Portland Adult Education
Portland, ME
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General Enrichment
in Personal Enrichment at Portland Adult Education
Intro to Welding
$160
with Beau Cormier, Portland Adult Education
Learn the basics of MIG welding in a safe, encouraging environment. Open to all levels, including complete beginners.
Intro to Woodshop
$150
with Eric Dunder or Chuck Devine, Portland Adult Education
Gain hands-on experience with woodshop machines, turning a rough-sawn piece of hardwood into a cutting board. Beginners welcome.
Candle Making
$90
with Lauren Chunias, Portland Adult Education
Learn the basics of creating jar candles using 100% soy wax and fragrances infused with essential oils. You'll learn how to blend fragrances to create your own unique scent, melt and pour candle wax, and find the right materials to make long-lasting, strong-smelling and clean-burning candles. You'll leave class with one custom candle that you’ve designed!
Welding 2
$170
with Beau Cormier, Portland Adult Education
If you took Factory 3's Intro to Welding class or have some welding experience, you're ready to apply and grow your skills with a small project.
Clothes Mending Workshop
$100
with Dan Toomre, Portland Adult Education
With clothes designed to fall apart and be replaced, learning how to mend your favorite garments keeps them out of the landfills longer while saving you money. You’ll learn the basics of mending, both on woven and knit fabric, by hand stitching or by machine. Hand sewing experience is helpful, but not required. You are encouraged to bring your own item of clothing in need of repair, but fabric for mending samples is provided.
Intro to Welding
$160
with Beau Cormier, Portland Adult Education
Learn the basics of MIG welding in a safe, encouraging environment. Open to all levels, including complete beginners.
Intro to Laser Cutting
$100
with Tomas Amadeo, Portland Adult Education
Learn how a laser cutter works, what materials can be cut with it, and how it can expand your making skills and engrave your artwork.
Intro to Sewing
$110
with Katie Champlin, Dan Toomre, Stacy Owen, Portland Adult Education
Learn the basics of cutting fabric, using a sewing machine, and the stitches available on most machines.