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• Creative Coiling with Liz Train

  • Start
    03 Oct 2023
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  • End
    07 Nov 2023
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    3

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  Register Online Now through October 1, 2023.

  Join us for Creative Coiling with Liz Train. 

  In this class we will explore a number of coiling techniques to create baskets or creative sculptural fiber art.

  Coiling is a traditional basketmaking technique used for centuries by countless numbers of cultures. Coiled baskets are created by wrapping a yarn or other fiber around a core element. This technique can be used to craft functional baskets, wall hangings or fiber sculptures. Coils may also be used to enhance weavings or other fiber art with three dimensional areas. 

  Creative Coiling is open to all. No prior experience is necessary.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  There will be an additional $15 supply fee payable to the instructor which includes: a basketry core and yarn.

  What to Bring:

  • $15 supply fee
  • Notebook, sketchbook or binder
  • Pencil or pen
  • Scissors
  • As class progresses students may wish to incorporate their own personal items, yarns etc. into their work.

  
  

  Instructor Bio

  
  

  

  Liz Train has an MFA in Fiber Arts from the University of Hawaiʻi where she taught fiber arts 1980-1987. She was a museum educator for the Contemporary Museum 1998-2005; and taught weaving and fiber arts 2006-2020 at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. She also worked with the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum's Art Bento outreach program to elementary schools, and taught after-school classes at Noelani Elementary School.

  In addition to fiber art Liz enjoys working with ceramics, fused glass, printmaking and mixed media. Her work has been included in many juried and group exhibits, and is in the collection of the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Simple Weaving of Interesting Yarns with Pat Steinhoff

  • Start
    04 Oct 2023
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  • End
    06 Dec 2023
  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    4

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  Register Online Now through October 2, 2023.

  Join us for Simple Weaving of Interesting Yarns with Pat Steinhoff

  Want to weave a scarf or a shawl for yourself, or as a gift for someone special? Maybe a table runner that goes perfectly with your dishes? This is the class for you! Learn to weave and finish a unique wearable garment or table mats and runner on a floor loom.

  We meet once a week for 10 weeks to allow ample time to plan and complete one or two projects using simple weaves (plain weave or twill) and interesting yarns. The class runs 5-8 pm to accommodate work schedules. Come and enjoy weaving with a small friendly group while working on your own special project.

  For this class we welcome anyone who has taken one or two basic floor loom weaving classes and is ready take the next step. Ideally, students will be able to measure yarns on a warping board and warp a loom independently. Pat will be happy to help with front-to-back warping, which provides extra flexibility for designing at the loom. Experienced students may also choose to warp back to front on their own.

  Participants will plan their own projects and select and purchase appropriate yarns after consulting with the instructor. Basic weaving tools are available in the studio, and students may also choose to bring their own supplies. Bring a beverage, snack or quick dinner if desired.

  There will be an additional supply fee of $5.00 paid to the instructor on the first day of class for handouts, tape measure and clips, and some special gadgets that we will make in class. 

  What to Bring

  • $5.00 supply fee
  • Boat shuttle and bobbins (optional)
  • Scissors 
  • Yarn
  • Yarn needle
  • Snack and drink (optional)

  Instructor Bio

  Pat Steinhoff has been weaving for almost 50 years, and is definitely a “color and texture weaver” rather than a pattern weaver. She makes scarves, shawls, and table runners for her own wearable art and to give as gifts. She also makes items on commission and sells to support her yarn habit of buying yarn whenever she travels. She sometimes makes a wall hanging to enter in a weaving show, but then cuts it up into something functional later on. You can see her work and how she does it at her weaving blog: http://wanderingweaver.wordpress.com

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Paper and Bookmaking with Allison Roscoe

  • Start
    07 Oct 2023
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  • End
    14 Oct 2023
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    October 7: Mānoa Heritage Center - October 14: Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    4

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  Join us for this two part class. First a Papermaking Class at the Mānoa Heritage Center on Saturday, October 7, followed by a Bookmaking Class at our studio in the Downtown Art Center, on Saturday, October 14. 

  

  This is a two session class held in two separate locations with two separate registrations. You must sign up for both sessions.

  FIRST SESSION - Papermaking : Learn to create unique sheets of (Western-style) paper with moulds and deckles and a variety of fibers pulped in a Hollander beater. The history of papermaking and its contemporary uses as an art-making material will be discussed. Be prepared to get wet, have fun, and make sheets of art paper that can be used for drawing, painting, printmaking, and 3-D constructions. 

