Explore hands-on craft classes in NYC led by local makers and artists. Develop skills rooted in craftsmanship, work with a range of materials, and create handmade objects to use, display, or give as gifts.
East Village
Join East Village Hats for a beginner-friendly hat making workshop in NYC where you’ll create a sculptural Sina-Silk Waterlily headpiece using silk and sinamay. In this hands-on taster class, you’ll be introduced to Sina-Silk, a technique combining silk and sinamay into a flexible material for shaping floral, wearable...
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Sunset Park
Weld your own steel planter box in this beginner-friendly welding class in Industry City, Brooklyn. No experience is needed. You’ll get hands-on time with an actual MIG welder and grinder, guided step by step by instructors who explain each stage clearly and offer plenty of encouragement along the...
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East Village
Create a traditional Japanese Kimekomi doll character in this hands-on craft class in NYC. Kimekomi is a Japanese craft that uses silk and fabric to decorate a prepared wooden form, one piece at a time. In this workshop, you’ll learn how fabric is placed and carefully tucked into...
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East Village
Learn wire millinery in NYC at this two day hat making workshop with visiting milliner Maor Zabar. On Sunday, November 15 and Monday, November 16 in the East Village, you'll create a sculptural, wearable headpiece using wire structures that make decorative elements appear to float above your head....
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East Village
Create a traditional Japanese Kimekomi doll character in this hands-on craft class in NYC. Kimekomi is a Japanese craft that uses silk and fabric to decorate a prepared wooden form, one piece at a time. In this workshop, you’ll learn how fabric is placed and carefully tucked into...
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East Village
Explore SinaSilk sculpting in this two-day millinery workshop in NYC with artist and milliner Maor Zabar. Learn his signature technique for combining silk and sinamay to create sculptural, three-dimensional forms and a finished piece of wearable art. Silk and sinamay are two traditional materials used in hat making....
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East Village
Join a two-part felt hat making workshop in NYC and create your own wearable hat in a working millinery studio. In this hands-on class led by Julia Knox, you’ll learn how a classic felt hat is blocked, shaped, finished, and trimmed. Choose from styles such as a fedora,...
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Our workshops and practice sessions are designed to be ongoing moments where creative people return, connect, and grow together.
Gifting
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