Creating a metal cuff is an excellent project for learning metalworking techniques such as shaping, filing, texturing, and finishing. A metal cuff bracelet can be simple or highly decorative, depending on your design.

What to Wear in the Metals Studio?

We wish for all students to have a safe and enjoyable learning experience. Proper safety equipment and PPE will be provided for use within the studio.

Please dress safely and appropriately. Arrive for class inall-natural fiber clothing, long pants, and closed-toe, closed-heelshoes with socks that protect up to the ankle. Long hair should betied back. Nylon, polyester, spandex, or other synthetics are notrecommended around machines, equipment, or processes that can producehot fragments, sparks, or flames. Please avoid synthetic blends, as100% cotton is recommended. Layers are encouraged, as the studio canbegin cool then become very hot.

Welding students are recommended to wear long sleeve shirts to preventarc-flash burns (much like a sunburn). 

All students participating in activities involving sparks or hot metal are encouraged to wear leather boots or older shoes.

Please bring a re-fillable water bottle!

Class Policies & Information:

Open Lab: This class includes access to the studio during Open Lab hours. Open Lab is exclusively for students who are currently enrolled in the program. You are allowed to attend one Open Lab session per week, totaling 3 hours during the duration of your class. You may only attend the Open Lab session for the class in which you are registered. This time is intended for independent work on your class project. While studio staff will be present, they are there to ensure you are using the tools safely, not to provide instruction.

Class Make-Up: Our studios are full with adult and youth classes 7 days a week, 48 weeks a year. Typically, every class is full, which means there is simply no space for students to make up classes. If we cancel an entire class due to weather or other emergencies, we can not guarantee we will be able to schedule a make-up class. Individuals who miss a class will not be able to make it up. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions for more information about missed classes.

Studio Clean Up: Clean-up is critical! Please help our hardworking staff and volunteers by beginning clean-up 30 minutes before the end of class, helping out with common areas, and leaving class on time.

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

Will be available to register on Friday, April 4 at 8:00am. 

Making a bottle opener in blacksmithing is a great way to practice your forging skills while creating a useful and functional item. It requires basic blacksmithing techniques, including shaping, punching a hole, and heat control. You will learn basic techniques for shaping hot steel, twisting, and punching & drifting holes.  

What to Wear in the Metals Studio?

We wish for all students to have a safe and enjoyable learning experience. Proper safety equipment and PPE will be provided for use within the studio.

Please dress safely and appropriately. Arrive for class inall-natural fiber clothing, long pants, and closed-toe, closed-heelshoes with socks that protect up to the ankle. Long hair should betied back. Nylon, polyester, spandex, or other synthetics are notrecommended around machines, equipment, or processes that can producehot fragments, sparks, or flames. Please avoid synthetic blends, as100% cotton is recommended. Layers are encouraged, as the studio canbegin cool then become very hot.

Welding students are recommended to wear long sleeve shirts to preventarc-flash burns (much like a sunburn). 

All students participating in activities involving sparks or hot metal are encouraged to wear leather boots or older shoes.

Please bring a re-fillable water bottle!

Class Policies & Information:

Open Lab: This class includes access to the studio during Open Lab hours. Open Lab is exclusively for students who are currently enrolled in the program. You are allowed to attend one Open Lab session per week, totaling 3 hours during the duration of your class. You may only attend the Open Lab session for the class in which you are registered. This time is intended for independent work on your class project. While studio staff will be present, they are there to ensure you are using the tools safely, not to provide instruction.

Class Make-Up: Our studios are full with adult and youth classes 7 days a week, 48 weeks a year. Typically, every class is full, which means there is simply no space for students to make up classes. If we cancel an entire class due to weather or other emergencies, we can not guarantee we will be able to schedule a make-up class. Individuals who miss a class will not be able to make it up. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions for more information about missed classes.

Studio Clean Up: Clean-up is critical! Please help our hardworking staff and volunteers by beginning clean-up 30 minutes before the end of class, helping out with common areas, and leaving class on time.

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

Will be available to register on Wednesday, April 2 at 8:00am. 

Always wanted to try hand-building, but didn't know where to start? This class is a great intro to the studio in 5 short weeks!

This class is intended to get you familiar with the basics of hand-building. Students will learn techniques like pinching, coiling, and building with slabs. This class is ideal for those who have limited experience, but are looking to learn more with a short instructor demo and hands-on assistance each week.

Please note: This class does not include Open Lab hours or additional clay.

Ages 16+ to register

Class meets weekly on TUESDAYS.


This class is Pay What You Can with a suggested price of $195.

