Tracey Colla (she/her) has been making things, breaking things, and figuring it out as she goes for as long as she can remember. Bay Area born and raised, she moved to Philadelphia a decade ago and can't imagine living anywhere else. When she's not doing marketing things, you can find her thrifting, making stuff w/ clay, practicing yoga, or engrossed in a craft project. She doesn't claim to be an expert. She claims to be an enthusiast, which she has found is often more useful. She's thrilled to be here and genuinely cannot wait to make a mess with you.

Tracey teaches our Tin Embossing workshop

Amy Kelly is a Philadelphia based mixed media artist. Amy has a BFA in Drawing and has been teaching since 2013. Crocheting, bookbinding, and watercolor are her specialties. She currently makes commission paintings for clients, teachers art workshops, and makes mixed media artworks based on religious and cultural symbolism.

Amy teaches our Intro to Drawing, Watercolor I, & Watercolor II classes, and our Hand-sewn Book Binding & Paper Arts workshops.

Aubrey Nagle (she/her) is a writer, artist, crafter, learning designer, and newsletter enthusiast living in Philadelphia. When she’s not planning fun learning experiences, she’s painting, quilting, sewing, beading or otherwise making things. She also writes a weekly newsletter of arts & crafts events in Philly called Art Class Philly. You can find Aubrey on instagram or her website.

Aubrey teaches our Summer Garland workshop.

Gabriel (they/them) is a block print artist. They are inspired by resistance movements, mental health struggles, folklore, and flora and fauna. Check out their work at wildcraftprintshop.

Gabriel teaches our Intro to Block Printing and First Aid Basics workshops

Sloane (she/her) started crocheting in 2023 as a way to work through grief and anxiety, and she’s been hooked ever since! She loves making everything, from garments to bags and blankets, and especially cute amigurumi. Sloane opened a small crochet business in 2025, Sloane Stitches, and she sells her amigurumi plushies on etsy and at markets around Philly!

Sloane teachers our Crochet I: Basics, Crochet II: Granny Squares, and Crochet III: Amigurumi workshops.

Nox Wulong (they/them) is a Philly based nonbinary artist, metalworker, sculptor, and jeweler. They create jewelry, accessories, armor, sculpture, tools, and weapons from their fiery passon for metals and minerals, for fire and wire. Find their work on their website or find them on Instagram.

Nox teaches our Intro to Chainmail & Chainmail II classes

Erin (she/her) has been sewing by hand and machine since she hit puberty. In 2016, Erin began embroidering portraits of ‘nudes’ as a way to celebrate her friends. It quickly led to the creation of Nudie Stitches, and Erin has spent the last 10 years creating portraits for anyone who will pose. Erin’s embroidered art has been in galleries and on album covers. She embroiders clothes, hats, just about anything a needle can get through. Erin also enjoys breaking sewing machine needles by bulldozing through quilting haphazardly.

Erin teaches our Intro to Thread Painting class

Alyssa Rose (she/her) and Ian Gibson (they/them), the queers behind the candles, have been building QCC together for 8 years. Dating since 2016, Ian was flabbergasted to find out how much money Alyssa spent on candles from big box stores when they moved into her apartment in 2018. That year for Christmas, Ian gave Alyssa a candle making kit for Christmas…and the rest is history! What started as a candle making hobby became a full time family business (two terribly behaved but very loved cats honorarily included). Visit their website or find them on Instagram.

Alyssa and Ian teach our Candle Making Workshop

Emilie Yonker (born 2003, Hastings, Michigan) is an artist living and working in Wilmington, DE. She is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies where she received a BFA in Fiber and Textiles. Her work is inspired by secondhand materials, and she uses both traditional and experimental techniques to create her work. She is drawn to domestic ephemera, such as doll parts, vintage toys, and doilies. Her work has been featured in Detroit Artist Market’s Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition. She is currently employed at the resource exchange where she sorts gently used art supplies as well as offers workshops. Visit Emilie’s website or Instagram to learn more.

Kieran Betz (born 2002, Woodbury, Vermont) currently lives in Wilmington, DE. He graduated from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI with a BFA in Crafts, emphasizing in Glass and is now pursuing a degree in Scientific Glass Blowing from Salem Community College in Carneys Point, NJ. Kieran’s process centers on found and scrap material, blending natural forms with manufactured shapes. Whether working with glass, metals, woods, ceramics, fibers or minerals, Kieran is most comfortable with a tool in his hand and a fresh project on his mind. Visit Kieran’s Instagram to see more.

Emilie and Kieran teach the Lamp That Thing workshops, coming up on 9/5 and 10/17 (12-3 and 4-7)

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