Where to Get Crafty in Portland

Feeling inspired by the pieces on display at Daffodill Studios? Perhaps you’d like to pick up a bygone hobby or dive into something entirely new. These workshops will certainly help stoke your artistic energy — just make sure to plan ahead, as classes can fill up quickly.

WildCraft Studio School

This is your chance to stick it to anyone who ever mocked those basket-weaving classes you took in college, because guess what? It’s still really fun. And so is upholstery and paper sculpting. Weekend-long intensives are offered in a variety of topics, including Native arts (Coast Salish relief woodcarving looks fascinating).

DIY Bar

The stakes are low at this welcoming space, no matter the medium you decide to work with. You can weave macrame wall art, customize a leather coozie, or paint coasters. “Do it yourself” may be in the name, but it’s always more fun to bring a couple of friends along.

Bridgetown Forge

Live out your sootiest medieval blacksmithing dreams and try your hand at the time-honored tradition of hammering molten steel. Instructor Arnon Kartmazov brings the experience he’s earned around the world to each class, which ranges from spoons to swords.

Roosevelt’s Terrariums

Who’s got two green thumbs and loves to shape self-contained gardens? You do, of course, or at least you will after spending a few hours arranging living mosses, tropical plants, and dazzling rocks into a miniature ecosystem.