Homeschool Maker Class: Woodworking, Sewing, and Design
For 2nd to 8th Grades
A makerspace class especially designed for children engaged in home study. This is the perfect class for children who are creative, curious, and very into building and making of all kinds.
In this class, children will rotate between projects every 3-4 weeks to learn the basics of woodworking, sewing, circuitry, visual arts, and more. Our studio’s philosophy is to “follow the child” and let them design and determine the direction of their individual projects, within each area of discipline.
Through working in a variety of skillsets, children will build lifelong skills in each discipline but will also learn the basics of project management — how to work through the stages of brainstorming, design, analysis then construction and proper finishing, all without getting overwhelmed.
As a sustainable makerspace, we feel strongly about reusing, recycling and upcycling materials, from wood to fabric to small recyclables and house paint. This ethos is passed on to our students as much as possible, as we learn how to disassemble found objects to create something new and beautiful. We work with sustainably sourced, natural materials as much as possible.
This class will run for 14 sessions.
Wednesdays 12-2pmpm | September 3, 2025 to November 19, 2025
For 2nd to 8th Grades
A makerspace class especially designed for children engaged in home study. This is the perfect class for children who are creative, curious, and very into building and making of all kinds.
In this class, children will rotate between projects every 3-4 weeks to learn the basics of woodworking, sewing, circuitry, visual arts, and more. Our studio’s philosophy is to “follow the child” and let them design and determine the direction of their individual projects, within each area of discipline.
Through working in a variety of skillsets, children will build lifelong skills in each discipline but will also learn the basics of project management — how to work through the stages of brainstorming, design, analysis then construction and proper finishing, all without getting overwhelmed.
As a sustainable makerspace, we feel strongly about reusing, recycling and upcycling materials, from wood to fabric to small recyclables and house paint. This ethos is passed on to our students as much as possible, as we learn how to disassemble found objects to create something new and beautiful. We work with sustainably sourced, natural materials as much as possible.
This class will run for 14 sessions.
Wednesdays 12-2pmpm | September 3, 2025 to November 19, 2025
For 2nd to 8th Grades
A makerspace class especially designed for children engaged in home study. This is the perfect class for children who are creative, curious, and very into building and making of all kinds.
In this class, children will rotate between projects every 3-4 weeks to learn the basics of woodworking, sewing, circuitry, visual arts, and more. Our studio’s philosophy is to “follow the child” and let them design and determine the direction of their individual projects, within each area of discipline.
Through working in a variety of skillsets, children will build lifelong skills in each discipline but will also learn the basics of project management — how to work through the stages of brainstorming, design, analysis then construction and proper finishing, all without getting overwhelmed.
As a sustainable makerspace, we feel strongly about reusing, recycling and upcycling materials, from wood to fabric to small recyclables and house paint. This ethos is passed on to our students as much as possible, as we learn how to disassemble found objects to create something new and beautiful. We work with sustainably sourced, natural materials as much as possible.
This class will run for 14 sessions.
Wednesdays 12-2pmpm | September 3, 2025 to November 19, 2025
Brian Herrick is a printmaker and painter with experience in a variety of media. Brian has been an art teacher for 20 years and an educator for 25, during which time he helped develop and implement a social justice art curriculum focused on windows and mirrors. In addition to teaching, he has been a working artist throughout. Brian has taken courses in Design Thinking at The Stanford D.School as well as The Reading and Writing Workshop at Teachers College at Columbia University, and The Art of Tinkering Workshop at The Tinkering Studio at The Exploratorium in San Francisco. He has exhibited his paintings in solo shows, group shows, designed sets for The Killing My Lobster Theater company in San Francisco, written and drawn a graphic novel, and edited the Milk and Carrots anthology featuring 15 different cartoonists.