2023 Friday All Day 8:30-5:00

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Updated Sunflower Faux Leather Tooling

Troy Tatum

Spend a fun filled day creating this beautiful colored sunflower faux leather tooled design on a gourd. You will transfer the design, woodburn the outline and borders, stipple the background and shade the design to look like leather tooling. Next you will color the outside of the gourd and the leather tool design, add faux stitching and finish the gourd by mounting the leather trimmed conchos on each side. The instruction will focus on the low heat shading technique to add tonal value to the design.

Size: 7-to-8-inch diameter gourd with a height of 7 to 8 inches.

Cost: $97.00

Time: Friday All Day 8:30am-5:00pm

Skill Level: All

Min: 4

Max: 12

Students Must Bring: An adjustable temperature woodburner with a skew (Knife like pen) pen, large ball shader or other shading pens and a writing tip or small ball tip pen. This is an all-day class so you may want to bring a chair cushion.

This Class is Full

Three Unbalanced Owls

Randy Bartram

You will create 3 owls in varying sizes from bumpy gourds, gourd pieces, QuickWood, and Polymer clay. The owls will be painted, texturized, and antiqued. You will create eyes, bills, feet, and talons with polymer clay and glass eyes. The owls will be stacked and posed before they have eyes causing them to be unbalanced. The owls will come to life as you attach the eyes, finish off the crown, sculpt the eyebrows, and attach Bills and feet. Since they are slightly unbalanced, the owls will have fun hanging on to completion of the project. Some students may not finish during class but will have everything needed to finish the project at home.

Size: About 10-12" high by about 6" diameter

Cost: $97.00

Time: Friday All Day 8:30am-5:00pm

Skill Level: All

Min: 7

Max: 12

Students Must Bring: Vinyl gloves, if preferred, for working with QuickWood, a medium to larger size flat paint brush (square or angled), small and medium round brushes.

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Little Brown Jug

Terry and Sandy Jordan

Students will make this little brown jug with Terry using a gourd and gourd pieces. Once the jug is complete, students will then prepare the gourd for painting the design. Sandy will then instruct the student on how to apply the design and paint it using the pen/ink rouging technique from Mary Owens. You will have the option to pick which design you would like. I have one that states “Moonshine” and the other is a picture of an old-fashion moonshine still. You will have both designs, but we only have time to do one. All students should have a finished project at the end of the day.

Size: 8-10 inches (approx)

Cost: $87.00

Time: Friday All Day 8:30am-5:00pm

Skill Level: All

Min: 5

Max:10

Students Must Bring: Paint brushes (3/4 inch) and liner, water basin (for paint brushes), apron

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American Goldfinch with a Birdhouse

Laurie Weiand

This will be #5 in the series of different birds I have offered for classes the last few years. Along with the Goldfinch I have added a birdhouse to go along with it. You will do some wood burning on the birdhouse. Along with adding a touch of color to accent the natural beauty of the gourd. Once assembled, the rest of the special details will be added to complete the birdhouse. The Goldfinch will be made out of a small banana gourd and a jewelry gourd portion for a head. These pieces will be put together in advance. We will use Quickwood for all its special features and with that I will provide a special mold for its wings that you get to keep. Once the Quickwood has hardenened, you will proceed on to painting all the details of a Goldfinch. You will receive step by step instructions for this all day class. This will be like having 2 classes into one!
*Note- Main gourd on birdhouse may vary somewhat.

Size: 12"-14" tall x 5"-6" wide, may very slightly

Cost: $87.00

Time: Friday All Day 8:30am-5:00pm

Skill Level: All

Min:3

Max: 12

Students Must Bring: You will need to bring a wood burning tool to your preference with a small skew type tip for the detail work on the birdhouse door and roof.
Rubber gloves, apron and a heat gun.

This Class is Full

Gourd Salmon or Trout

Cara Bevan

What a catch! In this class we’ll be making gourd salmon or trout. We’ll use banana gourds for their bodies and quikwood clay to sculpt their faces. I’ll show you how to use and warp craft plastic for their flowing fins. We’ll also learn how to make custom glass eyes for them. No experience is necessary. We’ll paint them and each will get a wooden base. You will leave the class with one completed trout, salmon, or another other species of long fish of your choice.

Size: 5-7" long

Cost: $62.00

Time: Friday Morning 8:30am-11:30pm

Skill Level: All

Min: 3

Max: 12

Student Must Bring: Your own sculpting tools, embossing/heat gun (optional but recommended), scissors

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Elegance and Texture 1

Ellen Tatum

Students will be getting the best of both worlds by combining both texture techniques with a carver and beautiful yarns. Yes I will demonstrate how to combine yarns and apply them to the gourds and demonstrating how to carve the texture techniques. I will be supplying many yarns, acrylic paints and gourds ready to paint in your chosen color and decorate. Your own imagination will be necessary. (Please bring your own embellishments as the ones I bring may not go with the colors you choose)
Students will need to bring a carver, heat gun, gloves, and mask.

Size: 6" diameter

Cost: $47.00

Time: Friday Morning 8:30am-11:30pm

Skill Level: All

Min: 2

Max: 12

Students Must Bring: Carver, heat gun, gloves and mask.

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Snowbird Christmas Ornaments & Gourd Trading Shard (GATS)

Susan Crowe

Have you ever wanted to create faux snow effects on a gourd?
Come and learn how to create background textures and beautiful snowy peaks using inexpensive materials that can be found at any local hardware store. We will be making one Christmas bell complete with a tiny silver clacker, one icicle ornament using a banana gourd, and one 2”gourd trading shard that can be traded or turned into tree decor. This year, we will be using a new and very simple image transfer technique that will allow you to print vibrant, colorful images using common household items and an inkjet printer. We will finish off our three gourd lovelies with a little touch of Christmas bling. What snowy morning would be complete without a little sparkle?

Approx. measurements: Bell 4", banana 7", shard 2 1/2"

Cost: $42.00

Time: Friday Morning 8:30am-11:30pm

Skill Level: All

Min: 1

Max: 12

Students Must Bring: A box of disposable gloves.
Paint brushes.
A heat gun.
An apron or smock.
Paper and pen for taking notes.

This Class is Full

Weaving Outside the Box

Susan Nonn

Explore new materials as you learn to weave on the outside of a gourd. By combining different textures and colors each person will create their own unique functional woven vase. Techniques will include twining, three-rod wale, undulating waves, and a tighter rim.

The instructor will provide a gourd that is cut, cleaned, spokes inserted, and the first five rows woven. Students will have more time building hills, adding beads and embellishments.

Size 7"x12"

Cost: $62.00

Time: Friday Morning 8:30am-11:30pm

Skill Level: All

Min: 4

Max: 10

Students Must Bring: Old bath towel, spray bottle for water, small bent pliers.

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