Art Classes in San Francisco, CA

Continuing from Glassblowing 1A, the focus of this five week course is dexterity and proper usage of heat and tools, with an introduction to color and bit application such as handles. Prerequisite: Glassblowing 1A, Glassblowing 1A Condensed or equivalent

Great for all ages from 0-103! Get creative and press or draw your own design into sand. We will then pour molten glass over the molded sand to create an embossed panel of glass art. Use your handprint, your pet's paw print, or a memento. What you immortalize in glass up to you. Five pounds of glass included. (Larger designs are charged $2/lb beyond...

This course is designed to further one’s understanding, through practice; the skills, techniques, and forms executed in 2A.  Students will expand their vocabulary further with optic molds and color and take time to address any individual problems or difficulties encountered in glassblowing technique or the execution of a piece.  Students...

If you would like to further develop your skills in the flame shop, join us for flame working 102.  With this class students will learn to sculpt solid borosilicate leaves, tentacles and figurines.  Introduction to hollow techniques include pulling points, attaching blow tubes, coil potting color, hollow implosions, hollow jars and wrap...

Monotype is a great adventure in printmaking. In this class we explore the huge range of marks and images possible. We use water based inks to create richly layered and textured unique prints - monotypes.

Adults as well as Children are welcome in this class. An additional option for this class is for an adult to register with a child and they can work together on a project, although adults and children can enroll as an individual students.  This is a class for beginners or more experienced sewists that want to tackle a more demanding project....

Learn the magic of indigo dye through Shibori techniques in this hands-on beginners workshop. You will design, dye and take home a tote bag. You will also get to create beautiful designs using a few Shibori techniques with cotton fabric to take home and make projects of your own (placemats, pillow cover, napkins, etc.).  Join a group of students...

Take a first step into the world of hot glass with this 3-hour class! You'll learn how to manipulate molten glass, add color and shape it into a beautiful piece of solid glass art.

Never picked up a needle or haven’t since you were young? Join us for Bite-Size Embroidery for Beginners. Easy and fun, you will leave with a completed embroidery! Learn chain stitch, satin stitch, whipped back stitch, and French knots as well as basic skills such as how to trace a design onto fabric and thread the needle. Personalize your piece...

This class is part of our 6-part Introduction to Embroidery Series. The subject of this class is “Insect.” You will have the choice of stitching traditional bees or modern beetles.  This class will cover the following stitches: laid work whipped wheel couching buttonhole stitch bullion knot buttonhole bar ermine filling whipped...

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In this five week course we will delve into the world of illustration! We will learn about illustration as a communicative art that is used to narrate books, magazines, newspapers, and advertising. Illustrators must create eye catching work, but also be able to hold an audience with a story and a message. We will learn the process of making a successful...

Learn the art of kiln-formed glass by cutting, combining and molding cold glass in multiple forms to create functional or custom glass art objects. Projects in this class are designed to give students a well rounded understanding of flat glass techniques. Students in the class will learn about the tools, glass and kiln to work independently in the...

Try out different embroidery techniques in our Technique Taster Series! Each three hour class covers a different technique: crewelwork, needlepainting, goldwork, stumpwork, blackwork, whitework, needlepoint, and appliqué. You will have a choice of two different designs within each technique. This class is a great follow up to our Bite-size Embroidery...

Sewn board binding is a method of binding a book that gives you a slightly flexible cover and a beautiful spine. Page are sewn as you would a traditional case-bound book but the covers are stitched on as part of your book block. Unlike traditional case-bound books, gluing in your book block to the cover is wonderfully easy and almost mistake proof. ...