Workshops & events
Catalyst Fiber Workshop offers a variety of opportunities for folks to engage in fiber arts and creativity. Join us for open studio sessions, community craft gatherings, and half + full day workshops.
experimental basket club
These basket focused Craft Gatherings are designed for folks with some prior basketry knowledge to come together to share skills, build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process or some materials, grab a friend, and join us to coil, twine and weave together.
Workshop: Backyard baskets: coiling with kudzu
Many local plants lend themselves to basket making. In this Coiled Basketry workshop, we’ll harvest kudu vines, prepare our materials and create a basket.
$180 - materials included
Workshop: long stitch bookbinding
Let's create a handsewn sketchbook to capture our new year energy and fresh ideas. In this workshop, you will make a cloth book cover, prepare paper for your pages, and sew it all together with a long stitch spine sewing technique.
$115 - materials included
experimental basket club
These basket focused Craft Gatherings are designed for folks with some prior basketry knowledge to come together to share skills, build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process or some materials, grab a friend, and join us to coil, twine and weave together.
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm
craft gathering
These Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Workshop: storytelling through cloth
How does text and textile connect?
In this 1 day workshop, we will begin to tell our stories through hands-on making in the techniques of sewing and stitching. Learning the basics of embroidery, appliqué and other fiber construction like simple quilt blocks and textile collage. Participants will explore some possibilities that exist within the stitched thread making a small story quilt.
$145 - materials included
experimental basket club
These basket focused Craft Gatherings are designed for folks with some prior basketry knowledge to come together to share skills, build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process or some materials, grab a friend, and join us to coil, twine and weave together.
experimental basket club
These basket focused Craft Gatherings are designed for folks with some prior basketry knowledge to come together to share skills, build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process or some materials, grab a friend, and join us to coil, twine and weave together.
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm
craft gathering
These Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Workshop: Surface design with natural color
This one day workshop will sample surface design possibilities using a variety of natural dye methods and recipes.
$135 - materials included
Open weave
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays for folks to try their hand at weaving on a floor loom. Weave a kitchen towel. Each month the pattern will change. April = twill.
$75/ all materials provided
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm
craft gathering
These Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Workshop: so you bought a fleece, now what?
Learn the satisfying process of taking a raw sheep fleece and preparing it for spinning or felting.
$70 - materials included
Open weave
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays for folks to try their hand at weaving on a floor loom. Weave a kitchen towel. Each month the pattern will change. May = lace
$75/ all materials provided
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm
craft gathering
These Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Workshop: exploring weaving through the senses
Whether you are new to weaving or already have some experience at the loom, this beginner focused four-day workshop will introduce or reinforce the essential skills of loom weaving.
$400 - materials included
Community Indigo Dyeing
Share experiences about various indigo vats and dyeing needs, while dyeing in our community indigo vat.
Workshop: beginning spinning
The focus of this afternoon workshop will be on learning the fundamentals of spinning wool.
$70 - materials included
Workshop: Exploring Overshot
Explore the histories of overshot as a weave structure, and experiment on the loom with non-traditional approaches to overshot.
$220 - materials included
Open weave
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays for folks to try their hand at weaving on a floor loom. Weave a kitchen towel. Each month the pattern will change. June = overshot
$75/ all materials provided
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm
craft gathering
These Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Community Indigo Dyeing
Share experiences about various indigo vats and dyeing needs, while dyeing in our community indigo vat.
Workshop: Beyond beginners - floor loom weaving support
This exploratory week of weaving is designed for participants with any level of floor loom experience who want support taking their skills to the next level.
$400 - materials included
Community Indigo Dyeing
Share experiences about various indigo vats and dyeing needs, while dyeing in our community indigo vat.
Workshop: Flax to Linen
Using flax grown locally, we will practice the hands-on process of working through each stage of preparing the fiber—from breaking to hackling.
$70 - materials included
Community Indigo Dyeing
Share experiences about various indigo vats and dyeing needs, while dyeing in our community indigo vat.
experimental basket club
These basket focused Craft Gatherings are designed for folks with some prior basketry knowledge to come together to share skills, build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process or some materials, grab a friend, and join us to coil, twine and weave together.
craft gathering
These Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm
experimental basket club
These basket focused Craft Gatherings are designed for folks with some prior basketry knowledge to come together to share skills, build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process or some materials, grab a friend, and join us to coil, twine and weave together.
Catalyst OPEN HOUSE
Stop by to see the studio, try your hand at loom weaving, enjoy some winter treats, and check out work for sale by our current Resident Artists.
craft gathering
These Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm
Workshop: natural dye watercolors
This workshop will show you how to make a lake pigment from your leftover natural dye baths, and turn these gorgeous colors into a collection of paints, watercolors and inks. We will spend the afternoon making a few sets of watercolors, one for you and some to gifts!
$85 - materials included
craft gathering
These free Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm
craft gathering
These free Sunday afternoon Craft Gatherings are designed for us to come together to build relationships and inspire one another. Bring a current work in process, grab a friend, and join us to spin, stitch, or mend together.
Open studio
We are opening the studio on select Saturdays to provide work space, equipment access, and project support.
$25/ 3 hours 10am-1pm & 2-5pm