Brecia would be delighted to teach a workshop or give a lecture presentation for your group. Please contact Brecia for more information and to schedule your event.

Upcoming Workshops at pebble in the pond art studio in Santa Barbara

Located in the Santa Barbara foothills, pebble in the pond art studio offers a respite from your daily routine. The bucolic setting and workshop facilities are perfect for creative exploration.

pebble in the pond art studio • 1041 Via Chaparral, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 • 805.896.3287

SHIFT Into Creativity: Soul, Heart, Intention, Focus, Trust
New Date: July 29 - Still time to register!

Something has changed.  You are in transition and are looking ahead to the next phase of your life, wondering what you want to put your energy into now. You feel a strong urge to be creative but are not sure what to do. If this rings true for you, it's time to make a SHIFT toward a more creative life.The SHIFT into Creativity workshop offers you 5 valuable tools for energizing, directing and manifesting your goals. Learn to make creative changes and shift into the life you dream of. 

Thursday July 29 • 6:30pm - 9:30pm • $45.00

To Register:  please contact Brecia via email or call 805.896-3287. 
Workshop is limited to 7 participants so please register early.

Brecia's Summer Workshop Schedule:

Class size is limited  and preregistration is required. To Register: Please email or call Brecia at 805.896-3287 right away to reserve your space for summer workshops.

Ribbed Market Basket
June 11 • 10:00am - 4:00pm • $75 + $15 materials

Whether you shop at the local Farmer's markets or gather flowers from your own garden, you will love creating  a beautiful one of a kind basket to fill. During this all day workshop,  you will learn everything you need to know, from the preparation of the materials to the finishing touches. You will learn a ribbed construction technique and weave your own  large basket with a handle. Perfect for carrying summer's harvest. 

Gifts from the Sea (three weeks)
June 23 - July 7 • 9:00am - noon • $90 + $15 materials

Create unique gift baskets,  Santa Barbara style! 
During 3 Wednesday mornings, you will combine
driftwood, dried kelp, and beach glass with sea grass and
colorful reed to create truly unique baskets.

You will learn basketry techniques such as twining and 
weaving and everything you need to know to design the shape,
size and overall look of your baskets. Perfect for gifts or to
treasure at home. 

 

Creative Knitting (four weeks)
July 7 - 28 • 6:30 - 9:30pm • $120

This 4 week workshop introduces you to creative knitting techniques.  Get free from patterns, straight rows and gauges.  Using a knit, bind off and pick up technique you take control of your knitting and your knitting takes on an organic look. Create a  truly unique garment, bag or wrap that reflects your individual spirit.  

Exploring Felt Lace
July 17 - 28 • 10:00am - 4:00pm • $75 + $15 materials

It’s all about making space. Felted lace incorporates empty space to make felted wool into a light and airy wrap. Explore wet felting wool into fabulous configurations of shape and color.

Fiber HeART Series:
Make Art to Explore Your Personal Creative Development

The rich language associated with working with our hands to create cloth acts as a metaphor for creating wholeness, and adding color and texture in our lives. These unique one-day workshops are designed to support you in your creative unfolding. Each workshop combines creativity exercises with the joy of hands on art making. All projects are designed to be enjoyable for any skill level.

No previous experience with fiber art is needed, just an open spirit! Come play, explore, and discover your creative side while you create bags, books, and baskets as vessels for your creative dreams.

Take individual workshops or the whole series. Single Workshops: $95, Full Series: $375
Fee includes all resource materials and art supplies. Three confidential individual Creativity Coaching sessions are included in the series package.

(1) Centering on Silk: Silk Painting • Saturday, May 29

YOU ARE creative!

Focus: Center your awareness on your own intuitive wisdom. Practice breathing exercises, visualizations, and affirmations to support your creative unfolding.

Project: Use dyes in gorgeous colors to hand paint a sensuously soft silk pillowcase to support your head as you rest and dream.

(2) Basket Full of Dreams: Basket Weaving • Saturday, June 26

What do you dream of creating?

Focus: Take time to explore your passions, and listen to the whispers of your inner sense of wonder. Using writing exercises, guided imagery and visualizations you will explore the desires of your heart.

Project: Use colorful reed and a random weaving technique, to create a one of a kind basket; a nest for nurturing your creative dreams.

(3) Weaving Your Way: Weaving on a Cardboard Loom • Saturday, July 31

How do I get there from here? Manifesting your dreams is a process.

Focus: Look at how intentions, goal setting, and planning intertwine to support you on your way.

Project: Use yarn in a glorious combination of color and texture and a simple hand made loom, to weave a pocket-sized “dream” bag.

(4) Creativity Deeply Felt: Wet Felting Wool • Saturday, August 21

Transform your beliefs and feel your strength.

Focus: Let go of limiting beliefs that get in the way of your creative dreams.

Project: Using hot water, soap and your own two hands transform wisps of colorful wool roving into a strong and solid, felted wool satchel.