Tired of off the rack? Looking for something more outrageous? Are you a DIY fashionista? This class is for you.  Learn how to draw a pattern for the clothes YOU envision in your head. Using the techniques she developed for her book, Design-It-Yourself Clothes, Cal will teach you how to draft your own basic patterns for a shirt, skirt, and dress based on the measurements of your own body. Then you will learn how to take those patterns and stylize them into endless variations. For each of the three styles, you will make a muslin, fit and correct your pattern, and finally sew a finished garment. Before you know it, you'll have a whole new wardrobe! Students must be comfortable using a sewing machine. Intermediate and advanced sewers are also welcome and can take on more challenging projects. No previous patternmaking experience is necessary.

Once upon a time, the fastest way to print a bit of text was to form little pieces of metal, one for each letter, all lined up in a row. Today letterpress printing and hand binding enjoy a revival as the aesthetics and intimacies of these archaic processes appeal to more and more people.  In this course we will consider both the historical and contemporary contexts of the printing medium while exploring the sequential, narrative, and temporal aspects of the book. Students will learn traditional hand typesetting and letterpress printing using WSW’s collection of lead and wood types, as well as basic bookbinding skills. Each student will work independently to develop his or her own limited edition of books. No prior knowledge of printing or binding is required.

Caution: Collage making inevitably leads to addiction. The first sign: a penchant for collecting photos, memorabilia, ephemera, clippings - first in an envelope, then a box, then a trash bag. You may resort to picking bits of potential collage material off the street and even form trash cans. No expertise is required, although if you have some it won’t hurt.  Materials are minimal: scissors, glue, tape, and the aforementioned "stuff", which we will cut, tear, and affix, surprising ourselves with improbable juxtapositions and tangentialities. We will explore attachment techniques as well as a variety of compositional approaches particular to this flexible medium.