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Garden Talk Series: Gravel Gardening
Saturday , 12:00 p.m.
November 7th
Ages 16-99+

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Learn how to garden a new way, in gravel!

What You’ll Learn:

Derek Jarman, Beth Chatto, and Jeff Epping, just to name a few, show us how to create breathtaking gardens in gravel.

What You Leave With:

Tricky spots, contaminated soils, urban settings, low budgets, or simply a desire to garden a different way, gravel gardening is a beautiful, pollinator friendly way to garden. History of gravel gardens, review beautiful gardens to inspire, and discuss construction, planting, and care of your new gravel garden.

Jennifer Smith: (information)

“Smith co-taught a UC-DAAP course (Herbaceous plants and the New Perennial Movement), has spoken for many garden clubs, The Midwest Native Plant Society, Tri-State green industry conference, and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Native Plant Symposium) to name a few.
Some of her gardens have won awards and was featured on the CNC nature plant garden tour.”

 

Instructor: Jennifer Smith

Supply List

All Supplies included.

Stained Glass: Rubber Duck
Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
September 26th
Ages 16-99+

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[***This class is construction based. Hand strength & dexterity is recommended.***]

[***PLEASE WEAR CLOSED TOE SHOES TO CLASS.***]

Discover the basic steps and the tools used in the Stained Glass/ Art Glass process. Learn how to use the proper tools to perform each and every  step in the glass-making process. Create your very own individual stained glass piece in a step by step, group learning environment. Leave with a stained glass Rubber Duck!

No makeup classes will be made available in the case of illness or inclement weather.

Instructor: Rachel Seligman

Supply List

All Supplies included.

Youth Handbuilding
Saturday, 9:00am
October 24 – November 14 | Ages 8-13

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Explore the magic of clay as we create beautiful pieces of pottery, in a positive and creative atmosphere. This class focuses on the foundations of clay handling, technique development, glazing, and decorating as they work on teacher-led projects and practices.

Students are required to follow the instructor’s curriculum. Only work produced from that curriculum will be fired.

What You’ll Learn:

Student’s will learn fundamental skills in handbuiling such as building from pinch pots and coils, introductory surface decoration, and the basics of glazing.

What You’ll Leave With:

Students taking this class will learn introductory skills in ceramics and will leave with 2-5 pieces.

(Students will submit glazed works for final firing on the last class of the session. Students will be contacted, via email, once their pottery has finished firing and available for pick up on a later date)

Instructor:  Charity Rust-Jordan

Supply List

All Supplies Included

Illuminated Fantasy Bestiary
Saturdays, 2:00 pm
October 24 – November 14 | Ages 16+

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In this 4-week class, students will learn how to make a faux illuminated manuscript page that includes an illustration of a fantasy creature or animal of their choosing, a brief description written in gothic blackletter of the creature featuring an illuminated letter, and plenty of imaginative doodles and decorations in the margins!

What You’ll Learn:

Attendees will learn how to make a faux illuminated manuscript page by imitating the drawing style of medieval manuscripts (namely the Aberdeen Bestiary), use colored ink to bring their illustrations to life, basic blackletter calligraphy, and how to decorate a large illuminated letter.

What You’ll Leave With:

You will leave with an illuminated manuscript page of their own design, the skills and knowledge to create art in the specific stylized way of medieval illuminated manuscripts, and a brief knowledge of the history of the art form.

Instructor:   Sabrina Almeida

Supply List

(All Supplies Included)

Handful of Stitches: Introduction to Embroidery
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
October 24 – November 14
Ages 16-99+

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Do you want to learn hand embroidery but find the number of stitches intimidating? Then join us as we explore a handful of stitches!

Learn to create beautiful designs in hand embroidery with a handful of stiches. Students will learn the basics of hand embroidery, including how to create their own design. We’ll take inspiration from modern embroidery artists who create traditional and not so traditional works of hand embroidery while we will stitch in 4″ hoops.

What You’ll Learn:

Attendees will learn how to design for hand embroidery, loading fabric in a hoop, threading the needle, separating threads, using multiple thread colors with each stitch, handful of very useful and versatile stitches, and how to create depth and texture with stitches

What You’ll Leave With:

This four-week class week class offers ample time for in classroom instruction, insights and inspirations from accomplished hand embroidery artists, a finished embroidery piece in a 4″ hoop of the students creation- a one-of-a-kind piece of work.

Instructor: Jennifer Smith

Supply List

All Supplies included.

Recording in Stitching
Thursday, 6:00 p.m.
October 22 – November 12
Ages 16-99+

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Hand embroidery is often used to make a record of one’s observations: the temperature, number of bees in the garden, interactions with others, pages read in a book, one’s mood- what that person finds most important to them. This 30-day stitching practice guides students to focus on something of particular importance to them, something worth recording in stitches. It is a mediative practice, a study in daily observations, permission to set aside each day just for oneself to observe and stitch, and a social/community experience.

In this month-long stitches practice we will cultivate a daily practice of taking time to reflect, observe, and record what is important to you. We will also learn new ways to stitch, how to work in found objects, and express ourselves with hand embroidery. This class is meditative, part social, and part creative exercise.

