Saturday Afternoon 1:00 - 5:00

French Country Queen Bee Vase with Powertex

Susan Crowe

Description: It is a day of French country decor! Love the French country rustic project I am teaching earlier in the day? How about something a little more refined? This lovely urn style gourd vase has the feel of rustic mixed with clean lines and flowing floral designs. We will create the effect of delicate, fine porcelain flower petals using a remarkably simple technique that combines Powertex textile hardener and silk flowers. We will also learn how to create and apply custom vintage graphics to add the finishing touch. Believe me, the photo does not show the intricate detail and soft color variation in the flower petals that is created using this technique. Please stop by and see it in person at the class project display area. You must see this vase up close to appreciate the details! 

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $55.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 1-12

Students must bring: A box of disposable gloves.
Medium, and small paint brushes.
A heat gun for drying as needed.
An apron or smock.
Paper and pen for note taking as desired.

Gourd Wind Chime

Anna Fountain

Description: You will burn a design and paint it onto the gourd wind chime topper and paddle. You will learn to cut copper pipes and how to find the sweet spot to drill hole to make the pipe ring. Once everything has been painted and you are trained on cutting the copper pipes we will assemble your wind chime.

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $50.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 3-12

Students Must Bring: two needle nose pliers, small paint brush, a burner and skew.

Sculpted Giraffe

Marla Garber

Description: You will learn how to sculpt the face and head of a giraffe using a spinner gourd , dipper gourd and quickwood. The eyes are everything. You learn how to easily make and sculpt the eyes. Then we will paint the head. You will finish the spots on the body at home.

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $60.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 6-12

Student must bring: You bring a curly neck dipper. Make sure the handle of the dipper in no bigger than 1 1/2" in diameter at the stem end. I supply everything else. 

Faux Beading Christmas Ornaments 

Karen Maloney 

Description: Christmas Ornaments Made with an egg Gourd using the Pointillism method (faux beading) for the design.
Two gourds will be provided. First with the grid already traced for you to wood burn. Second will be blank to learn how to place the grid on for your second and future ornaments
Patterns will be provided, along with examples. 

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $45.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 3-12

Student must bring a wood burner with a small skew tip or small knife tip.
Apron, Heat Gun

Poinsettia Pine Needle Ornament

Instructor: Shari Zabroski

Description: Students will use waxed linen thread to stitch prepared long leaf pine needles to a painted, sealed and drilled, double sided decorative wood center to create a unique and fun ornament with lampwork and glass seed beads for holiday decorating or gift giving. All supplies will be furnished. Students will receive a complete tutorial following the class to complete their ornament if they're not able to complete it in class. This is not a beginner class; students need to have some previous pine needle coiling experience. 

Time:  Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $50.00

Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate

Number of Students: 5-10

Students Must Bring: Sharp scissors and small needle 

nose pliers

Coiled with Two Chopsticks

Debbie Wilson

Description: Coil your way around a dyed and prepped gourd, and learn to bridge, overlap coils with a simple stitch and then insert 2 decorated chopsticks to complete the look for this unique piece. 

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $55.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 2-12

Students must bring: apron, scissors, a curved needle and a tapestry needle in case we do not get finished, otherwise I will have some for class use. 

Charcoal Owl

Instructor: Beth Westberry

Description: Bring a great horned owl to life with a charcoal pencil. Learn how to apply a base coat so the charcoal will adhere to the gourd. Then using various provided tools learn techniques to create a lifelike image. 

Many thanks to Reggie Eakin for teaching me the original base coat technique used with Prismacolor pencils. And thanks to my drawing teacher Kay Davis for inspiring me to try charcoal.

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $50.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 6-12

Students Must Bring: Gourd (uncut or a bowl) that will accommodate a 6" circle for the design, compass with pencil, wood burner with skew and medium ball tip, apron.

Nesting Eastern Bluebird

Laurie Weiand

Description: Welcome to the 3rd in a series of bird classes I have offered. Come learn how to create this Bluebird beauty! We will be using a pear gourd, a gourd shard for the tail, some Quickwood for wings and a wing mold I created just for this class. I will teach you how to paint the fine details, step by step on your Bluebird as well.
Extra Bonus- You will learn how to construct and make a nest for your Bluebird too! I will supply everything needed to make the Bluebird and nest.

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $45.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 2-12

Students Must Bring: Please bring an apron, rubber gloves and a heat gun.

Mandala Color Wheel

Diane Ricker

Description: Dip and dot your way through overlapping circles with the primary and secondary colors of the color wheel. Mandalas are relaxing and fun especially when all patterns are provided. 

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $55.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 2-12

Students need to bring: hair blower, apron, compass and protractor

Woven Basket on a Martin gourd

Sheryl Scott

Description: Learn to weave pine weavers onto a martin gourd. The gourds will be stained, sprayed with a finish, pre-cut and ready to weave. 

Time:Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $60.00

Skill Level:All

Number of Students: 4-12

Students Must Bring: Instructor will provide everything for the class. Students just wear an apron if wanted.

Make a Netted Gourd Rattle (axatse)

Eddie Osborne

Description: The axatse (pron. ah-HAH-cheh) is a netted gourd rattle of the Ewe people of the West African nations of Ghana and Togo. it traditionally is strung using Job's tears, a grayish seed found in marshy areas of the world. In more recent times, however, plastic pony beads and even cowrie shells are being used.

 

In this class, enrollees will be guided, step-by-step, through the process of crafting the instrument: fashioning the collar, affixing the verticals (the strings) onto the collar, stringing the bead strikers onto the verticals to create the outer netting, and tying off the verticals to form a tail. Upon completion of the project, students will be shown the various ways of playing the axatse.

 

Note: The process of making the axatse is similar to that involved in stringing the sekere, ishaka, jabara, akasa, shegbureh, and other West and Central African netted gourd rattles; as such, it can be used, with slight modification in crafting these rattles.
 

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $65.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 2-12

Students Must Bring: The instructor will supply gourds, cordage, and bead strikers; students should bring scissors, sandpaper, and cigarette lighters or matches.

 

Reversible Gourd Pendant

Kristin Johnson

Description: In this class you will create a unique wood burned gourd pendant all your own using both sides of the gourd shard creating a reversible pendant. We will explore the technique of using Oil pastels with mineral spirits to create a beautiful paint for gourds. There will also be alcohol inks available to add color.

Time: Saturday Afternoon 1:00-5:00

Cost: $30.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 4-12

Students Must Bring: favorite wood burner if you have one (I will provide some simple ones.)