Cascadia Center For Arts & Crafts

Glass Garden Stakes Class with Lyn & Jim June 7 - June 8, 2025
2025-06-07 09:00 - 2025-06-08 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | OR
Create your own decorative glass garden stake in this hands-on introductory glass workshop. Perfect for beginners, this class teaches fundamental glass cutting techniques and tool usage, enabling you to bring your garden art vision to life.
What you’ll learn:

Essential glass cutting techniques for straight lines, curves, and circles
Proper use of various glass cutting tools and running pliers
Selection and application of outdoor adhesives
Kiln firing schedules for different effects

You’ll leave with:

Your completed glass garden stake
Comprehensive knowledge of glass cutting techniques
Reference guide for kiln schedules

Materials included:

Glass cutters and grinders
Sheet glass and glass scraps
Adhesives and mounting stakes
Decorative embellishments
Access to kilns

What to bring:

A simple sketch or idea for your garden stake design

Class duration: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (1-hour lunch break). Please arrive 30 minutes early for setup.
Note: All skill levels welcome. No prior experience necessary

Intermediate Blacksmithing: 2 Dimensional Full Body Critters with Darryl Nelson June 1st
2025-06-01 09:00 - 16:00 | South Summit Blacksmithing Shop, Milepost 54, Mt Hood Highway, Government Camp, OR, 97028, United States
Class will cover techniques and tools used to create 2 dimensional full body animals finials, grate for use on wall mount projects and grills.
All tools and materials will be provided however, students are encouraged to bring personal hammer and tongs applicable to class. Material sizes 1/4”x3/4” and 1/4”x1”.

Class Time is 6 hours from 9 am to 4 pm with a break for lunch between 12 and 1pm. There are restaurants nearby or you can bring your own.

PLEASE NOTE: Darryl is giving 2 classes this weekend. If you would like to take both classes, we are offering a discount; both classes for $500. Please email us at info@cascadiaart.org with the subject line “Darryl Nelson class bundle”
What to wear/safety equipment :
-Cotton pants and long sleeved shirt (synthetics are potentially flammable).
-Leather or canvas shoes/boots. (NO open toed sandals/shoes-tennis shoes are not recommended for safety). Make sure your pants fit over the tops of your boots so nothing hot can fall in.
-Safety glasses, ear plugs, and a dust mask. Long hair must be tied back.
-Leather gloves to protect your hands and a notebook to take notes.
-Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated, and snacks if you want.
PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE 30 MINUTES BEFORE CLASS IS SCHEDULED SO EVERYONE CAN GET SET UP.
SELECT NUMBER OF TICKETS NEEDED THEN “GET TICKETS”

Intermediate Blacksmithing: Basics of Forging Animal Heads with Darryl Nelson May 31
2025-05-31 09:00 - 16:00 | South Summit Blacksmithing Shop, Milepost 54, Mt Hood Highway, Government Camp, OR, 97028, United States
This class will cover tools and techniques used to forge/sculpt 2 and 3 dimensional animal head finials, ideal for terminating a wide variety of products. All tools and materials will be provided however, students are encouraged to bring their personal hammer and tongs applicable to class. Material sizes will be
1/4”x1”, 3/8”x1” and 5/8”sq.

Class Time is 6 hours from 9 am to 4 pm with a break for lunch between 12 and 1pm. There are restaurants nearby or you can bring your own.

PLEASE NOTE: Darryl is giving 2 classes this weekend. If you would like to take both classes, we are offering a discount; both classes for $500. Please email us at info@cascadiaart.org with the subject line “Darryl Nelson class bundle”
What to wear/safety equipment :
-Cotton pants and long sleeved shirt (synthetics are potentially flammable).
-Leather or canvas shoes/boots. (NO open toed sandals/shoes-tennis shoes are not recommended for safety). Make sure your pants fit over the tops of your boots so nothing hot can fall in.
-Safety glasses, ear plugs, and a dust mask. Long hair must be tied back.
-Leather gloves to protect your hands and a notebook to take notes.
-Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated, and snacks if you want.
PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE 30 MINUTES BEFORE CLASS IS SCHEDULED SO EVERYONE CAN GET SET UP.

