thrive in your garden and yield a harvest of flowers, leaves, and foliage that are proven sources of fiber dyes.

Learn about sustainable land management, harvest materials, and practice various woodworking techniques to make your own wooden rake!

We'll cover how to take raw plants and transform them into healing concoctions!

Prepare to celebrate Solstice and all our winter holidays by making a light to shine on that longest night of the year.

This class is a chance to help furnish the Tarweed Folk School space while learning the fundamentals of staked furniture construction.

Learn to make a classic el Salvadoran plate, pupusas with curtido and salsa tomate!

Learn to add color to textiles using colorful flowers and plants from nature!

Learn to sew a basic top using recycled fabric or scraps, taught by career costume designer, Kristine Berg.

This class will introduce participants to the art of traditional blacksmithing.

Learn and practice various woodworking techniques to hang a gorgeous fern on your wall.

Come join us on the job site and become part of the crew as we layout, cut, and raise a timber frame oven shelter.

Students will gather plant materials, and print their images on paper, using heat, pressure, and natural pigments.