All pieces will be fired to Cone 6 in a reduction kiln.

Will be available to register on Monday, Mar. 31 at 8:00am.

This class will be a comprehensive overview of the table, Inclinding: 

• Review of individual components and proper set up (Adjusting blade height and angle - Fence adjustments, ect)

• Execution of the different types of cut (Rip cut, Cross cut, Miter cuts)

• Safety Procedures (From how and where to stand, to hand placement, to board manipulation,  we will be offering an in depth look at safe and repeatable operations while on the table saw during all of its varying cuts. Students will practice without the blade at first, to gain comfort and so they can review their execution of the process before moving on to actually making cuts.      

The main focus of this class is to provide a safe and fun experience on a machine that when operated properly can elevate a woodworker's capabilities going forward. From cutting joinery to dimensioning boards to finished lengths and width, the table saw is paramount to becoming an all around woodworker. 

Class Policies & Information:

Class Make-Up: Our studios are full with adult and youth classes 7 days a week, 48 weeks a year. Typically, every class is full, which means there is simply no space for students to make up classes. If we cancel an entire class due to weather or other emergencies, we can not guarantee we will be able to schedule a make-up class. Individuals who miss a class will not be able to make it up. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions for more information about missed classes.

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

Will be available to register on Monday, March 31 at 8:00am.

Join us as we explore the intricate nature of realistic animal sculpture. This course will study anatomy, pose and textures to reflect life like representations of animal forms. We will mostly be focusing on cats and dogs, so feel free to bring reference photos of your pets, however,  we can accommodate similar types of animals (4 legged and furry!) if you have a different critter in mind.

This class takes place at Groundworks HILL at 1010 Aurora Ave, Boulder, CO in the upstairs hand-building classroom. 

This class meets weekly for 4 weeks on TUESDAYS.

Class does NOT include additional open lab time or clay. All work must be completed during class time. 

Ages: 16+


Will be available to register on Monday, Mar. 31 at 8:00am.

It carves smooth and gives you clean lines - that's what makes linoleum block printing so dang satisfying. This 4-week introduction to relief printmaking is great for those who have limitied experience, but an appreciation for ASMR.

Each week, students will get instruction in introductory techniques, including carving a linoleum block, mixing and rolling ink, and making a print using the press. Get in on the fun!

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

Will be available to register on Wednesday, April 2 at 8:00 am.

Have big ideas but a small amount of space? In this 4-week course, explore how the world of miniatures, dollhouses, and dioramas can let you create a complex world that brings your imagination to life, all within a 1/2” scale. We will focus on basic hand-building construction techniques and learn basic-intermediate slip and glaze work that will allow you to build your perfect world.

This class takes place at Groundworks EAST at 3063 Sterling Cir. in Boulder, CO in the hand-building classroom. 

This class meets weekly for 4 weeks on WEDNESDAYS.

Class does NOT include additional open lab time or clay. All work must be completed during class time. 

Ages: 16+

All pieces will be fired to Cone 6 in an oxydation kiln.

Will be available to register on Wednesday, April 2 at 8:00am.

This course could be a 4 week course as well, or even a two day class. Depending on the length of the class, I'd just prep more of the pieces we would start with in advance. The idea would be to create a carved decorative panel that could be used as a crossover piece with another shop. It could be a book cover for paper projects that could overlap with printmaking. It could be a door on a metal box. It could simply be a hung piece of 2D art. It could integrate wood burning, or be integrated into another woodworking project as well. Since it could become a panel on a sculptural metal or ceramic piece, depending on these other studios, it could really be anything. 

Class Policies & Information:

Open Lab: This class includes access to the studio during Open Lab hours. Open Lab is exclusively for students who are currently enrolled in the program. You are allowed to attend one Open Lab session per week, totaling 3 hours during the duration of your class. You may only attend the Open Lab session for the class in which you are registered. This time is intended for independent work on your class project. While studio staff will be present, they are there to ensure you are using the tools safely, not to provide instruction.

Class Make-Up: Our studios are full with adult and youth classes 7 days a week, 48 weeks a year. Typically, every class is full, which means there is simply no space for students to make up classes. If we cancel an entire class due to weather or other emergencies, we can not guarantee we will be able to schedule a make-up class. Individuals who miss a class will not be able to make it up. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions for more information about missed classes.

Studio Clean Up: Clean-up is critical! Please help our hardworking staff and volunteers by beginning clean-up 30 minutes before the end of class, helping out with common areas, and leaving class on time.

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

Will be available to register on Wednesday, April 2 at 8:00am.