SELECT NUMBER OF TICKETS NEEDED THEN “GET TICKETS”

Glass Frit Painting with Lyn & Jim - August 16th through 18th
2024-08-16 10:00 - 2024-09-18 16:00 | 90200 US 26, Government Camp, OR 97028, 90200 US 26, Government Camp, OR, 97028, United States
No experience is needed for this glass frit painting class. This class will use glass powders and larger pieces of glass called frit to create two pictures. No glass cutting is involved.
Students will learn different techniques to create a design with glass powders and frit. We will learn about transparent and opalescent glass and the reactions between colors. We will also talk about the color wheel, light directionality, and how to operate a kiln.
You will leave the class with two 5″x7″ finished and ready-to-frame pictures. You will leave with knowledge of how to use powders and frits in a fused glass piece, how to use a kiln, and the firing schedule.
What to Bring:
Simple pictures with lots of color for inspiration
A notebook to take notes
A sack lunch, or plan to dine at a local restaurant

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2 Day Mokume class with Joe Elliot August 14th and 15th
2024-08-14 09:00 - 2024-08-15 14:00 | South Summit Blacksmithing Shop, Milepost 54, Mt Hood Highway, Government Camp, OR, 97028, United States
Kick off Blacksmith Week with a 2 day class with Bend artist Joe Elliot.
Classes will be from 9-2 Wednesday August 14th and Thursday August 15th
Class fee: $350 or bundle with Blacksmith Week registration fee for $400
Mokume class
Day 1: make a billet using copper and brass
Day 2: cut the billet to approximately 1/2’x1/2″x3″ pieces for each student to forge
Each Student will have enough material to make several bracelets or a bunch for
earrings, pendants, knife guards, or whatever. Pattern development will
be discussed at the beginning of day 2.
Detail of layers of metal

Hand-forging Coin Silver for Cascadian Design Earrings with Silversmiths Jack & Janette Burton
2024-05-25 10:00 - 2024-05-26 14:00 | Trillium Studio “lower cabin”, 30800 Rd 530, Government Camp, OR, 97028, United States
Saturday, May 25th & Sunday, May 26th, 2024
Hand-forging Coin Silver for Cascadian Design Earrings with Silversmiths Jack & Janette Burton
Join us for an eight-hour demonstration and hands-on, two-day class. Divided into two, four-hour parts, we will teach the history and basic techniques of creating Cascadia Style personal adornment. Students will cold-forge antique U.S. silver coins without the use of power tools on a simple tabletop workspace.
Day One:
10 am to 2 pm with a 20-minute snack & chat break. Introduction to the history, tools, and technique with hands-on coin forging, annealing, design, and layout.
Day Two:
10 am to 2 pm with a 20-minute snack & chat break. Jack & Janette will guide and assist each student with design-execution, metal forming, plenishing, chasing, filing, toning, and finishing. Student will take home a pair of earrings from disks they have forged from silver dimes and fashion their own ear wires from sterling silver. Student experience level: Beginning-Intermediate Minimum number of students: 4 – 8 max Cost $275 includes – Your own handmade pair of Cascadia Design earrings and a student practice and polishing kit to continue your jewelry adventures at home! For more images of the work these talented artists create, go to their Instagram.

Monotype Nature Printing with a Gelli Plate 2-day Class with Anji Grainger
2023-08-17 09:30 - 15:30 | 90200 US 26, Government Camp, OR 97028, 90200 US 26, Government Camp, OR, 97028, United States
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Anji Grainger will teach you to use nature to create beautiful imprints on paper & other surfaces. A gel plate is a great way to make natural eco-prints & in this 2-day course, you learn ways to layer & build our natural prints. A strong emphasis in composition & design is included. Leaves, bark, flowers, grasses & feathers as well as bubble wrap, string & anything that leaves a pattern, all work well with this process.
Classes will be from 9:30 am to 3 pm Thursday and Friday. We will be looking at using nature to create beautiful imprints on paper and other surfaces. Included will be lots of tips and tricks to use when creating at home. We will have a lunch break each day.
The class is held at the Cascadia Center for Arts & Crafts which has an altitude of 3,914′, so be sure to bring a water bottle and a sweater!
Nature Printing Supply List
Items you need to bring:
One gel plate Any size will work but I recommend no smaller than 6” x 6”
• One piece of plexiglass slightly larger than the size of your plate
• Acrylic paint in tubes: various colors (you will need one tube of white and one tube of black)
• Brayer
• Palette knife
• Roll of paper towels
• A round watercolor brush – medium in size and a liner brush
• A few watercolor paints to add depth at the end.
• A water container
• Micron pens – white and black (optional)
• Fresh plant materials that you gather each morning from your garden or on a walk. This can be done each day before class. Note, wilted plants can be difficult to work with so fresh is better. Plants that work well:
• Grasses
• Leaves with lots of veins
• Flowers with flat or small centers
• Anything with lots of visual texture
• Other natural options:
• Flat stones
• Moss
• Feathers
• Two water containers
• Assorted papers and surfaces.
Paper Suggestions:
• Hot-press Watercolor paper
• Drawing paper
• Any smooth printing papers
Additional items you may want to bring:
•Tissue paper. Any kind you might have lying around the house. We will use this for patterning as well as lifting.
•Deli paper, if you have it. I will have a small amount that I will bring, but I was thinking that some of you may like to make collage papers and deli paper works great.
•Plain copy paper – the kind you have in your printer.
If you have craft stamps and stencils at home, bring those. We can build layers with stamps. Anything else lying around that you think might make a pattern. Perhaps, think outside the box.
