Courses

Gather together with makers of all levels to learn new skills and celebrate traditional crafts and regenerative living. Whether you’re interested in half-day workshops or multi-week courses, there’s something for everyone! Located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, we offer hands-on experiences in a variety of subjects, all taught in either the beautiful studios at the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design (NBCCD) or one of our partnering locations.

Looking for Spring 2023 courses? There’s still time to register for workshops on Saturday, April 29, including: Mosaic Sun Catcher, Silk Screen Saturday, and Lino Printmaking. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!

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Replenish your Medicine Cabinet – Emilie Patterson

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Join Emilie Patterson, clinical herbalist, to learn about plants and herbs that can help you stock your home herbal medicine chest. In this full-day workshop we will discuss simple traditional remedies, and make several herbal products to prevent and treat common household ailments. Participants will learn how to wildcraft and preserve the plants. They can expect to make several remedies to take home for the belly, the heart, and the body.

Get Tickets $89.00 – $119.00 5 tickets left

Down-to-Earth Composting – Andrew Mathis

St. Mary's Community Food Forest 780 McEvoy St, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Learn the basics of composting to turn waste into a valuable resource for your garden! Participants will gather at the St. Mary’s Community Food Forest where together they will learn to build a bin and a compost pile. Get experience turning a finished pile and learn how to spread compost in a garden and on existing fruit shrubs and plants. Take part in the entire composting process and leave with the confidence to create compost in your own garden.

Get Tickets $89.00 – $119.00 8 tickets left
Photo of a wood carved kuksa cup being held in a person's right hand.

Traditional Wood Carving – Tim Jones

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

In this beginner course, learn how to carve wood without the use of power tools in your journey as a new woodcarver. The learning will focus around spoon and kuksa carving.

Get Tickets $215.20 – $269.00 4 tickets left

Water Marbling on Paper and Silk – Renata Britez

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

1-DAY WORKSHOP Learn the basics of this mesmerizing water marbling technique. Textile Artist Renata Britez will walk participants through the recipes, materials and demonstrate how to use the various tools […]

Get Tickets $89.00 – $119.00 6 tickets left
Image shows inside a wood oven of pizza cooking.

Making Oven Fired Pizza – Milda Titford

Charlotte Street Arts Centre 732 Charlotte St, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Learn how to make really delicious bread and pizza in a wood fired oven! Once our bread is shaped, happily rising and baking in the oven we will cover rudiments of simple pizza dough making. We will discuss some history, ethics and background on grains, flour and other ingredients that are used in making pizzas. You will experience bread shaping, rolling techniques, essential knife and cutting skills, making and topping your own pizzas and will come out of this workshop carrying your own loaf of hot sourdough bread and 1 or 2 different pizzas to boot. Delicious!

Get Tickets $48.00 – $65.00 10 tickets left
A woman painting a light blue glaze onto a red clay mug to then fire in a kiln to create a piece of ceramics.

Intro to Ceramics – Brenda Parks

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Get your hands dirty! Brenda Parks will teach you the basics of clay on both the pottery wheel and through hand-building techniques. Learn about the different pottery tools, how to center on the wheel, and work on finishing with trimming and glazing. We will start with the basic cylinder, make your first cups, mugs, and possibly even a bowl! Join this course to learn the basics of wheel throwing and hand-building, and bring home some of your creations to use in your day to day!

Get Tickets $316.00 – $395.00 1 ticket left
A ceramicist working at a pottery wheel with tools and clay mugs and bowls in the foreground.

5 Days of Ceramics – Leigh Merrit (July 10-14)

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Have some pottery experience? Want the opportunity to practice and improve? Join Leigh Merrit in the NBCCD Ceramics Studio and play with clay! Leigh will be there to support your journey as you work on your throwing techniques, centering, and trimming on a genuine potter's wheel. Leigh will even show you how to decorate your finished pieces, making them unique and truly yours. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity!

Get Tickets $316.00 – $395.00 3 tickets left

Intro to Weaving – Karen LeBlanc

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

In this 5-day course, Karen will take you through all the steps of weaving on a floor loom - from measuring your warp threads to cutting your first project off the loom. She will guide you through the vocabulary of weaving and you will go home with your own handwoven scarf, shawl, or pair of tea towels. The creative choices will be up to you. A love of yarn is encouraged but no weaving experience is necessary!

Get Tickets $316.00 – $395.00 8 tickets left
Neck of a ukulele being carved by hand.

Build Your Own Ukulele – Dale Murray

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

During this intense 5-day workshop, learn to build your very own tenor ukulele from a pre-cut kit! Activities will include bracing the top and back, assembling the body, fretting, assembling the neck, glueing the bridge, installing the tuners, sanding, finishing and setting up. At the end of the week, we will be able to play a tune on our new ukulele.

Get Tickets $316.00 – $395.00 8 tickets left

Intro to Pattern Drafting – Nicole Daigle

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Gain the skills and knowledge required to create custom-fit outfits from scratch with NBCCD Fashion alumna, Nicole Daigle, as your teacher. In this course, you will learn how to draft patterns from your (or a friend’s) measurements, alter them so they fit any body type perfectly, and manipulate those patterns into designs.

Get Tickets $316.00 – $395.00 2 tickets left

5 Rings in 5 Days – Mackenzie Russel

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

The ring, a simple, circular form, has been used as a powerful symbol of love, friendship, commitment, membership, and status throughout history. Join metalsmith Mackenzie Russell in this exciting and productive workshop where you will create five vastly different silver rings in five days. Explore a range of professional techniques from forming and soldering to polishing and stone setting. Don’t miss this immersive jewellery making experience! What will your rings symbolize?

Get Tickets $316.00 – $395.00 3 tickets left

Embellished Victorian Patchwork – Cat Candow

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 457 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Learn how to piece together the fabric by hand, and then explore a variety of historic and modern embroidery techniques to create a heavily embellished piece of crazy quilt which can be displayed as a wall hanging, pillow cover or framed. (Previous sewing experience is not necessary but good hand-eye coordination is helpful.)

Get Tickets $164.00 – $205.00 7 tickets left

FAQ

Refunds

If a request for a refund is made between 8 and 14 days before the course begins, a 95% refund will be granted (5% will be retained to cover processing fees). If a request for a refund is made 7 days or fewer before the course begins, a refund will only be granted if the participant’s spot is able to be filled.

If a participant is unable to attend a course due to illness or family emergency, they may be eligible to receive a voucher for a portion of the course fee. The participant must notify the HFS Coordinator at HoneybeeFolkSchool@nbccd.ca as soon as possible. The voucher amount will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may be up to 75% of the course fee.

Cancellations

If a workshop is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances regarding the instructor, facilities or low enrolment, a 100% refund will be granted to registered participants.

If a class is cancelled due to inclement weather a new date will be set. If a participant cannot attend the rescheduled time, you will be granted a 100% refund.

For more information regarding cancellations, refunds, and our policies, please refer to our list of frequently asked questions.