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Mountain Craft Shop
he craft shop has been an integral part of Blue Ridge Assembly throughout its one hundred year history. The beauty of the Appalachian mountains has inspired artists and craftmen for generations and continues to connect mind, body and spirit. The craft shop offers a place to experience the dignity of handwork through heritage crafts of the Appalachian mountains, to express the inspirational beauty and relationship with our Creator and to find pleasure in working together in community.
When is the craft shop open? You may plan open crafts during your group's free time - morning, afternoon or evening. Participants come on their own and pay for their own projects. Price range for projects: many in the $2 to $10 range, some in the $10 to $20 range and a few up to $30. Participants come on their own, and the group allots a per person project cost.	ou may arrange an Appalachian crafts program for an experience with a designated craft for a group activity to explore survival skills needed by the early Appalachian settlers which shaped their handwork and lives. Creative learning sessions in clay, candle making, beadwork, papermaking, weaving or wood projects. 1 to 1 1/2 hours, $6 to $10/person depending on the project. All craft sessions must be scheduled at least three weeks in advance. ho is the craft shop for? People of all ages (children and adults) and ranges of abilities will find fun and enjoyment in the craft shop. There are many beginning level projects and activities as well as equipment and material for those with experience who have the time and inspiration to create a memory of the Blue Ridge experience.


BEADS AND JEWELRY (15 minutes to 1 hour) Bracelets, necklaces, earrings, bookmarks, bead creatures, dream catchers, glass beads to pony beads, fine cording, leather and wire to leather lacing and hemp braiding. LEATHER (15 minutes to 1 hour) Key rings, bracelets, necklaces, coin purses, belts, guitar straps. PAINT ON WOOD (15 minutes to 1 hour) Rocking chairs, treasure boxes, picture frames, animals, crosses, birdhouses, seasonal items. PAPER (15 minutes to 1 hour) Scrapbooking materials and techniques to make special cards. POTTERY (1 to 2 hours) Handbuilding, wheel-throwing, tiles, sculpy, paint-on-pottery. WEAVING (1 to 2 hours) Loom weaving - mats, table runners, scarves, tablecloths, baby blankets, potholders. CANDLE MAKING (15 minutes to 1 hour) Chunk candles, rolled beeswax candles, dipped candles. TIE-DYE (1 hour) T-shirts, silk scarves. MOSAICS (1 hour) Picture frames. MOSAICS (1 hour) Picture frames. KNITTING (1 1/2 to 2 hours) Beginning knitting projects-scarves, prayer shawls. FIBER ARTS (1 hour) Sock puppets, nature journals. COTTAGE PROJECTS Learn a skill, begin a project and take all the material and tools necessary to complete your project on your own. Knitting, weaving potholders, hemp braiding.
Enjoy this QuickTime Virtual Tour of Our Craft Shop and Childcare Center

Questions?
For more information about our programs, contact:	Karen Keenan, Event Planning Director (828) 210-2143 kkeenan@ymcabra.org

YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly
84 Blue Ridge Circle
Black Mountain, North Carolina 28711
www.blueridgeassembly.org
828.669.8422