  Saturday, October 7, 9 am – noon at the Mānoa Heritage Center.  To register for papermaking, click HERE. $30

  SECOND SESSION - Bookmaking: Learn basic bookmaking techniques for several styles of small books.

  Saturday,  October 14, 2 pm – 5 pm at the Hawaii Handweavers' Hui studio in the Downtown Art Center. Register for bookmaking on this page. $60 for HHH members, $70 for non-members.

  Please email the Mānoa Heritage Center registration to: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

  
  

  What to Bring for Bookmaking:

  • Exacto knife
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Cutting mat
  • Bone folder tool, or plastic knife for folding paper

  Instructor Bio

  Allison holds a BFA degree from the University of Hawaiʻi. She has taught papermaking for 25 years and has exhibited her work in Hawaiʻi as well as in the continental United States. She belongs to two paper and book organizations ( IAPMA and NAHP), attends annual conferences, and also belongs to Turning the Page, a bookarts group of the Honolulu Printmakers.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted fee for the Bookmaking class on September 3, 2023. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Eco Dye Scarf I with Gina Taylor

  • When
    08 Oct 2023
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    0

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  Register Online Now through October 6, 2023.

  Join us for Eco Dye Scarf I with Gina Taylor.

  Eco dyeing is a special technique that uses the natural pigments of plants to imprint color and images onto fabric. 

  We will use local plants and flowers in season and print onto Silk scarves which are wrapped into bundles and then steamed.  The resulting images are beautiful and unpredictable revealing themselves only after the bundles are unwrapped!

  
  

  
  

  

  No experience required for this class.

  There will be a $15 supply fee, for silk scarf and dye stuffs, payable to the instructor on the first day of class. Instructor will provide all materials.

  What to bring:

  • $15 supply fee
  • Bag lunch for short break
  • Come dressed for dyeing

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Woven Shibori Prayer Flags with Ghislaine Chock

  • Start
    13 Oct 2023
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  • End
    29 Oct 2023
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    4

  Register

  Register Online Now through October 12, 2023.

  Join us for Woven Shibori Prayer Flags with Ghislaine Chock.

  

  Have you seen colorful Tibetan prayer flags strung from trees or balconies and blowing in the wind? Weave your own flags to hang and spread positivity throughout your environment or community.

  In this adventure you will weave five 18"x18" flags and dye them in an indigo vat using the "taiten" shibori technique in which warp threads are pulled tight to create a resist for dyeing. Woven of cellulose fibers, the blue and white flags will then be treated with a tannin and mordant before each is overdyed in one of five botanical colors. The auspicious flags are strung outside left to right in order by color: 1-Blue = sky, 2-White = air, 3-Red = fire, 4-Green = water, and 5-Yellow = earth. The five natural elements signify balance. They sync with your surroundings and wait for the wind to spread your blessings. 

  Required Skill Level:

  For this class students must be able to measure their own warp threads, and set up a 4 -harness loom, warping front to back or back to front.

  There will be an additional supply fee of $40 payable to the instructor on the day of class. The supply fee includes yarns, tannins, mordants, and botanical dyes.

  What to Bring:

  • $40 supply fee
  • Weaving tools: scissors, measuring tape, calculator, note pad, pen, sley tools, shuttles, and bobbins.
  • Dyeing equipment: protective gloves, apron, 2 large buckets 2-5 gallons, 5 zip lock bags for wet dyed cloth transport.
  • Beverages, snacks, and whatever makes you comfortable.

  Instructor Bio

  Ghislaine is an award winning fiber artist who has been weaving and dyeing in Hawaiʻi for over 30 years.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults from age 18. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

  MAP to HHH Classroom

  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Learn to Spin Using a Spinning Wheel with Gina Taylor

  • Start
    15 Oct 2023
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  • End
    05 Nov 2023
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    3

  Register

  Register Online Now through October 13, 2023.

  Join us for Learn to Spin Using a Spinning Wheel with Gina Taylor.

  

  Always wanted to learn how to spin? You can bring that wheel you acquired but are unsure how to use, or try one of Gina’s several different wheels. You will learn the basics of wheel spinning, about the parts of the wheel and how they function, how to treadle and adjust tension, how to transfer yarn from the bobbin to a niddy-noddy, and how to set finished yarn. You will also learn about the properties of different fibers, how to prep them for easy spinning, and how to make yarn using different finishing techniques.                                  

