Do you like to learn by doing? Do you need a bit of space outside your normal routine to slow down, meet some other humans, and make something? Want to make a mess but not have to clean it up?
Come join me to gather with friendly people, build something beautiful, and take a much needed breather.
We’ll blend teas, grind pigments, and mend jeans. Whatever the learning of the day, the goal is the same: slow down, make something, and leave rested and refilled. Every workshop includes something to take home.
No experience required, no pressure to be “artistic.” Just time set aside to put the phone down, work with your hands, connect with others, and try something new in a relaxed, welcoming space.
Also, please jump to Custom Events in the menu to learn more and book your own custom gathering such as staff retreats, birthdays, showers, milestone moments, board meetings, caregiver pauses, and other occasions that call for shared time, simple making, and a slower pace.
Offerings below are through June 2026. Booking a series or multiple sessions comes with a 20% discount.
Workshops and Retreats
Tapestry Weaving
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Paper Making
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Visible Mending
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Basket Making
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Print Making
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Paint Making
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Weekend Retreats
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Staff Team Building
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Kokedama
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Tea Blending
Tapestry Weaving ✳︎ Paper Making ✳︎ Visible Mending ✳︎ Basket Making ✳︎ Print Making ✳︎ Paint Making ✳︎ Weekend Retreats ✳︎ Staff Team Building ✳︎ Kokedama ✳︎ Tea Blending
This hands-on workshop introduces the basics of kokedama, a Japanese method of growing plants in moss-wrapped soil. We will go through how to prepare soil, position the plant roots, and bind each piece with natural twine (or colorful wire!) to create gorgeous living art.
We’ll chat, get dirt under our finger nails, and drink some tea. Everyone will leave with a finished kokedama (or several) and guidance for keeping it looking happy and healthy.
7-8:30pm. Address will be sent out the week of the workshop.
This hands-on workshop will teach you how to make simple but gorgeous hand-drawn prints from trash and pasta makers!
Come put down your phones and get a bit messy scratching, inking, and pressing ink to paper to make art on the postcards and paper provided. We’ll drink tea, experiment with our repurposed printing presses, and enjoy a creative break from our routines.
7-9:00 pm. Address to be emailed out the week of the workshop.
This hands-on workshop invites you to take a break and have some chemistry fun. You’ll learn about nourishing herbs that can be infused into oils to make luscious lip balms using all natural ingredients. We’ll even pick some from my garden! Working side by side, we’ll explore basic recipes, melting and mixing oils and waxes, and adding subtle scents or colors.
Put your phone down, chat, munch on snacks, and make something you’ll use every day. Everyone will create several lip balms to take home, and you’ll have a straightforward recipe if you did want to tackle the mess at home.
7-9pm. Address will be sent out the week of the workshop.
In this hands-on workshop, we’ll use leaves, flowers, bark - and through heat and “fixers”, transfer the plant's pigment onto fabric. The results are unpredictable - it’s such a fun AH-HA moment when you unfurl your fabric bundle. Join me to transform plain cotton handkerchiefs into something natually glowing and unique.
Everyone will go home with newly colorful fabric pieces and introductory knowledge of the deep and wonderful world of botanical dyeing.
7-9:30pm. Address will be sent out via email the week of the class.
Note on Payment
This is a business. That said, I would like to make Fera House as inclusive as possible and do not wish the cost of workshops to be prohibitive. Please reach out to me at ContactFeraHouse@gmail.com or via the contact form on this website to let me know if this applies to you. If there are still spots available for a given workshop, I would love to offer you a discount. I’m also big on the idea of bartering - send me an email!
Participant Agreement
We’re excited to have you join us for hands-on art workshops and retreats. Please review - and with your purchase of a workshop - acknowledge the following policies:
1. Cancellation & Refund Policy
If you have to cancel:
7+ days before event: Full refund
2–6 days before event: 50% refund
Less than 48 hours before event: No refund
Substitutions: Absolutely, just email me and let me know your circumstances - I’m sure we can work something out.
If I have to cancel - I will reach out via email and offer to refund or reschedule you.
2. Liability Waiver
By attending, I acknowledge that art-making activities carry some inherent risks (cuts, burns, or minor injuries). I agree to:
Participate at my own risk
Follow all safety instructions
Release Fera House, its owner, and staff from liability for any injuries or damages incurred.
3. Photo & Media Release
I grant permission for Fera House to photograph or record workshops/retreats for promotional purposes.
If I do not wish to be photographed, I will notify Fera House either in advance or as soon as I arrive for my workshop.
4. Code of Conduct
Fera House is committed to a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment. I agree to:
Treat all participants and instructors with respect
Refrain from harassment, discrimination, or disruptive behavior
Support a trauma-aware space by working at my own pace and respecting others
Follow instructor guidance on shared materials and space use
Acknowlege that the instructor has the right to ask you to leave withour refund, if you do not abide by these expectations.