Art Classes Offered in Carmel

Classes with masters of traditional arts and crafts are being scheduled at Indiana Artisan Gifts & Gallery. Customers have long asked for this kind of opportunity to learn and build their skills. Three classes will be held in May and June.

Build a Book with High Class Booker – Carmel resident, bookbinder and retired professor of English literature Rai Peterson will share her tools, knowledge and skills to help people make an exquisite hard-bound book or photo album. No experience is needed, but even veteran bookbinders will enjoy their time (and might learn a few secrets) in her workshops in the Carmel store, 22 N. Rangeline Road. Bring your enthusiasm. Rai provides everything else you need. As you work, she will share and a semester’s worth of fascinating details about some of the tools you’ll use and the writers/bookbinders who have influenced her.

Build a Casebook May 4 and 5

Build a Photo Album/Scrapbook May 18-19

Each class is 6:30-9 p.m.

$100 per class. Register Make a book with High Class Booker – Indiana Artisan

Make an Irish Knitting Basket – Your yarn and needles won’t find a nicer home than an Irish Knitting Basket, woven by you. In two evenings, you will learn fundamental weaving techniques as you craft this stunning, functional basket that originated in Ireland. Using a combination of natural and dyed materials, you will explore structural weaving, decorative accents, and practical applications of this traditional craft with expert basket-maker Bev Larson. Your basket will measure 10-12 inches in diameter. All supplies are provided, and color options are available.

Irish Knitting Basket Class June 29 and 30
$79 includes step-by-step instruction, all your supplies and the promise of two evenings well spent. Register Make an Irish Knitting Basket – Indiana Artisan