  
  

   If you have your own wheel, please bring it on the first day of class, and e-mail or text a picture of your wheel to Gina before class.  Let Gina know if you will need to use one of her wheels. This class is designed for beginning to intermediate spinners.

  Students will be able to take home the yarn they produce.

  There will be a $10 supply fee for a variety of spinning fibers to try, payable to the instructor on the first day of class.

  What to bring:

  • $10 supply fee
  • Your spinning wheel                                    

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability. 

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

  MAP to HHH Classroom

  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Lauhala Earrings with Pua Medina

  • When
    21 Oct 2023
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    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    1

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  Register Online Now through October 19, 2023.

  Join us for Lauhala Earrings with Pua Medina.

  In this class, you will learn to weave a pair of lauhala earrings, and time permitting, be able to start/complete a second pair to keep or gift to someone special! 

  Pua will talk about the use of lauhala and demonstrate how the leaves are prepared for weaving. You will learn to weave a basic pattern using materials prepared by Pua, and finish with a beautiful pair of earrings. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Instructor Bio:
  Pua Medina is a lifelong student of the traditional arts and crafts of Hawaiʻi. She began weaving lauhala over 30 years ago, and loves sharing her technique and joy with others.  

  There will be a $25 supply fee payable to the instructor which includes all materials and tools needed to complete two pairs of earrings.

  What to Bring:

  • $25 supply fee
  • Water in your personal flask to stay hydrated
  • Glasses if you need them
  • Dress comfortably

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

  MAP to HHH Classroom

  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Hand Brooms with Joan Namkoong

  • When
    24 Oct 2023
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    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    2

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  Register Online Now through October 22, 2023.

  Join us for Hand Brooms with Joan Namkoong

  Simple hand brooms using broom corn and tampico fiber are useful around the house, office and weaving loom for dusting off bits and pieces! Learn to tie a turkey wing broom and a hawk’s tail broom — a simple process that’s fun and quick. You’ll make at least 3 or 4 during our session.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  What to bring: 

  • $15 supply fee for fibers payable to instructor
  • Scissors or garden clippers and/or knife with razor blade edge
  • Dowel, pvc pipe, bamboo or other rounded stick, 15-18” long, about 2” in diameter.
    
  • Wear comfortable clothes, pair of socks 

  Instructor Bio

  Joan Namkoong is a 30 year plus weaver who lives on the Big Island. She weaves and sells functional textiles like scarves, shawls, towels, rugs, runners and yardage for household use. Silk is her favorite thread followed by cotton. Plain weave is used most of the time on her 8- shaft Gilmore loom. She also uses a drawloom to weave complex images and patterns.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

  MAP to HHH Classroom

  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Basic Weaving II with Joan Namkoong

  • Start
    25 Oct 2023
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  • End
    27 Oct 2023
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    1

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  Register Online Now through October 23, 2023.

  Join us for Basic Weaving II with Joan Namkoong

  Practice your loom setup skills and techniques while you learn about Color and Weave. Color and Weave is based on a straight draw threading (1-2-3-4), plain weave and twill treadlings — all of which you already know. This simple design concept can result in cloth with pattern: stripes, checks and pinwheels in one cloth, log cabin in the second cloth. You’ll learn to warp with 2 colors and 2 threads and how to use two shuttles. You’ll also learn some simple design concepts for handwoven cloth.

  Students may also work on their own projects with prior approval of the instructor. 

  By the end of class, weavers will have their one-of-a-kind project to take home. 

  Prerequisite: Basic Weaving I

  There will be an additional $20 supply fee payable to the instructor on first day of class which includes all weaving supplies.

  What to bring:

  • $20 supply fee
  • Small scissors
  • Paper and pencil for notes

  Instructor Bio

  Joan Namkoong is a 30 year plus weaver who lives on the Big Island. She weaves and sells functional textiles like scarves, shawls, towels, rugs, runners and yardage for household use. Silk is her favorite thread followed by cotton. Plain weave is used most of the time on her 8- shaft Gilmore loom. She also uses a drawloom to weave complex images and patterns.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins. 

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash.

  MAP to HHH Classroom

  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org

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• Frame Loom Tapestry with Reina Young

  • Start
    02 Nov 2023
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  • End
    16 Nov 2023
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    7

  Register

  Register Online Now through October 31, 2023.

