Maine Programs

Island Workshop Day

Island Workshop Day brings together sixty or more participants for day-long workshops in Haystack’s studios. The program is in collaboration with the Healthy Island Project (HIP), Deer Isle. Haystack and HIP are working to foster participation in Island Workshop Day among individuals who are from Deer Isle/Stonington and Blue Hill Peninsula. We reserve slots for people who have not taken a workshop at Haystack's fall or summer programs. Because of increased demand for this program, and to make it fair to all applicants, we now use a lottery system to select participants.

Haystack’s 2012 Island Workshop Day was supported by grants from the Hancock County Fund and the Holt Family Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Haystack’s Program Endowment Fund.

2012 workshops - May 5

An Elegant Box with Mary Howe - Build an elegant box with simple materials used in book binding. Each box will be enhanced with your own paste papers created at the beginning of the class.

Blacksmithing with Eric Ziner - Explore the magic of moving metal. Learn basic forging techniques to make an object for the kitchen or BBQ -or make a hardware tool, a lighting element, or a fun sculpture.

Clay: What’s in a Cup? with Mark Bell - Learn simple, hand building techniques such as pinching and slab construction to make cups and drinking vessels.

Jewelry: Expression Through Surface Design and Linkage with Robin Cust - Learn to make raised relief patterns on sheets of metal through hammering, stamping, and rolling techniques. You will use the patterned plates to create a simple wearable piece of jewelry.

Paper Collage Journeys with Natasha Kempers-Cullen - Make fun and expressive collages using materials such as colorful tissue paper, magazines, old calendars and books, photos, ribbons, sewing materials, beads, wrapping paper, candy wrappers, tickets.

Rustic Foot Stools with Alan Bradstreet - Create a foot stool from maple saplings with mortise and tenon construction incorporating salvaged materials for a personalized look.

Writing Workshop: Finding the Heart with Gibson Fay-LeBlanc - What is the poem you have to write? Participants will try various writing exercises, all in the name of writing a poem that matters.

All skill levels, from beginner to professional, are welcome.

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Maine Programs

Island Workshop Day

Haystack’s 2012 Island Workshop Day was supported by grants from the Hancock County Fund and the Holt Family Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Haystack’s Program Endowment Fund.

2012 workshops - May 5

An Elegant Box with Mary Howe - Build an elegant box with simple materials used in book binding. Each box will be enhanced with your own paste papers created at the beginning of the class.

Blacksmithing with Eric Ziner - Explore the magic of moving metal. Learn basic forging techniques to make an object for the kitchen or BBQ -or make a hardware tool, a lighting element, or a fun sculpture.

Clay: What’s in a Cup? with Mark Bell - Learn simple, hand building techniques such as pinching and slab construction to make cups and drinking vessels.

Jewelry: Expression Through Surface Design and Linkage with Robin Cust - Learn to make raised relief patterns on sheets of metal through hammering, stamping, and rolling techniques. You will use the patterned plates to create a simple wearable piece of jewelry.

Paper Collage Journeys with Natasha Kempers-Cullen - Make fun and expressive collages using materials such as colorful tissue paper, magazines, old calendars and books, photos, ribbons, sewing materials, beads, wrapping paper, candy wrappers, tickets.

Rustic Foot Stools with Alan Bradstreet - Create a foot stool from maple saplings with mortise and tenon construction incorporating salvaged materials for a personalized look.

Writing Workshop: Finding the Heart with Gibson Fay-LeBlanc - What is the poem you have to write? Participants will try various writing exercises, all in the name of writing a poem that matters.