Cedar, Stone & Clay
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Why Founders Weekend
Not a demo. Not a mockup. The actual land, at the actual stage it's in, with paint on your hands.

We found this property in November 2025. We could wait until everything is finished to share it, but that's not the spirit of what we're building. So we're starting with one weekend, kept small so we can get it right. You'll try cyanotype, air dry clay and watercolor, share meals, draw by the campfire each night, and enjoy Cedar, Stone & Clay in the early stages of rewilding, as we build it together.

Friday's report can wait. Come make something. The Little Artist inside you is dying to get out.

The details so far
When
Fri Nov 13 to Sun Nov 15
Where
Bedford, Indiana
Art
Cyanotype, air dry clay, watercolor
Supplies
Provided, with extras to take home
Meals
Included
Spots
Full
Restrooms
Portable toilets and handwashing
Water
Safe drinking water on site
Wi-Fi
Near the gazebo and class tents
Dogs
Well-behaved, leashed dogs welcome
Warm up
Private hot shower or a hot soak
Rain plan
Under the gazebo and class tents
What to expect

A small, real first gathering

This is our first season, and we're still reclaiming and rewilding this land one corner at a time. Here's what that means for your weekend.

Friday evening is for settling in, with dinner, the fire and drawing by the campfire. Around the fire, we'll tell you the story of how we found this place. Saturday is cyanotype prints in the morning sun and air dry clay in the afternoon, then free time for a walk around the property or a trip to Otis Park, four minutes away. After dinner, it's back to the fire to draw under the stars. Sunday morning is watercolor, then lunch and home by early afternoon.

  • Hands-on art classes. Cyanotype prints made with leaves and grasses from the property, air dry clay rings and totem poles decorated with acrylics, and watercolor. We provide the supplies, plus extras to take home. Bring anything of your own you want to work on too.
  • Drawing by the campfire every night.
  • Meals are included. You're welcome to bring a cooler with your own favorites too.
  • This first weekend is full. We kept it small on purpose while we finish the work on the land, and the next one will have room for more.
  • Our tents come with an air mattress. Bring your own sleeping bag, pillow and blankets, plus a sleeping pad to go under the mattress for warmth. We'll be right there with you, staying in our 1973 camper, the ScandiFAN.
  • Portable toilets, handwashing stations, drinking water and Wi-Fi near and around the gazebo and class tents.
  • When you want to warm up, there's a private hot water shower in our shower tent, or a hot soak in a portable tub.
  • If it rains, we'll keep making things under the gazebo and our covered class tents.
  • It's November in southern Indiana, so nights get cold. If you've been curious but never quite worked up to it, this is the place to try. We'll show you how to stay warm, sleep well, and make it something you look forward to. Our fall packing list covers what to bring.
  • Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome. Please bring a tie-out and a dog who won't bark through the night, so everyone sleeps well, and plan where your pup will be during class time.
  • A campfire, good company, and a first look at what we're building.
Founders Weekend is full

Be first in line for the next one.

Founders Weekend, November 13 to 15, is full. We're keeping this first one small while we finish the work on the land. Join the list and you'll be the first to hear about the next art class or camping weekend.

You're on the list. We'll let you know when the next one opens.

We'll only use this to tell you about classes and camping at Cedar, Stone & Clay. Never shared, never sold.