  Join us for Frame Loom Tapestry with Reina Young

  Create your own decorative tapestry or wall hanging on a simple frame loom. Learn basic weaving techniques and stitches, how to begin and end your tapestry and how to create shapes, patterns and textures for your own unique design. Frame loom tapestry is creative and perfect for all craft lovers.

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  This class is open to any skill level. Some knitting, stitching, or weaving experience helps.

  
  

  
  

  There will be an additional supply fee of $60 for a frame loom, needles and yarn. The supply fee is payable to the instructor on the first day of class. All supplies will be provided but if you would like to bring your own yarn, you may. 

  What to Bring:

  • $60 Supply fee
  • Snack and beverage
  • Wear comfortable clothing

  Instructor Bio

  Reina Young is a multi media artist based in Hawaiʻi. She specializes in fabric arts, digital illustrations and handmade, artisanal goods. With a background in graphic design, her passion is to create, teach and bring beauty and vibrancy into people’s lives through art and crafting.

  
  

  
  

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

  MAP to HHH Classroom

  For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org
  

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• Boro Inspired Layered Mending with Wendy Arbeit

  • When
    03 Nov 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    6

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  Register Online Now through November 1, 2023.

  Join us for Boro Inspired Layered Mending with Wendy Arbeit.

  Boro is back in style! Learn about layered mending of tattered materials or "boro," as rags are known in Japan. Stitch and patch fabric using techniques first practiced centuries ago by the very poorest Japanese to extend the life of their ragged, hemp clothing.

  We will first introduce you to the history and culture that inspired the boro aesthetic of today. And then, using only the running stitch in lines, arcs, or circles, we’ll work up layers of fabric with holes and slits to form wall decorations or enhance garments.

  
  

  What? You don’t have any clothing with holes or slits? No problem, you’ll learn a few techniques used to tatter textiles. We’ll practice on new pieces of fabric layered with old and apply them to tote bags.

  This class is open to all with no experience required.

  All materials are provided. There will be a $10 supply fee paid to the instructor on the day of class. The fee includes a canvas tote bag, fabric, sashiko thread, needles and pins. Feel free to bring your own fabric or projects.

  What to bring:

  • $10 supply fee
  • Scissors 
  • Hammer
  • Fabric (optional)

  
  

  Instructor Bio

  Wendy Arbeit received an MA in Art from Columbia University. She started making crafts from an early age and continued after her degree by learning the traditional arts of beading, back-strap weaving, basket making, and twining from Iroquois, Mexican, and Pacific island people. She learned sashiko and temari from Japanese books at a time when none were available in English and kumihimo at a Japan-sponsored program.

  She has written four traditional-craft related books, What Are Fronds For? a manual for plaiting coconut fronds; Baskets in Polynesia, a survey of central Polynesian baskets; Tapa in Tonga, an introduction to Tongan barkcloth; and finally the award-winning, Links to the Past: the Work of Early Hawaiian Artisans, a compendium of 1000 objects made within 50 years of Western contact.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Taste of Spinning with Gina Taylor

  • When
    04 Nov 2023
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    3

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  Register Online Now through November 2, 2023.

  Join us for Taste of Spinning with Gina Taylor.

  

  A passionate hand-spinner, Gina will teach students the basics of spinning to create yarn. Participants will be able to try out two different methods by using both a drop spindle and a spinning wheel to produce their own unique yarn.

  While this class is geared toward the absolute beginner, all skill levels are welcome. Class size is limited to four students, and we invite anyone to join us.

  Drop spindles, and spinning wheels will be available for use. Fiber will be provided, and students will be able to take home the yarn they produce.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Secrets of the Sea: Crazy Quilting Odyssey with Marion Speers

  • Start
    05 Nov 2023
  •  
  • End
    19 Nov 2023
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    8

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  Register Online Now through November 3, 2023.

  Join us for Secrets of the Sea: Crazy Quilting Odyssey with Marion Speers

  Enjoy embellishing a patchwork block with ocean themed stitches, shells, beads, buttons and silk ribbons. Review  basic embroidery stitches prior to using a layering technique to add matte, silk, or metallic threads, beads, buttons, charms, silk ribbon, and found objects related to an ocean theme.

  We will explore attachment of objects to the piece, and create free standing netting to hold pearls, beach glass small pebbles etc. If you have any such treasures at home and want to use them, please bring to class. The instructor will also discuss and demonstrate patchwork construction. 

  This project may be finished as a wall hanging, a box top treatment or inclusion into a larger piece.

