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Candle Making

$90

with Lauren Chunias, Portland Adult Education

May 10, 2025 at 3 pm, runs for 1 week

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

May 10, 2025 at 3 pm, runs for 1 week

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.

Intro to Cyanotype Prints

$75

with Megan Bainbridge, Portland Adult Education

May 11, 2025 at 9:30 am, runs for 1 week

In this daytime workshop, where we need the sun to develop the print, you will learn to use fabric squares that are pre-treated with cyanotype chemistry to make your own cyanotype patch. After developing your cyanotype in the sun, rinsing and drying it, we will have needles and thread available for you to use to sew your 5” x 5” patch onto a clothing piece or bag of your choice if you wish.

Basket Making: Random Weave Basket

$100

with Kimberley Harding, Portland Adult Education

May 11, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week

Random weave is a free-form technique for making baskets. In this 4-hour class, you we will use foraged natural materials such as bittersweet vines for the basic framework and cordage from daylily and iris leaves to fill in. Students can also include commercial rattan and recycled or found materials in their basket.

Woodworking Project: Bandsaw Box

$110

with Chuck Devine or Eric Dunder, Portland Adult Education

May 11, 2025 at 2 pm, runs for 1 week

Learn basic woodworking techniques and safety skills to make your own bandsaw boxes, which can be made in a variety of sizes, and more importantly, different shapes. They can be anything from eye-catching works of art to inconspicuous portable hidden compartments. Any woodworker, or firewood user, has an unlimited supply of the necessary materials. All materials will be provided.

Intro to Sewing

$110

with Katie Champlin, Dan Toomre, Stacy Owen, Portland Adult Education

May 11, 2025 at 4 pm, runs for 1 week

Learn the basics of cutting fabric, using a sewing machine, and the stitches available on most machines.

Play the Ukulele; The Journey Begins Here

$79

with Duncan Perry, Portland Adult Education

May 13, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 4 weeks

Learn to play the ukulele! It has never been more popular. Here's your chance to find out how to play this wonderfully versatile, go anywhere instrument. Join our no-stress program for some laughs and learning. Bring your sense of humor, a passion for music, and curiosity about playing. Once you master the basics you won't want to stop. So grab a uke, you do not need to read music. Just sign up, tune up and show up. Let your musical journey begin!

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Intro to Woodshop

$150

with Chuck Devine or Eric Dunder, Portland Adult Education

May 14, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Gain hands-on experience with woodshop machines, turning a rough-sawn piece of hardwood into a cutting board. Beginners welcome.

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