Making fabrics on a variety of looms. Students learn to design and weave beautiful and practical textiles with looms from many traditions.  Possibilities include European floor looms, South American backstrap looms, cross-cultural tablets, Japanese kumihimo, primitive mat-looms, and others.

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Into the Woods: Environmental Education with Craftsbury Elementary School

As the final project for the Sterling College Environmental Education class, students in the class designed and implemented a half-day workshop for the entire Craftsbury Elementary School on Tuesday, May…

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Touring with the Bike Barons

A brief history of the Bike Barons In the early days of the College’s history as a Work College Erik Hansen, Sterling’s first Dean of Work, came up with the…

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When a Tree Falls in the Woods…

Queue some dramatic music. Cut to a helmet & kevlar-clad wearing crew grabbing their chainsaws. Cut to snow-encrusted Sterling woodlot. This is where our story begins… Sustainable Agriculture and Restorative Forestry are…

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