  Some experience with embroidery stitches, and using embroidery and beading needles, will be helpful for this class.

  There will be a $25 supply fee paid to the instructor on the first day of class. Supplies include a completed patchwork block, threads, beads, buttons, shells, charm, and instructions,

  What to bring:

  • $25 supply fee
  • bring small scissors 
  • pins 
  • small container for beads
    

  Instructor Bio

  Marion has been embroidering since a little girl learning from her grandmother. Forgotten for decades, she became interested in the crazy-quilting surge about twenty years ago and continues to this day. She has exhibited in France, Canada and locally in Hawaiʻi in galleries and quilt shows. Her artwork includes items such as teddy-bears, tea cozies, Christmas Stockings, wall hangings and large quilts. Marion is a Physical Therapist by day and quilter after hours.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability. We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Beginner Kumihimo Beaded Bracelet - with Randy Spicocchi

  • When
    10 Nov 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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    15

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  Register Online Now through November 8, 2023.

  Join us for Beginner Kumihimo Beaded Bracelet with Randy Spicocchi

  

  Students will be guided through the basics of braiding a round braid on a Kumihimo disk. Once begun we will be adding the 8 cords of pre-loaded seed beads into the round braid to create a 6-10” beaded bracelet. You will be following a loading pattern/guide to help you in preparing one of two different patterns. Students will then be shown how to add these beads into the center of the disk hole to make a beautiful-beaded bracelet. Students will also learn how to problem solve as they become comfortable with this beading process. Once done we will be attaching a magnetic end clasp, and, time permitting, start a second bracelet with a different beaded pattern.

  No previous braiding or sewing skills are required. It is helpful to be able to grasp and pull relatively thin cords with your fingers in a repetitive manner. We will take a break every 60-90 minutes.
  

  Note: Color combinations that are available are blue tones with white OR Picasso earth tones. Student will receive enough beads, cords, charm, and a magnetic end clasp to make a bracelet on their own.

  

  
  

  There is an additional supply fee of $65 paid to the instructor on the day of class and includes: Kumihimo disk, counterweight, plastic bobbins, bead mat, bead scoops and cord, large eye needle, sea themed charms, seed beads, and magnetic end clasp (Charms and clasps vary on availability).

  
  

  
  

  What to Bring:

  • $65 supply fee
  • Wear comfortable clothing, and shoes. (Bring a sweater or jacket, as the room is air conditioned).
  • Bring a magnifying light/glass or reading glasses to use when working with small seed beads. This is helpful especially if it is a cloudy day.
  • Bring water, and snacks (optional)
  • If you sensitive to odors please wear a face mask as we will be using a non-toxic quick-drying glue and/or sealer for the cords.

  Note, if you have taken the class before and have the kumihimo disk and counter weight bring them to class and your supply fee is reduced to $50

  It is recommended that participants be prepared to sit for the majority of the class, except during demonstrations where students will stand to observe instruction.

  Instructor Bio

  

  Randy Spicocchi began designing jewelry while growing up in Northern New Mexico. He currently specializes in beaded and fiber arts of Kumihimo Braiding, where an infinite number of designs can be made by weaving various cords into spiral design. Randy began braiding designs in 2016 and has studied with Makiko Tada and Adrienne Gaskell (two of the world’s most renowned kumihimo authors and braiders).

  Randy was recently recognized by the American Kumihimo Society for “Best Beaded Lanyard” during the 2023 Annual Conference held in San Francisco, CA. His designs are also currently being sold by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement in the Pop-Up Mākeke program. Visit his design website, www.AkaleiDesigns.com, to see his artistry on reimagining forever Hawaiian Lei using glass beads. He is also an active member of the Maui Quilt Guild

  
  

  www.akaleidesigns.com
  

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Beginner Kumihimo Beaded Necklace - with Randy Spicocchi

  • When
    11 Nov 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    15

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  Register Online Now through November 9, 2023.

  Join us for Beginner Kumihimo Beaded Necklace with Randy Spicocchi

  Students will be guided through the basics of braiding a round braid on a Kumihimo disk. Once begun we will be adding the 8 cords of pre-loaded seed beads into the round braid to create an 18-21” beaded necklace.

  You will be following a loading pattern/guide to help you in preparing one of two different patterns. Students will then be shown how to add these beads into the center of the disk hole to make a beautiful-beaded necklace. Students will also learn how to problem solve as they become comfortable with this beading process. Once done we will be attaching a magnetic end clasp and select materials to make a 2nd necklace design from the available bead selections brought by instructor.