What You’ll Learn:

We will learn a variety of stitches to use to record something of note and importance to each student. We will learn to slow our pace, be observant and take the time to record, each day, what we observe, feel or experience. Each day the students stitch to record their observations, a stitched diary if you will. At the end of the month, each student will have a stitched record of what they observed, felt, or experienced- a story in stitches. Students will learn to gift themselves time to simply be. How many of can say we take enough time for ourselves? Not Many! We will learn ways to record our observations with our stitches.

What You’ll Leave With:

A thirty day stitched journal, if you will, a record of observations for a month created with hand stiches that tells the story of what we learned with our observations and a new practice of giving ourselves permission to take time for ourselves. Your personal story in stitches, and a new practice of setting time aside, each day, to stitch and be present.

A thirty day record,

Instructor: Jennifer Smith

Supply List

All Supplies included.

Beginner Wheel Throwing
Saturdays, 12:00 pm
September 26 – November 14 | Ages 16-99+

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Experience of magic of working in clay as you create and glaze functional, decorative, and sculptural forms using a pottery wheel. Students will develop a basic understanding of how to operate a pottery wheel as they work on teacher-led projects and practices.

What You’ll Learn:

In a small group learning environment, you will learn step-by-step instructions of the fundamentals of how to use a potter’s wheel such as wedging, centering, pulling, shaping, and finishing. With these skills, you will learn how to throw the three basic forms on a potter’s wheel: a cylinder, a bowl, and a simple vase form. You will also learn about basic glazing finishing skills for completing your pottery.

***(Students are required to follow the instructor’s curriculum. Only work produced from that curriculum will be fired.)***

What You’ll Leave With:

Depending on the disciplinary skill of the student, a student may leave with 7-10 completed pieces of pottery from 25lb bag of clay.

(Students will submit glazed works for final firing on the last class of the session. Students will be contacted, via email, once their pottery has finished firing and available for pick up on a later date)

Instructor:  Emery Cotten

Supply List

Students will need to bring:

  1. Own set of clay or throwing tools
  2. Large cleaning sponge
  3. Small clay work sponge
  4. Approx. 2ft x 2ft piece of Canvas
  5. Small bucket for cleaning and tool storage
  6. (Optional) Small/detail paintbrushes for glazing
  7. (Optional) Plastic bags for wrapping work
  8. Any sized notebook

Students will be provided:

  1. Shelf space as close to their creation station as possible
  2. (1x) bag of clay

Links to Class Required Items: (These are recommendations, not the required brands

  1. Clay / Throwing Tools
  2. Large Cleaning Sponge
  3. Small clay work sponge
    • We recommend buying a basic toolkit with a small sponge included.
  4. Small Bucket for cleaning
    • Any clean, small to medium sized bucket will do.
  5. Canvas
    • We recommend a minimum of 2ft x 2ft piece.

Teen: Sew Your Own Hoodie
Saturdays, 9:00 a.m.
September 26 – November 14
Ages 13-15

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***NO CLASS ON OCTOBER 10th!!!***

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In this 7-week class you will learn to measure, mark, and cut patterns, what different pattern markings mean, how to lengthen/shorten a pattern if needed, and how to sew together a knit pattern to make a lightweight sweatshirt perfect for spring and fall! Students will learn about pattern ease and selecting the size that best suits their desired fit. This class is best suited for confident beginners or intermediate sewists. Class instructor will go over important garment sewing fundamentals to build the proper skills to make your own clothes for years to come!

*** The Instructor encourages students that if they own their own sewing machine, they may bring it to class to work on their project on a machine they are more familiar with. Baker Hunt still provides sewing machines for students who don’t own a machine and/or students who prefer not to transport their personal machine from home.***

What You’ll Learn:

This beginner class will teach participants how to the introductory skills of sewing and garment making.

What You’ll Leave With:

At the end of the class, students will have created a unique handmade and cozy hoodie.

Instructor: Rachel Robertson

Supply List

Baker Hunt provides all the standard tools to create the featured project.

Introduction to Character Design
Saturday, 12:00 pm
January 10 – January 31 | Ages 11-13

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Learn the basics of character design in this four week course, offering demos on drawing basics like shape breakdowns and best sketchbook practices, with hands-on studio time. Students will develop original characters over the course of 4-weeks and learn visual storytelling elements.

What You’ll Learn:

You will learn what is meant by perspective, composition, foreshortening, anatomy, line quality, and shading. You will have the opportunity for one-on-one guidance, and inspiration from the instructor.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have a more understanding and confidence of how of how to draw and develop elements of creating character. After each of the four class meeting, you will have learned a new drawing application and character development skills.

Deadline to register by: January 6th  

Instructor:  Elyse Thaman

Supply List

  • All Supplies Included.

 

Animation Illustration
Saturday, 12:00 pm
February 7 – February 28 | Ages 10 – 15

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Learn the basics of animation, some of the principles, and history. You will be introduced to motion and hand-drawing paper animation by creating a flipbook! Begin creating your own character and start to animate them using the animation techniques used in the first class.

What You’ll Learn:

You will learn what is meant by perspective, composition, foreshortening, anatomy, line quality, and shading. You will have the opportunity for one-on-one guidance, and inspiration from the instructor.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have a more understanding and confidence of how of how to draw and develop elements of creating animations. After each of the four class meeting, you will have learned a new drawing application and character development skills.

Deadline to register by: February 3rd  

Instructor:  Elyse Thaman

Supply List

  • All Supplies Included.