Workshops | Student Center | SIU

Wheel Thrown Pottery

Session One - Tuesday, September, 6, 7, 20, 27 • 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 

Session Two - Wednesday, October 5, 12, 19, & 20 • 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Learn the basics of throwing clay on the potter's wheel. Each week will focus on how to make a different form on the wheel from cups, bowls, and plates. The final class will focus on glazing and finishing. A return visit will be needed to pick up the final work after the glaze firing. If 

Cost: $75 students / $85 community. Clay is extra $14 for 10 pounds.

Age: 16 +

Instructor: Stephanie Dukat, Craft Shop Coordinator

If you have a group of 4 - 6 people and would like to schedule a wheel throwing lesson please email  craftshop@siu.edu for availability.

Wood Shop Safety Course 

Saturday,  September 3 • 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 

Cost: Free. Walk-ins are welcome but online registration is appreciated.

Attend this free safety seminar to gain confidence in our Woodshop, and stop in to learn how safely navigate the woodshop, and use tools and machines. Take your safety test and purchase a Wood Shop semester pass for SIU Students for $25, and Community for $35. Must wear closed toes shoes. Recommended age is 18 years and up. Walk-ins are welcomed. 

Age: 18+

Craft Shop Instructor: Clayton Curry

Intro to Stained Glass

Thursday, September 8 , 15, 22, 29 • 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Students will learn introduction-level copper foil stained glass techniques to complete a 5” x 7” panel. The class will cover designing a pattern, cutting, grinding, copper foiling, soldering, and finishing. Materials are extra. A large selection of stained glass and stained glass tools are available at the Craft Shop Supply Store. Closed-toed shoes are required.

Cost: $100 students / $120 community, materials extra. Supplies can be purchased at Craft Shop's front desk.

Age:18+

Location; Craft Shop Paint Bar

Community Instructor: Tina Price 

Drawing: Comic Strip

Saturday, September 10 • 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Cost: $20 students / $24 community, materials included.

Love comic strips, books, and drawing. This workshop will break down how to create a dynamic and action-packed comic strip by developing a layout, line weight, and adding textures using pencil and markers.

Age: All Ages

Craft Shop Instructor: Cole Moore

Intro to Sewing: Tote Bag

Saturday, September 17 • 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Cost: $20 students / $25 community, materials extra.

This workshop is perfect for beginner sewers. You will learn how to use the sewing machine, layout a pattern, sew, and add handles. Purchase fabric from the Craft Shop fabric selection or bring your own. Feel free to bring your own sewing machine and learn how it works.

Age: 16 +

Craft Shop Instructor: Becca Brinton, Student Worker

Printmaking with Linoleum Blocks

Saturday, October 1 • 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

This workshop will teach you how to design, cut, and print with a 6 "x 6"  soft kut linoleum block. Younger students can use the foam print technique. This is a perfect way to make a series of multiple pieces of artwork. Print on paper or bring a t-shirt or fabric to print on.

Cost: $40 students / $45 community, materials included.

Age: 14+ for linoleum, younger foam printing. 

Craft Shop Instructor: Cole Moore

Saluki Print & Tie Dye

Friday, October 14 • Stop in between 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Get ready for homecoming weekend and make your very own custom Saluki Tie Dye Tee Shirt.  Our staff will print a custom Saluki print of your choice. Then you are free to tie dye your shirt. 

Cost: $20 students / $24 community, All included dye, T-shirt. All ages are welcomed. Walk-ins are welcomed but online registration is appreciated. Activity will take approx. 45 mins. 

Age: All ages

Craft Shop Instructor: Stephanie Dukat & Becca Brinton

Advanced Stained Glass: Lead Came (4 weeks)

Tuesday & Thursday Nights – October 25 & October 27, November 1 & 3 • 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Using skills learned in the Intro to Stained Glass Workshop, students will gain experience working with lead came. The class covers planning your design, lead came, soldering, and finishing projects. Materials are extra. A large selection of stained glass and stained glass tools are available at the Craft Shop Supply Store. Closed-toed shoes are required.

*Registering students must have taken the Intro to Stained Glass Copper Foil Workshop or have completed copper foil projects in past and have glass cutting and grinding skills in the past. 

Cost: $100 students / $120 community, materials extra. Supplies can be purchased at Craft Shop.

Age:18+

Location; Craft Shop Paint Bar

Community Instructor: Tina Price 

Marbling on Silk & Paper 

Tuesday, November 15 • 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Discover the technique of marbling on silk using fabric dyes. In just a few hours, you will create your own wearable silk scarf with bright marbled patterns. We will practice on paper sheets. You will learn how to add color to a water bath, create a pattern, and set the dyes.

Cost: $45 students / $48 community, all materials included.

Craft Shop Instructor: Stephanie Dukat

Glass Bead Making

Date: TBD

Learn to create colorful glass beads by heating and shaping glass rods with a torch.

Cost: $25 students / $30 community, glass purchased separately.

Ages: 16 + 

Craft Shop Instructor: Stephanie Dukat

Slab Built Coffee Mugs

Date: TBD

Learn to make a custom ceramic mug using hand-building techniques of slab building with decorative surfaces.  Materials include 2 ½ lbs. of clay, slips, and glazes. Let us know what color to glaze or come back to glaze it yourself. Pick up finished work two weeks after the workshop.

Cost: $25 student / $30 community, material included.

Age: All ages welcome, children under 14 must be with a parent. 

Instructor: Sarah Willis, Ceramics Grad Assistant

Outdoor Watercolors

Date: TBD

This class will journey to campus lake for some outdoor watercolor painting. It will focus on how to layer colors

Cost: $14 students / $16 community, materials included.

Age: All ages welcomed

Craft Shop Instructor: TBD

Handbuilt Clay: Cups, Bowls & Plates (4 weeks) 

Date: TBD 

Learn the building blocks of ceramics during this hand-building workshop! Hand-building is a great way to make pottery without the learning curve of the potter's wheel! Each week will focus on how to make a different forms such as cups, bowls, plates, and trays using pinch and coiling techniques. We will use bright and colorful underglazes to decorate. The final class will focus on glazing and finishing. A return visit will be needed to pick up the final work  2 weeks after the glaze firing.

Cost: $75 students / $85 community. clay is extra $14 for 10 pounds.

Age: 12+

Craft Shop GA Instructor: Sarah Willis