Straw Hat Workshop and Fused Glass Garden Workshop

Event Details

Straw Hat Workshop
March 10
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
$65/member, $75/non-member
The Charleston Museum welcomes Natalie Simmons of the Carolina Millinery Company for a hat workshop designed to help you get ready for Easter, Derby Day parties or just the bright Carolina sun. Participants will learn the basics of straw hat blocking using traditional hat blocks, as well as methods for finishing the brim edges, sewing in a sweatband and trimming a hat. Budding milliners will leave the workshop with a completed hat. Curator of Textiles Jan Hiester will give participants an exclusive look at stunning straw hats from the Museum's collection as well as the special exhibit, Seasonal Fashion: Charleston in Springtime. Supplies are not included in the workshop fee, but may be purchased at the start of the workshop from the instructor; materials will range from $20 to $100 depending on hat (several styles will be available) and trim selections.

Fused Glass Garden Workshop
March 10
12:00-3:00 p.m.
$60/member, $70/non-member
The Charleston Museum once again teams up with Blue Heron Glass for a workshop that translates textiles into glass. The program begins with a guided tour of Seasonal Fashion: Springtime in Charleston with Curator of Textiles Jan Hiester. This exhibit displays beautiful silk batiks by Anna Heyward Taylor (see piece at bottom of release) and silk art embroidery that reflect the botanical themes enjoyed by artists and needleworkers of Charleston in the early 1900s, as well as garden party fashions of the 1900s - 1920s.

Participants then travel to Blue Heron Glass in West Ashley to learn the basics behind the science of fusing glass (melting compatible glasses together) to create a 5"x7" botanical panel evocative of the batiks and embroidery seen in the exhibit. All of these techniques can be used in many fused projects in the future. All supplies provided; transportation is not.