  No previous braiding or sewing skills are required. It is helpful to be able to grasp and pull relatively thin cords with your fingers in a repetitive manner. We will take a break every 60-90 minutes.
  

  Note: Color combinations that are available are blue tones with white OR Picasso earth tones. Student will receive enough beads, cords, charm, and a magnetic end clasp to make a necklace on their own.

  
  

  There is an additional supply fee of $80 paid to the instructor on the day of class and includes: Kumihimo disk, counterweight, plastic bobbins, bead mat, bead scoop and cords (so you can make an 18-21" necklace), large eye needle, seed beads in blue tones and white OR Picasso earth tones, Island/Ocean themed charms, magnetic end clasp (charms and clasps vary on availability).

  
  

  
  

  What to Bring:

  • $80 supply fee
  • Wear comfortable clothing, and shoes. (Bring a sweater or jacket, as the room is air conditioned).
  • Bring a magnifying light/glass or reading glasses to use when working with small seed beads. This is helpful especially if it is a cloudy day.
  • Bring water, and snacks (optional)
  • If you sensitive to odors please wear a face mask as we will be using a non-toxic quick-drying glue and/or sealer for the cords.

  Note, if you have taken the class before and have the kumihimo disk and counterweight bring them to class and your supply fee is reduced to $65

  It is recommended that participants be prepared to sit for the majority of the class, except during demonstrations where students will stand to observe instruction.

  Instructor Bio

  

  Randy Spicocchi began designing jewelry while growing up in Northern New Mexico. He currently specializes in beaded and fiber arts of Kumihimo Braiding, where an infinite number of designs can be made by weaving various cords into spiral design. Randy began braiding designs in 2016 and has studied with Makiko Tada and Adrienne Gaskell (two of the world’s most renowned kumihimo authors and braiders).

  Randy was recently recognized by the American Kumihimo Society for “Best Beaded Lanyard” during the 2023 Annual Conference held in San Francisco, CA. His designs are also currently being sold by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement in the Pop-Up Mākeke program. Visit his design website, www.AkaleiDesigns.com, to see his artistry on reimagining forever Hawaiian Lei using glass beads. He is also an active member of the Maui Quilt Guild

  
  

  www.akaleidesigns.com
  

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Holiday Ornaments with Wendy Arbeit

  • When
    12 Nov 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    8

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  Register Online Now through Sunday, November 10, 2023.

  Join us for Holiday Ornaments with Wendy Arbeit

  Want to learn some new techniques to make holiday ornaments? We’ll show you how to make a 5” decorated tree from special textured thread and wooden strips decorated two ways. At home you could make a smaller version as super holiday earrings.

  The second ornament is an easy version of the Japanese temari. We’ll make our versions ornamented with ribbons and textured thread and even special beads.

  We’ll supply everything you need to learn how to make two versions of the two different ornaments in this class. Use them to decorate your home or office, give as gifts. or wear smaller versions as jewelry.

  Start your holiday preparations now with these neat ornaments!

  There will be a $10 supply fee paid to the instructor on the first day of class. Supplies include felt balls, needle, special thread, ribbons, beads, and a handout.

  What to bring:

  • $10 supply fee
  • Sewing supplies
  • Scissors
  • Needles
  • Thimble

  Instructor Bio

  Wendy Arbeit received an MA in Art from Columbia University. She started making crafts from an early age and continued after her degree by learning the traditional arts of beading, back-strap weaving, basket making, and twining from Iroquois, Mexican, and Pacific island people. She learned sashiko and temari from Japanese books at a time when none were available in English and kumihimo at a Japan-sponsored program.

  She has written four traditional-craft related books, What Are Fronds For? a manual for plaiting coconut fronds; Baskets in Polynesia, a survey of central Polynesian baskets; Tapa in Tonga, an introduction to Tongan barkcloth; and finally the award-winning, Links to the Past: the Work of Early Hawaiian Artisans, a compendium of 1000 objects made within 50 years of Western contact.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability. We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Yuletide Ornaments: Pysanky Egg Writing with Sara Ricer

  • When
    12 Nov 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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    9

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  Register Online Now through November 17, 2023.

