Workshops
Small classes in The Roost, taught by makers who live nearby. Beginners are the point, not the exception. Every workshop runs on a sliding scale, and nobody is asked to explain which price they chose.
Browse workshopsWhy we are here
A working farm that decided to teach
Clear Creek Farm occupies thirty mostly wooded acres near Duvall, Washington, alongside a salmon-bearing creek on lands historically stewarded by Coast Salish peoples.
The property used to run livestock. It still keeps animals, but the work changed. What grows here now is mostly people: neighbors who arrive knowing nothing about spinning or basketry and leave with something they made themselves.
We are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Everything below is paid for by workshop registrations, donations, and grants, which is another way of saying it is paid for by the people who show up.
The Roost
A barn loft, rebuilt for good light
The loft above the barn had a hayloft door, a lot of dust, and nothing else. It is now The Roost: a bright studio, classroom, and gathering space with room for a dozen people around a work table and the kind of north light that makes color behave.
Most workshops happen here. So do the free crafting circles, the fiber fair, and the occasional potluck that runs longer than anybody planned.
To bring people together in community to celebrate the natural world through art, craft, and exploration.
Our mission
Who else lives here
Goats, alpacas, and one very serious dog
The farm is a sanctuary for rescued animals: goats, alpacas, chickens, ducks, and Phoebe, the guardian dog, who takes the job seriously and will tell you so.
The alpacas are not decorative. Their fleece turns up in the fiber workshops, and more than one person has spun yarn from an animal they met an hour earlier.
What we do
Craft that starts where the material starts
We teach nature-based art and craft traditions rooted in ecological systems. Wool from the flock, dye from the garden, willow from the creek bank. The technique matters, and so does knowing where the thing in your hands came from.
Free gatherings
Crafting circles, seasonal events, and the Pop Up Fiber Fair. No registration, no fee, no experience. Bring a project or borrow one of ours.
See what is coming upScholarships
Sliding scale covers most of it. When it does not, scholarship seats do. They are funded by people who paid a little over at checkout, which is the whole reason the option is there.
How the sliding scale worksHow we treat people
Everyone is welcome, and we mean the whole sentence
Clear Creek Farm is a safe, inclusive creative space for people of all backgrounds, and we do not tolerate hate in any form. That is not a disclaimer at the bottom of a page. It is the condition that makes the rest of this work.
Workshops are multi-generational by design. Kids, teenagers, parents, and retirees regularly end up at the same table, which turns out to be the fastest way anybody learns anything.
Our instructors are paid competitively and promoted properly. Teaching here should be worth an artist's time, not a favor they do us.
Who we are
Staff
Two people run the day to day. Everything else is volunteers, instructors, and a board that does real work.
Governance
Board of Directors
Come see it
Thirty acres, forty minutes from Seattle
The farm is at 29727 NE Big Rock Road in Duvall. Parking is on the gravel, boots are a good idea most of the year, and the dog will meet you before anyone else does.
