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TEACHERS

Our classes are taught by a skilled group of local educators, craftspeople, scientists, tradespeople, small business owners, and members of our Willamette Valley communities. Read below to learn about Tarweed Folk School teachers and their class offerings.

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Marta Capriles

Youth and Family

Nature and Basketry

Madelaine Corbin

Fibers

Natural Dye

Kiko Denzer

Natural Building

Farming and Foods

Duncan Ellinwood

Woodworking

Foods

William Fowlkes

Natural Building

Woodworking

Jaci Guerena

Herbalism

Nature

Chris Highfield

Youth and Family

Blacksmithing

Noah Jack

Bike Repair


Ashley Merback

Woodworking

Nature

April Stone

Basketry


Hosanna White

Pigments

Nature

Chris Bentley

Fibers

Nature

Luke Carlson

Foods

Farming

Stephanie Craig

Basketry & Traditional 

Ecological Knowledge

Katherine Edmonds

Woodworking

Nature

Barry Glassman

Woodworking


Trevor Heald

Bike Repair


Beth Hoinacki

Farming

Foods

Kira Hughes

Farming

Nature

Shalisse Millison

Youth and Family

Fibers

Margot Schwarz

Farming and Nature

Foods

Laura Young

Ceramics


Kris Berg

Sewing

Fibers

Anne Marie Cole

Fibers

Needle Felting

Deb Curtis

Basketry

Zen Rocks

Sarah Edwardsson

Fibers

Sustainability

Caroline Feyling

Weaving

Textiles

Malcolm Hecht

Woodworking

Sharpening

Rose Holdorf

Woodworking

Basketry

Scott McClure

Woodworking


Autumn Peterson

Woodworking


Joe Scott

Traditional Ecological

Knowledge

Nathaniel Stein

Woodworking


Shannon Welsh

Fibers

Farming

Emily Wittkop

Farming

Nature

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