Torch Enamel on Copper Jewelry I

Sunday, April 12th  1-4 pm

Materials: $25 included

Ages: 16 and up

This is a make-and-take class. Use a stationary torch to create enameled copper shapes for earrings and other jewelry. Basic torch safety will be discussed. Several techniques will be explored, including cutouts, sgraffito, and color blending. All materials are included.

IMPORTANT: Students taking glass courses using a torch must wear natural fiber clothing (i.e., cotton shirt and denim jeans), closed-toe shoes, and hair tied back and out of the way. Loose clothing that will be in the way of the torch is strongly discouraged. Please wear clothing that is not essential to your wardrobe. AN N95 RESPIRATION MASK IS REQUIRED for your safety.

MOSAIC GLASS GAMEBOARDS with Linda Jacobs

3 Mondays: April 13th, 20th & 27th * 10:00am – 1:00pm

Whether you play chess or checkers or just like to see a beautiful addition to your home décor, this is the class to design your own original piece! Stained glass in your color preferences and a border that you make up make this a one-of-a-kind pleaser. Finished size is 18x18, materials provided, or if you have a small, square table or chest you’d like to bring in, by all means do it!

Cost of materials: $55 - included in cost of class

Age: 18 and older

All about Wool: Spinning, Felting and Natural Dyeing

Learn what an amazing fiber wool is! Beginning and continuing students who wish to grow totheir spinning skills are invited to join the class. Using vintage spinning wheels learn how to prepare wool, make thread, ply and yield yarn suitable for knitting and crocheting or other fiber arts. Washed and carded prepared wool will be provided. Short introductions about natural dyeing and felting will be interspersed.

Tues April 14-May 5, 5-7pm,Location: Taught at Tink and the Frog in downtown Adrian, 128 E Maumee

Materials: $20 included in class fee

BARN QUILTS IN GLASS with Linda Jacobs

4 Thursdays: April 16th, 23rd & 30th and May7th * 10:00am - 1:00pm

It is becoming more and more popular to see patterns from Grandma’s favorite quilt painted on the ends of barns all over the country. We will look at the ways this trend developed and see many possible patterns for your own barn quilt. You design the colors, choose the stained glass, and work out the pattern for a 12x12 inch finished piece to hang on your wall or display on an easel.

Materials: $45 - included in cost of class

Ages: 17 and older

Brushstrokes and Blooms: Painted Furniture

A fun refresh of a gently used end table which is included in your class fee. Your instructor is an experienced artist and an enthusiastic reclaimer having decorated her house entirely with Restore furniture painted in bold colors and patterns creating a house size work of art.  Bring brushes, craft acrylic paints in colors that you favor. ACA will provide a selection of base coat colors and sandpaper. Furniture will be stored in the studio where the class is taught for the duration of the class.

Saturday April 18 and 25, 10am-3pm

Sculpture Studio

Materials:$15 per student included in class fee

Flameworking Sampler Workshop

1 session • 3 hours

Saturday April 18th - 12-3pm

Curious about flameworking? This introductory workshop gives you hands-on experience with the torch as you explore bead-making, marble shaping, and simple borosilicate sculpting. Students will also create a bead stand and marble stand to take home.

Spinner ring

Create a textured flared wide ring with an overlayed half round band using beginning and intermediate techniques.Copper no additional.

Silver additional 20.00

Age 13+

Sunday 1-5 pm

April 19, 2026

Big Fish Little Fish with Jim and Amy Anderson

Sunday, April 19th * 2:00-4:00 pm

Students will have fun making their own big fish and little fish platters, ready for summer entertaining! They will use a variety of tools and colored slips provided. No prior experience is needed. These platters will be food safe and can be hand washed. Projects will be fired and clear glaze fired and ready to pick up in two to three weeks.