  Join us for Yuletide Ornaments: Pysanky Egg Writing with Sara Ricer

  Pysanky is a unique egg-decorating style which originated within Slavic cultures dating back to the pre-Christian era. Literally meaning "to write," the pysanky process (similar to batik fabric dyeing) involves drawing lines of wax to mask layers of color on eggs, which can result in intricate detailed designs and patterns.

  This class will be focused on creating Christmas and Yuletide ornaments with our decorated eggs and ribbon. We will begin with some basic designs, so beginners are welcome, and it is open to all skill levels. (Previous participants are welcome to use this time as more of an open studio, as there will be a variety of dyes and kistky styles, and sizes available to use.)

  There will be a $20 supply fee, for kistka (hot-wax pen), beeswax, and dye, payable to the instructor on the day of class.

  What to bring:

  • $20 supply fee
  • Please bring some eggs/eggshells. (Chicken eggs from the grocery store are fine.*
    If your eggs have not been emptied, please make sure they are raw unboiled eggs).
  • Wear clothing appropriate for working with wax and dye
  • Latex gloves if desired 

  *For store bought eggs, please try to lightly wash/scrub the eggs with baking soda before coming to class. This will help the wax stick better.

  Instructor Bio

  Sara Ricer believes art should be accessible to everyone. Her number one wish is that every person finds some way to create for the sake of creating.

  When creating, she likes to give her pieces a little bit of whimsy and imagination, while still being functional. She likes the idea that art can be carried around in your pocket and the idea that no space is too small for a little bit of imagination.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Eco Dye Scarf II with Gina Taylor

  • When
    12 Nov 2023
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
  • Spaces left
    8

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  Register Online Now through November 10, 2023.

  Join us for Eco Dye Scarf II with Gina Taylor.

  Eco dyeing is a special technique that uses the natural pigments of plants to imprint color and images onto fabric. Local plants and flowers in season are wrapped into bundles and then steamed to print onto silk chiffon scarves. 

  Taking the basic eco-dyeing technique one step further, we will add a dye blanket which is wrapped around the plant bundles prior to steaming. This technique produces a scarf with a vivid background color and dramatic plant silhouettes. 

  
  

  Experience with basic eco-dyeing technique is required for this class.

  There will be a $15 supply fee, for silk scarf, dye blanket and dye stuffs, payable to the instructor on the day of class. Instructor will provide all materials.

  What to bring:

  • $15 supply fee
  • Bag lunch for short break
  • Come dressed for dyeing

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins. 

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Holiday Wreath with Suzanne Marinelli

  • When
    18 Nov 2023
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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    6

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  Register Online Now through November 16, 2023.

  Join us for Holiday Wreath with Suzanne Marinelli

  

  Using strips of brightly-colored fabric, tightly woven together on a 10" metal form, we will make a beautiful holiday wreath! The process is simple and satisfying. Cloth or plastic poinsettias (depending on what is available) or clusters of gold and/or silver baubles will be optional final touches.

  This class is appropriate for any skill level. All materials will be provided. There will be a $15 supply fee paid to the instructor on the day of class. Please dress comfortably, and feel free to bring additional material you'd like to see in your wreath. We'll tear cloth into strips about 2" wide (cotton is easiest) and use those to fill in the wreath forms.

  What to bring:

  • $15 supply fee 
  • Scissors

  Instructor Bio

  On the day Suzanne stopped smoking back in the 1970s, she desperately needed something to do with her hands that didn't involve holding a cigarette. So she took a long walk down a trail to a remote beach, nervously picking things up along the way and joining them to one another. By the time she reached the beach, she discovered that without noticing, she'd made her very first weaving. Thus it began...

  
  

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins. 

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Christmas Stocking - Ornament with Marion Speers

  • When
    19 Nov 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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    8

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  Register Online Now through November 17, 2023.

  Join us for Christmas Stocking - Ornament with Marion Speers

  

  Craft a small Christmas ornament as an heirloom keepsake. This is an embellishment class in which basic patchwork and the first embroidery pass on seams are done in advance. Students will learn to enhance this embroidery using a layering technique involving other threads, beads, charms etc. 

  
  

  After learning to finish your stocking you may complete your one-of-a-kind ornament at leisure, at home.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Some experience with embroidery stitches, and using embroidery and beading needles, will be helpful for this class.
  

  There will be a $25 supply fee paid to the instructor on the first day of class. Supplies include threads, batting, backing, patchwork, cording, beads, etc.

