Make a little time for

Detroit.

10 real places across 10 crafts. Classes, workshops and people worth meeting.

A few places to begin

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Potter · Workshop

Sugar Hill Clay

Sit down at the wheel in a Midtown studio and shape your very first bowl from a lump of wet clay in one friendly two hour session.

Detroit, MI

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A glassblower's hands turning a pipe in the glowing furnace

Glassblower · Workshop

Michigan Hot Glass Workshop

Gather molten glass from the furnace and blow your own cup or ornament with a working artist guiding your hands at Michigan's oldest independent glass school.

Detroit, MI

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A jeweler's hands working a small piece at the bench under a warm lamp

Jeweler · Workshop

Halie & Co.

Spend an evening filing, shaping, and hammering a sterling silver or gold ring that you design and wear home from this Detroit jewelry studio.

Detroit, MI

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Every place in Detroit

Potter

Human Authorship

A wheel, some mud, a teacher's hands over yours. Two hours where your phone doesn't matter.

Try It! Wheel Throwing at Sugar Hill Clay
Sugar Hill Clay · Ongoing 2-hour sessions
Workshop

Glassblower

Human Authorship

A breath, held inside molten glass, kept forever.

Glassblowing Experience at Michigan Hot Glass
Michigan Hot Glass Workshop · Ongoing weekly classes
Workshop

Jeweler

Human Authorship

Metal and fire and a magnifier, turned into the thing you will wear for fifty years.

Ring Making Workshop at Halie & Co.
Halie & Co. · Monthly evenings
Workshop

Letterpress Printer

Human Authorship

Ink, metal, and pressure. A page you can feel with your fingertips, made by a person.

Letterpress Workshops at Signal Return
Signal Return · Recurring, Thursday to Sunday
Workshop

Weaver

Human Authorship

Thread by thread, on a loom older than the machine age, a person makes cloth mean something.

Intro to Weaving at POST
POST by Mutual Adoration · Recurring workshops
Workshop

Carpenter

Body & Presence

The corners you trust with your home.

Woodworking Workshops at POST
POST by Mutual Adoration · Recurring workshops
Workshop

Line Cook

Human Authorship

A hot kitchen, twelve tickets, a plate that tastes like a place.

Hands-On Cooking Classes at Evelyn's Midtown Kitchen
Evelyn's Midtown Kitchen · Multiple classes monthly
Class

Bartender

Among Humans

A machine can pour a measure. It cannot read the room.

Mixology Classes at Sugar House
Sugar House · Recurring small-group classes
Class

Bookbinder

Human Authorship

Thread, glue, and patience enough to make a book last a hundred years.

Bookbinding Basics at the Center for the Book Arts Detroit
Center for the Book Arts Detroit · Weekly classes and open studio
Class

Pastry Chef

Body & Presence

Precision you can taste. A gram off and the whole thing falls.

All-Butter Pie Dough Class at Sister Pie
Sister Pie · Recurring baking class series
Class

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