Handcraft Haven & Homelife Mercantile in Cordova, Alaska since 1984

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Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival Workshops

  • Watercolor Study | Feathers & Eggs Shadow Box

    Using watercolor and gouache, hand paint & paper cut feathers and eggs to mount and create a framed shadowbox. Students may paint stylized or naturally.

     

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  • Introduction to Watercolors featuring Emily Lex's Birds Book

    A relaxing study of watercolor techniques and painting delightful little birds. Using the watercolor workbook Birds by Emily Lex, helps keep this fun and easy while still practicing paint mixing, layering, and brush control.

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  • Arctic Tern Needle Felting

    Learn the engaging technique of painting with wool to render an Arctic Tern and frame it for display. This class uses some lovely wools featuring some hand dyed roving. 

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Snow Capped Yarns

Cordova Fiber & Friends Colorway

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Net Loft Needleworks

A collection of materials and supplies for needlework handcrafts

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Upcoming Zoom Sessions

  • Introduction to Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions: Getting Started Live Zoom

    Dotty Widmann will be conducting an orientation zoom session that will introduce the different aspects and procedures for attending the Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions. 

    Orientations are suspended until after the new year, but one can register for the online sessions and watch online introduction in Teachable document.

    Register here! 

  • Gansey Construction Study Group

    Join us in a study group for gansey construction live and online at The Net Loft.

    Weekly group meets Thursdays at noon Alaska time in the shop and on zoom. Registration for the Gansey Project will provide link for participation

    Register here! 

The Net Loft Current Events

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  • what listening looks like

    Dotty Widmann

    A year ago, The Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions Book Club decided to read the book, “Braiding Sweetgrass”, by Robin Kimmerer. Our previous Book Club selection had been Hannah Hinchman’s...

    what listening looks like

    Dotty Widmann

    A year ago, The Net Loft Watercolor Journaling Sessions Book Club decided to read the book, “Braiding Sweetgrass”, by Robin Kimmerer. Our previous Book Club selection had been Hannah Hinchman’s...

  • across an endless sea

    Dotty Widmann

     I have a friend who told me the story of how her grandfather had come many years ago from Japan, and landed on one of the islands in our regional...

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    across an endless sea

    Dotty Widmann

     I have a friend who told me the story of how her grandfather had come many years ago from Japan, and landed on one of the islands in our regional...

    6 comments
  • Happy Gansey Day

    Happy Gansey Day

    Dotty Widmann

    Thursday, November 25, is the first ever International Gansey Day. I have been thinking on this, reflecting on our Cordova Gansey Project that started only 7 years ago, following a...

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    Happy Gansey Day

    Dotty Widmann

    Thursday, November 25, is the first ever International Gansey Day. I have been thinking on this, reflecting on our Cordova Gansey Project that started only 7 years ago, following a...

    5 comments
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