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Go Back in Time During One of Robbins Crossing Craft Classes

by Tim Brunicardi on July 12, 2018

If you’re interested in discovering how to make pottery, work with metal, or learn how to spin & weave a basket, then you should visit Robbins Crossing this July.

Weekend classes will be held all month long in each of these pioneer-inspired art forms, which will be taking place in a 1850-themed village located on the Hocking College campus.

Below are the specific dates and times for each of these classes.

Pottery Class
When: Saturday, July 14
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Cost: $30

Blacksmithing Class
When:
Saturday, July 21 • Saturday, July 28
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Cost: $30 per class

Spinning & Weaving Class
When: Sunday, July 22
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Cost: $30

Basket Weaving Class
When: Sunday, July 29
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Cost: $25

A feature of Hocking College’s campus since the '80s, Robbins Crossing also features a cooper’s shop, a one-room school house, and several restored nineteenth-century log homes.

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Robbins Crossing is open to the general public every weekend between Memorial Day until the end of October from 11 a.m to 5 p.m.

Anyone interested in taking one of these classes should contact Jason Szostek at szostekj@hocking.edu.

Lastly, those who enjoy finding out more about how our ancestors lived should look into Hocking College’s Natural & Historical Interpretation program.

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