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Hands-on Classes

We have an emerging hands-on workshop program at Tear Cap Workshops. Our goal is to offer a variety of courses in different media, all connected through traditional craft, handwork, and native Maine materials.


2023 Schedule

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1-Day Stonewall Building Class Tear Cap Workshops
  • October 14, 2023 9:00 am
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Woodworking Class: Make your own Dovetailed Garden Trug and Seat Tear Cap Workshops
  • October 17, 2023 9:30 am
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Facility Tour 2023 Tear Cap Workshops
  • October 27, 2023 3:00 pm
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Hand-Built Pottery Workshop Tear Cap Workshops
  • November 2, 2023 9:00 am
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Invasive Plant Management Workshop - November 5th Tear Cap Workshops
  • November 5, 2023 1:00 pm
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Wood Shavings Ornament Workshop - Sunday, November 19th - Sold out! Tear Cap Workshops
  • November 19, 2023 2:00 pm
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2023 Calendar

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  • Basketmaking
  • Bookmaking
  • Demonstration
  • Encaustics
  • Facility Tour
  • Forestry
  • Hands-on Classes
  • Open House
  • Pottery
  • Printmaking
  • Rent-a-bench
  • Seminar
  • Stone Wall Building
  • Volunteer Work Day
  • Woodworking

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Our schedule changes year to year, as opportunities arise, and our facility and teaching spaces improve. We have so much more planned for the future, so check back again, or drop us a line with a question or suggestion.

Our Facility

Our facility is part of what makes classes at Tear Cap Workshops so special: our campus is a former sawmill, slowly turning into an artisan collective and craft school. While classes go on, the artisan tenants continue their work on site: you might see a load of timbers go by during a basketmaking class, or if you’re curious about guitarmaking, pop by our resident luthier’s shop at lunchtime. Part of our overall goal is to help along inspiration, across media types, skill levels, and different backgrounds. We all have something valuable to share!

Woodworking

The Community Woodworking Shop

The Community Woodworking Shop is in the former planer building. This 80 by 40 foot space will be the home for all future woodworking classes, short-term bench rentals and community events. Our vision for this space is a four-season hub for creative exploration and hands-on skill building in wood.

We received grant funding from The Maine Community Foundation and the Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation to support a Rent-a-Bench Program that will increase community access to woodworking. The concept of the program is to offer a bench, tools, and and maybe a little extra help, to anyone who would like to complete their woodworking project in a community atmosphere.

More information about the Rent-a-Bench Program can be found here:

Rent-a-Bench

Stone Wall Building

We offered our first stonewall building class in 2018 in partnership with the Stone Trust. For a complete list of their available classes, please see thestonetrust.org

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1-Day Stonewall Building Class

October 14, 2023 9:00 am

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Woodworking Class: Make your own Dovetailed Garden Trug and Seat

October 17, 2023 9:30 am

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Facility Tour 2023

October 27, 2023 3:00 pm

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Hand-Built Pottery Workshop

November 2, 2023 9:00 am

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Invasive Plant Management Workshop - November 5th

November 5, 2023 1:00 pm

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Wood Shavings Ornament Workshop - Sunday, November 19th - Sold out!

November 19, 2023 2:00 pm




Tear Cap Workshops

Tear Cap Workshops is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community benefit organization. Our mission is to unleash creativity through hands-on learning. We have workshop space for established artisans, and hands-on learning opportunities in craft education. Our facility is a former sawmill, and we are striving to re-purpose this site in a meaningful way.

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Classes

  • 1-Day Stonewall Building Class
    •  October 14, 2023
       9:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Join Tear Cap Workshops for a one-day course in stone wall building in Hiram, Maine! This is the perfect workshop for anyone to start learning…

  • Woodworking Class: Make your own Dovetailed Garden Trug and Seat
    • Registration - Day 1
       October 17, 2023
       9:30 am - 4:00 pm
    • Registration - Day 2
       October 24, 2023
       9:30 am - 4:00 pm

    Woodworking Class: Make your own Dovetailed Garden Trug and Seat This is a terrific project the whole way through! For anyone who has a desire…

  • Hand-Built Pottery Workshop
    • Pottery - Day 1
       November 2, 2023
       9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    • Pottery - Day 2
       November 9, 2023
       9:00 am - 12:00 pm

      Fun with Clay - for the first time ever at Tear Cap Workshops, November 2nd and 9th!     Come explore the wonderful world…

  • Invasive Plant Management Workshop - November 5th
    •  November 5, 2023
       1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Invasive Plant Management Workshop with Deb Perkins of First Light Wildlife Habitats Join us for an informative presentation led by Deb Perkins, followed by an…

  • Wood Shavings Ornament Workshop - Sunday, November 19th - Sold out!
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       November 19, 2023
       2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Make your own wood shaving ornaments! Inspired from traditional Scandinavian wood ornaments, we'll use wood shavings made from hand planes, and use wood glue to…

  • Facility Tour 2023
    •  October 27, 2023
       3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

      Join us for a walking tour of Tear Cap Workshops! Take a look at some of our ongoing projects, including the Community Woodworking Shop…

Contact information

Tear Cap Workshops
22 Hampshire Street
Hiram, ME 04041
207-625-3396
info@tearcapworkshops.orgtearcapworkshops.org
Open Hours: By appointment - please reach out to schedule a visit so we can be sure to give you our full attention. We love giving tours! It just helps us so much to plan ahead. Thank you for your understanding!

If you're coming to visit, please leave your pets at home, breathe easy because Tear Cap Workshops is a smoke-free property, and drive slow and safe!

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