Although we do not carry open stock of beading supplies or rubberstamping supplies, we are available to schedule small (1 – 4 people) A-La-Carte classes preferably starting in the mornings on Tuesdays, Thursdays, or Saturdays before we open for business. Please contact us if you are interested.
We prepare our class and events by request. If there is something you would like to learn, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your request, either in the form of one of our previous sessions or through other arrangements. Scrolling back through the class schedule will show some of the classes we have done in the past. **At the moment, our calendar is not functioning in a way that we can add anything new. Please check the “News” page for any classes or events. Thank you for your patience. **
Crafting A-La-Carte is available Tuesdays and Thursdays during the day (mornings 9-11 & afternoons 1-3, we are flexible about those times). The time is available for class but nothing is scheduled until someone reserves the time. The first person to reserve the time chooses what the class will be. We need a minimum of 24 hours notice so we can prepare (some classes require 48 hours to prepare materials). Most classes are available (dependent upon materials availability).
One time of the year that it is difficult to schedule specific Saturday classes is football season. Pendleton is in such close proximity to Clemson that our traffic flow is greatly affected at certain times of the day on home game Saturdays. And our students, who many of which are also fans, are not always able to attend. We therefore schedule a variety of A-La-Carte and Open Studio times instead for those who wish to work around football.
We will be closed to celebrate Thanksgiving with our family.
Wishing you & yours a wonderful Thanksgiving!
The Mercantile will be closing early Christmas Eve.
Wishing all a Merry Christmas!
As always, we will be closed the day after Christmas (and our usual Sunday) and will re-open on Monday, December 28, 2015.
We will be closed for New Years Day.
Wishing all of our customers, family and friends a bright future in the coming new year.
Thank you all for your love and support throughout the year.
Build A Toad House – $25.00 – Cindy Earl Higgins
The toads need a cool dry place to hide away from the strong Southern sun. Cindy will have templates and texturing tools for building a ceramic Toad House for the garden out of Terra Cotta clay.
Build the Toad House in class, choose a color of glaze from the samples for the roof. Once they have dried thoroughly, Cindy will fire them, glaze the roof tops and fire them again.
I will post a photograph once the sample piece is fired. In the meantime, here is a photo of the sample in progress.
Toad house – it’s not finished yet, still needs glazing & firing!
Student’s Toad Houses
Happy Easter!
Clay Animals – 3 hours – Cindy Earl Higgins – $20
We will get our hands dirty and have lots of fun creating ceramic clay animals out of a wonderful speckled buff colored clay. Once they are dry enough (a couple of weeks drying time) Cindy will fire them and further decoration may be added with colors if desired.
Viking Braid – 2 hours – Cindy Earl Higgins – $18
Learn this ancient wire weaving technique to create a bracelet. Once mastered, there are many wonderful things that can be created with this sturdy wire braid. Decorative beads can be added to embellish as in the photo (bead availability will vary).
Keeping close in memory those who laid down their lives for our freedoms.
The Mercantile will be open our regular hours, as we always have been on this day.