WHEN: The next fairy cottage workshop will be [to be announced], in Ojai, CA. It will begin on a Thursday afternoon at 1pm (PDT), and end on a Sunday at noon (PDT). It will be an intimate group of no more than 5 students.
WHERE: We will be working mostly outdoors, at a private studio, on a covered terrace with a stunning view of the Topa Topa mountains. The studio is between Ojai and Oakview. Exact address will be given upon registration.
COST: The three-day workshop is $450.
To hold your space, a deposit of $150 is required at registration, and the balance of $200 is required by September 15, 2024.
Fill out this registration form and you’ll be contacted with exact address and further information.
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE WORKSHOP:
- lunch on Friday and Saturday
- snacks and drinks daily
- all instruction
- all supplies
- a blessing on your completed cottage
- discussion of the fairy realm in today’s world
WHAT TO BRING:
- a jacket for chilly evenings (average day temps 75-80º, nights 50º)
- old clothes/shoes you can make a mess in
- special, small, meaningful pebbles, trinkets, or crystals to put onto your cottage (like a hagstone)
- a pair of regular scissors (not your “good scissors”!)
- needle-nosed pliers and pruning shears are helpful, but not required.
- a few interesting twigs, about 10″ long and no bigger around than your thumb. Don’t worry if you don’t have them…we’ll go on a twig hunt first thing on Thursday.
GETTING AROUND:
If you are flying, the big airports are Los Angeles (LAX), Burbank (BUR) and the nearest, Santa Barbara (SBA). You will need either a rental car, Uber.com, or TopaTopaTaxi.com to get from the airport to Ojai and around town when you go to dinner and/or your hotel.
There is the local OjaiTrolley.com which is inexpensive ($1.50 per ride) and has a stop a couple blocks from our studio (Woodland and Highway 33).
Need accommodations? Here’s a list of local hotels, campgrounds, or AirBnB’s.
RETURNING STUDENTS: Just enroll in the workshop and I will teach you any 2 of the following techniques while you build another house.
- fairy glass for the windows
- lighting a cottage
- adding a chimney
- crafting your own forms for doors and windows
- make an open-sided “playhouse” with a second floor
- make a turret
SCHEDULE
| Time | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| 9-12pm | XXX | Sand Activation Twig Frames and Stone Walls | Roof | Fairy cottage blessings |
| 12-1:00pm | XXX | Lunch (provided) | Lunch (provided) | Workshop ends |
| 1-5pm | Twig Hunt | Stone Walls | Roof | |
| 5-7pm | Dinner on own | Dinner on own | Dinner on own | |
| 7-8pm | Studio and Housekeeping | Optional: Fairy Realm discussion or keep working | Option to return and keep working | |
| 9pm | Lights out | Lights out | Lights out |
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