🪴 Craft Night Out: Botanical Coaster Set of 4 🪴
Get ready for an evening of creativity and charm at our Botanical Coaster Set class with Violet from Violet Oak Studios! This delightful craft night is the perfect opportunity to unwind, connect with friends, and explore your artistic side while creating a beautiful, personalized piece of decor (or a fabulous gift for Mother’s Day!)
**What to Expect:**
🌼 **All Materials Provided:** You’ll have access to a wide selection of foliage and embellishments to create a coaster set that perfectly suits your style. You will be able to pick up your coaster set from Bridge 99 a week following the event.
🍺 **Sip & Savor:** Bridge 99 Brewery has a wide array of beer, cider, seltzer and cocktails to sip on while you craft. Hungry? Order up a pizza and nibbles to encourage your craft-juices get flowing! Live and alcohol-free lifestyle? Try Bridge 99’s homemade Rooty Beer or our No-Wake Zone Pale Ale!
💬 **Connect & Create:** This is a wonderful opportunity to bond with fellow craft enthusiasts. Share ideas, laugh, and make lasting memories in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
🌿 **Hands-On Experience:** Learn the art of crafting stunning clay coasters from start to finish. Our expert instructor will guide you through each step.
About Violet: Violet Robles likes to turn mud into stone. Originally from LA, Violet enjoyed a long career as a chef until she left the industry at the beginning of the COVID pandemic to focus on a hemp business she runs with her husband. She’s lived in Bend since 2010 and decided to take a ceramics class when she was needing a hobby. It stuck. She got a cubby at Mud Lake in 2020 and eventually moved to a private studio which she shares with Rachel from Mountain Sun.
Violet appreciates the permanence of the creation she experiences with pots; A thumbprint in the clay could be found hundreds of years from now. She identifies as a “producer of things” and she likes to work with her hands. Violets work is permeated with found things; bone, wood, seashells, feathers, beach glass and the likes are both literally incorporated and used as textures to print with. She creates through a mix of wheel-throwing, altering, and hand-building and her work includes sculpture, platters, decorations, windchimes bells, and talismans. “Robles” means oak in Spanish, leading to her handle Violet Oaks and the motif of an acorn can be found across her work.
When not occupied by her ceramics or her hemp business, Violet takes care to find time to spend with family. She’s been with her husband since culinary school, over 2 decades ago, and they have one kiddo and two dogs. The kiddo runs track and plays baseball and just started taking art classes.
You can find Violet’s work at Mudlakes studio, the Bend Wine Bar, Wild Petals, merry weather, as well as the locavore and Mothers Juice Cafes and her mugs are available at rootedhempco.com She will also be working several farmers markets and events throughout the summer! Follow along @violetoakstudio.
Spaces are limited, and tickets are required, so grab your friends and reserve your spot today for a night of fun, flowers, and fabulous coasters! 🌿💐✨
