Art Classes on the Oregon Coast
Mud&Craft offers art and craft classes in the North Coast Mudworks Studio located on Pacific Highway 101 in downtown Nehalem. These art and pottery classes on the Oregon Coast provide people with a space to learn new skills, explore their creative side and express themselves through art. This small woman-run studio has a goal to create experiences full of joy, inspiration and curiosity to help others connect to the natural world. Mud&Craft has a variety of art workshops and classes for both locals and visitors to explore their artistic side and get crafty!
Regular Mud&Craft Art Classes
Pottery Classes and Lessons
Oregon Coast Local & Visiting Artists
Pottery Classes and Lessons
Explore the world of pottery and ceramics by taking a pottery workshop or wheel throwing class here on the Nehalem River. Mud&Craft offers a variety of pottery classes and workshops for both beginners and advanced potters who want to hone their craft. Whether you want to focus on handbuilding a mug or learn how to use the wheel for the first time, there are a variety of workshops you can sign up for. Other pottery class options offered are customizable private pottery classes for groups or one-on-one private lessons.
Take a look at our pottery lessons and workshops on the Oregon Coast for detailed descriptions of our regular ceramic class offerings.
Get Centered
Hand Building
Beginner Wheel Throwing
Private Pottery Lessons
Oregon Coast Pottery Events
Experiences with Natural Dyes
Our Oregon Botanical Dye Workshop will be seasonally offered at Mud&Craft for those interested in natural dye methods with locally sourced flowers. Participants in this course are able to learn different botanical dyeing methods and make their own t-shirt, tank top or towel.
In this course we use two natural dye methods, flower and leaf pounding or bundle dyeing. Each workshop is separate, the flower pounding method or the bundle dyeing method. Flower pounding uses fresh flowers and leaves and bundle dyeing uses fresh or dried flowers. The flower and leaf pounding method, known as Tataki Zome, is a method of transferring pigments into a textile by hammering them onto the fabric. Bundle dyeing, also known as eco printing, is a natural dyeing method where bundles of dried plant material are submerged into hot water. This is an ideal art class in Oregon for anyone interested in eco-friendly dyeing methods and creating their own earthy designs to take home! We also want to emphasize that this is an intro experience to botanical dyeing and not a full lesson in dyeing.
Oregon Coast Visiting Artists
Mud&Craft also offers a variety of classes and workshops from visiting artists around the Pacific Northwest and Oregon. From basket weaving, broom making and jewelry making, many local and visiting artists hold workshops in our collaborative space in the North Coast Mudworks Studio on Pacific Highway 101. By bringing artists in for workshops, we hope to inspire people to learn more crafts related to the earth and to support more local artists in our community and the PNW.
If you are an Oregon based artist or a visiting artist coming to the Coast, we encourage you to fill out an art contact form so we can offer an art workshop, run by you, based on your craft. We are always looking for more artists to run art classes on the Oregon Coast and share their craft with visitors and the local community.
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Igniting creativity and joy is our mission at Mud&Craft. Situated on the beautiful Oregon Coast, our home is a source of enchantment and inspiration full of natural wonders. During your time in Nehalem, we hope to encourage you to unwind and create during Mud&Craft workshops and art classes!
This organization is supported, in part, by a grant funded by Transient Lodging Tax dollars through Tillamook Coast Visitors Association.