  What to bring:

  • $25 supply fee
  • Sewing supplies
  • Scissors
  • Needles
  • Thimble

  Instructor Bio

  Marion has been embroidering since a little girl learning from her grandmother. Forgotten for decades, she became interested in the crazy-quilting surge about twenty years ago and continues to this day. She has exhibited in France, Canada and locally in Hawaiʻi in galleries and quilt shows. Her artwork includes items such as teddy-bears, tea cozies, Christmas Stockings, wall hangings and large quilts. Marion is a Physical Therapist by day and quilter after hours.

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability. We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Macramé Wall Hanging with Jessica Araszewski

  • When
    19 Nov 2023
  •  
    9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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    5

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  Register Online Now through November 17, 2023.

  Join us for Macramé Wall Hanging with Jessica Araszewski.

  Join me for a beginner macramé wall hanging workshop! In just one class learn to create your very own macramé wall hanging! 

  In this class we will go over a few basic knots that can be used for endless creations! Go with the classic off white or choose from our selection of colors.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  No experience required. There will be an additional supply fee of $20 paid to the instructor on the day of class. Supplies include colored macramé cord, beach wood, and snacks. All materials will be provided.

  What to Bring:

  • $20 supply fee
  • Paper and pencils for design drawing
  • Drink or snack (optional), we provide
  • Beach wood (optional*), we provide 
  • Wear comfortable clothing.

  *Feel free to bring your own beach wood, but we do provide the wood if you do not have any.

  Instructor Bio

  Jessica loves making art and creating useful household items and furniture with macramé... and so will you!

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Open Studio Soap Making with Ghislaine Chock

  • When
    26 Nov 2023
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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  Register Online Now through November 24, 2023.

  Join us for Open Studio Soap Making with Ghislaine Chock.

  Ghislaine has been making her own soaps for over 15 years using the cold process method.

  This open studio has been created to facilitate returning students who wish to make another batch of soap at the DAC studio without having to provide their own oils and equipment.  The use of soap colorants, an additional component in soap making, will be presented. All supplies (oils and colorants) and equipment will be provided. Technical guidance from the instructor will be available to support your soap making production. The cleaning of used equipment will be expected.

  Required Prerequisite: Soap Making Naturally class with Ghislaine Chock 

  There will be an additional supply fee of $30 payable to the instructor on the day of class. The supply fee includes all oils, lye, and purified water

  What to Bring:

  • $30 supply fee
  • Your silicone soap mold
  • One bath towel
  • Apron
  • A pair of comfortable water proof gloves (disposable gloves ok)

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults from age 18. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Soap Making Naturally with Ghislaine Chock

  • When
    27 Nov 2023
  •  
    9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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    4

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  Register Online Now through November 25, 2023.

  Join us for Soap Making Naturally with Ghislaine Chock.

  

  Ghislaine has been making her own soaps for over 15 years using the cold process method.

  This soap making class will be simple enough for you to want to make soap bars for yourself and your loved ones forever. In the saponification process of making soap, we will use quality oils from plants blended with an alkali (sodium hydroxide, which all soaps contain). No preservatives, no shelf extenders, no chemical detergents, no hardeners or synthetic lathering agents -- in other words, no harsh ingredients will be used.  Your homemade soaps will not only benefit your skin but also the environment.

  Skill Level: Beginner 

  There will be an additional supply fee of $45 payable to the instructor on the day of class. The supply fee includes all oils and a silicone soap mold.

  What to Bring:

  • $45 supply fee
  • One bath towel
  • A pair of comfortable water proof gloves (disposable gloves ok)

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults from age 18. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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• Felted Pictures with Gina Taylor

  • When
    02 Dec 2023
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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    8

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  Register Online Now through November 30, 2023.

  Join us for Felted Pictures with Gina Taylor.

  Come have fun with us as we create felted pictures with wool.  We will needle felt colored wool onto Artfelt, a paperlike material that provides a firm base to felt on and later dissolves away with hot water.  You will be free to explore your own designs.

  No experience required for this class. Participants will pay a $15 supply fee to the instructor on the day of class. The fee will include wool, felting needles and Artfelt paper.

  
  

  What to Bring:

  • $15 Supply fee
  • An old, clean hand towel
  • Small sharp scissors

  Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

  This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

  We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

  MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking in building, Chinatown Gateway Garage, enter on Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for additional 30 minutes. Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, maximum fee of $3.00.  All Day weekday pass: park your car before 10 am, take your ticket back up to the person in the kiosk and request the $10 all day pass.  All transactions in cash. 

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