Social event - Artist studio in Oley

Rotary Club of Kutztown
Wed Mar 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
Palcho's Products
354 Fry Road
Fleetwood, PA  19522
United States of America
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We will be visiting Karen Palcho is an artist and teacher in Oley offering a variety of classes including fermenting, foraging and making your own botanicals.  People attending should bring a beverage (wine, beer or nonalcoholic) and snack to share.
 
 
See a bio for Karen below:
 
Karen's work is rooted in fascination with the alchemy of transforming earth based, raw materials into things useful, beautiful, and tasty. From pottery to the fermentation of vegetables, cider and beer, to herbal lotions and potions, her primary interest is in the chemistry of making itself.

She currently makes and sells stoneware pottery, including fermentation crocks and wine amphorae. She offers year-round classes in food, condiment, and beverage fermentation, and classes in botanical product making including herbal lotions and potions and healing balms and salves. She also hosts a year-round series of musical events.

An art teacher for 40 years, Karen has taught and directed programs in public and private schools, museums, and art centers including Wyomissing Area High School, Kutztown University, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, and The International Baccalaureate Organization. She has studied and taught art in Pennsylvania, Alaska, Luxembourg, The Ivory Coast, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Slovakia and Israel. She is the founder of Karen's Botanicals Organic Skincare. 

Classes include

Botanical Extracts for Body Care, Culinary, and Medicinal Purposes

Edible Weed Walk and Foraging

Vegetable Fermentation

Fermented Condiments: Worchestershire Sauce, Ketchup, Mustard, Lemons, Garlic and more

Miso Making with Tamari and Fermented Nut Butter

Hard Cider Brewing