Summer Camp at the Stevie

Join us this July for Summer Camp at the Stevie, a hands-on art making series situated in a lush oasis in the middle of Culver City. Across four weekends, adults and teens are invited to slow down and reconnect with the natural world through workshops led by renowned local artists. Workshops will include watercolor, incense making, weaving with foraged materials, and natural dyeing. Together, we will cultivate a sense of awe for the quiet power and beauty of plants.

Whether you’re channeling your inner artist or just looking for a mindful escape, each session offers a nod to summer camp nostalgia. Each weekend features two sessions. Participants may register for one or both, except for the incense-making workshop, which is a two-day experience and requires attendance on both days.

Two Day Incense Immersion with Persephenie

July 12 & 12, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Two Day Incense Immersion is an in-depth study of the art, history, and materials used in incense.

This is a hands-on course where you’ll learn the craft of artisanal incense.

DAY ONE: Raw Materials, Slide Show, & Combustible Incense

Day one we’ll start by meeting herbs, learning about their context in the history and making of incense, while enjoying a rich visual slideshow. The latter part of the day focus’s on crafting botanical combustible incense, incorporating the variety of herbs you learned about in the morning. We’ll burn an assortment of materials, learn to mix and make an aromatic incense dough, and shape incense into cones and sticks. You’ll learn how incense is made, ratios, and about materials.

DAY TWO: Warming Incense, Incense as a Ritual, and Making Incense Pastilles

There are two types of incense, incense you warm, and incense you burn. Day Two focus’s on non-combustible incense that’s meant to be warmed, not burned. On the second day, in conjunction with another colorful slideshow, you’ll learn how to warm incense as a ritual, about ancient incense tools and accruements, and then at the latter part of the day, you’ll create non-combustible incense pastilles.

INCLUDED:

Meet a variety of raw herbs and materials used for incense making.

A rich visual slide show highlighting herbs, incense accruements, and incense history,

Learn about where the materials came from and their importance in myth, commerce, and culture.

Learn about incense history as medicine, in sacred offerings, religion, and aesthetics.

Learn how to process herbs and resins, create incense recipes, and the importance of order when making your own recipes.

Learn about different types of incense, including incense that’s heated, not burned.

Craft your own botanical incense using herbs, woods, resins and spices from around the world.

All Materials and Tools included.

MATERIALS COST: $45

Due to generous funding, the Wende Nuseum and Persephenie are able to offer the two day incense course with only a materials fee.