From Bamboo to Vessel, Make Art from Nature

Discover the beauty hidden in bamboo and transform this remarkable plant into something useful, beautiful, and entirely your own.

Join bamboo artist Charissa Brock in her Beaverton studio for a hands-on workshop exploring three ways to turn the natural shape of bamboo into a handmade vessel. Surrounded by original bamboo artwork, you'll discover how this versatile plant can become functional art through thoughtful cutting, heat preparation, and creative design.

Unlike materials that must be shaped from scratch, bamboo offers its own beautiful forms, curves, nodes, and natural character. In this class, you'll learn to recognize the possibilities within a piece of bamboo and work with its natural structure to create a vessel that celebrates the material itself.

Through demonstrations and hands-on practice, you'll learn how to cut bamboo, prepare it using heat, and transform it into a vessel using three different approaches. Each technique offers its own possibilities for form, function, and design. You'll gain practical skills while discovering how small decisions in cutting and preparation can reveal entirely different qualities in the material.

Your finished vessels might become a flower holder, a beautiful container for personal treasures, or a distinctive addition to your home. Depending on its construction and finish, a vessel may also inspire future projects in functional tableware.

Whether you're drawn to natural materials, enjoy making things by hand, or are curious about bamboo beyond its familiar uses, this workshop offers a chance to explore a remarkable plant in a new way.

If you are into Ikebana you will be very happy to have made your own vases for arranging and have the skillset to continue in your own workspace.

No need to be an experienced craftsperson—come ready to learn, experiment, and enjoy the process of making.

What you'll learn:

• Three approaches to making vessels from bamboo's natural shape

• How to cut bamboo for creative projects

• How heat preparation helps you work with bamboo

• How to recognize and use the natural features of bamboo in your designs

• Ways to turn a natural material into a functional, sculptural object

What you'll take home: Your own handmade bamboo vessels and a new appreciation for the creative possibilities of this extraordinary natural material.

Come explore, make, and discover what bamboo can become!

This class needs 4 students to run. If it does not fill you will be given a full refund.