“What was I thinking?” passed through my mind several times last week while I sat in “Intro Guitar” class at the Folk School. In other studios, I imagined, students happily wove Shaker rugs or rolled polymer clay into intricate beads. Why had I signed up for a music class? My left fingers hurt from pressing [...]
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A Visit to Classes, October 16-22 The beginning of classes Sunday afternoon was like summer revisiting us during this golden, orange season of fall. Up in the garden, the russet hues of nearby slopes told that story, while the tomato vines were amazingly strong and thick, reaching for the sky with ripening tomatoes tightly held. [...]
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This week’s rug weaving teacher, Nancy Crampton, says her idea of a vacation is a change of pace- trying something new. Her family must agree. For seven years now, Nancy’s family, including her husband, son, daughter, and son-in-law, have made the Folk School an annual family vacation. They are taking (and in Nancy’s case, teaching) [...]
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For the ten students who attended last week’s Natural Vine Basketry class, every basket they made began with a walk in the woods. The 6-day class began Sunday night with an orientation by instructor and basketmaker Matt Tommey (http://www.matttommey.com) that included information on how to identify, gather and prepare natural materials for basketweaving. After plenty [...]
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“The best parts about the Folk School are the community you feel for the week, and getting to learn something you couldn’t learn anywhere else,” says Pattie Bagley, resident artist in Basketry and Gourd Craft, Brooms, and Chair Seats. Pattie first came to the Folk School 12 years ago first as a student learning how [...]
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