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Mother's Day Special - Flower Arranging Workshop

Date: Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Class Fee: $35.00 (Includes flowers)
Enrollment: 8 seats
Show your appreciation to your mother with flowers! ASonoko Nakai*, will teach flower arranging. You can use your trisket basket which you made on our trisket workshop on May 4th, or you can purchase a large glass basket for $20.00 (reg. price: $34.80) to use as a vase.

Students must be 14 years old or older.

About instructor: Born and raised in Japan, Sonoko Nakai has been practicing flower arrangement for over 10 years. After receiving a certificate from Hibiya Flower Academy, Tokyo, Japan in 2006, she continued to study preparing wedding bouquets in Tokyo. She ran a flower salon in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam between 2014 and 2017. She and her family currently live in Cambridge, MA.

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Glass Basket - Milk Color
Glass Basket - Milk Color
Kids Flower Arrangement Hour

Date: Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Class Fee: $10.00 (Includes a small glass basket and flowers)
WALK-IN until materials run out

Come to GrayMist between 3-4pm to enjoy flower arrangement in a small glass basket (reg. price: $12.00).

No registration is required.

Scrimshaw Workshops

Date: Sat, March 24th, 2018

Adult Scrimshaw Workshop: 10:30am-12pm
(SOLD OUT)
Adult/Kids Scrimshaw Workshop: 1-2:30pm
Adult/Kids Scrimshaw Workshop: 3-4:30pm

Class Fee: $35 (Materials are included)
Enrollment: 8 seats

Scrimshaw, the art of engraving on bone or ivory, was a pastime activity by whalers in the 19th century. The Scrimshaw artist Brian Kiracofe, based in Newport, Rhode Island, will guide you through the maritime world of scrimshaw by first carving on a vegetable ivory (a tagua nut) and then on an ancient mammoth ivory.

Students must be at least 14 years old to participate in the Adult workshop, and at least 10 years old to participate in the Adult/Kids workshop.

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Wet Felting Basic Technique Workshop

Date: Sunday, February 11th 11am - 1pm
Class fee: $35 (All materials are included)
Enrollment: 8 people

Felt making is a craft activity that allows you to make shapes and designs freely with sheep wool. In this special class, the artist Mitsuko Nakagawa* will teach you needle punch felting techniques using hot water. Each student will make a small flower ornament, a coaster, or a felting ball. Winterize your Nantucket Basket with a wool flower ornament created in this class! This class is for 14 years old and up.

Seats are limited. Please register as soon as possible to ensure placement in the classes.

*Mitsuko Nakagawa is a multimedia creator and an award-winning textile artist from Tokyo, Japan. She is currently in the MFA program in Media Arts at Emerson College.

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A Nantucket Basket Student Exhibition
A Nantucket Basket Student Exhibition
A Nantucket Basket Student Exhibition

Saturday, February 10 - Saturday, February 17
The shop will be open on February 11th 11am - 4pm

Opening reception on February10th 4-7pm

Location: GRAYMIST STUDIO & SHOP
364 Huron Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

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