Saturday All Day (8:30-5:00)

Carved Maple Leaf

Troy Tatum

Description: This fun filled day long class will guide you step by step through the creation of the carved and cut-out maple leaf on a gourd. You will learn to transfer the furnished pattern, cut out the background, carve the maple leaf in relief and finish the gourd with ink dye and metallic pigment power and color the leaf with acrylic. We will cover the details on how to rough out the design, create depth and finish the carving. This class will also include a discussion on the different types of power carvers and the strength and weakness of each as well as a discussion on the types of power carving burrs and their usage.

Time: Saturday All Day 8:30-5:00

Cost: $95.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 5-12

Students must bring: A power carver (ether a flex shaft machine like a Dremel or Foredom or a micro carver like the Master Carver, Ram or others), carving burrs ( bring all you have), a respirator or good quality dust mask, a micro gourd saw or a cutting burr for you carver like the Gourd Master Fili-Point Burr, an adjustable temperature woodburner with skew and writing tips. This is an day long class so you may want to bring hearing protection and a cushion for your setting comfort.

1,000 Holes Lamp

Karen Hundt-Brown

Description: In this fun filled class students will be making their own beaded lamp shade,in their choice of colors and design. The teacher is an award winning lamp maker who will show you how to wire and design a thousand holes lamp.

Time: Saturday All Day 8:30-5:00

Cost: $70.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 6-12

Students Must Bring: Nothing, all materials will be provided by the teacher for this class. 

Woodburn Prairie Buffalo

Robin Bryson

Description: Create shading and leather tooling by by manipulating your wood burner tip at a low temperature. Enhanced with embellishments. I want to thank my brother for showing me his vacation pictures and showing me the huge spiritual animal stating I should do a buffalo.

Saturday All Day 8:30-5:00

Cost: $90

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 1-12

Student Must Bring:  a temperature controlled wood burner with a rounded skew tip.

Tyvek Swoosh

Vickie Echols

Description: I love beads and it’s so easy to make your own. We will start with making some Tyvek beads and blinging them with tapes, foils and films. You have the option of making all you own beads for this project or I will have a nice selection of beads for you. We will learn how to insert the Tyvek beads into our coiling in a way that really lets them be the star. 

Time: Saturday All Day 8:30-5:00

Cost: $80.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 5-12

Students Must Bring: Sharp scissors, needle nose plyers, FINE tipped wire cutters, a heat tool, cutting mat, metal ruler and an Xacto knife

Geometric bowl

Ana Poma 

Description: This project teachers three technical of work with gourd, in the pyrography, burning and the finishing with stippling efect.

Time: Saturday All Day 8:30-5:00

Cost: $75.00

Skill Level: All

Numbr of Students: 2-12

Student Need to bring:

Paint red and blue
Dremel tool with different bits
Eggs shells
Paint brushes small sizes.

Sign of the Times

Terry and Sandy Jordan

Description: Looking for a gourd festival? Come create this beautiful sign in Pen and Ink Rouging. Sandy (a certified Mary Owens Instructor) will take you step-by-step-step, through the pen and ink rouging process. This unique process is done with India ink and oil paints. Everything to complete the class will be provided by the instructor. Come learn this beautiful technique.

I want to thank Mary Owens for teaching me this beautiful technique.

Time: Saturday Morning 8:30-11:30

Cost: $55.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 1-10

Students Must Bring: Nothing. Instructor supplies everything

"Snowy Owl"

Instructor: Laurie Weiand

Description: Come join me in making this "Snowy Owl". I will teach you the techniques I have perfected to emboss the wings, breast and eyes. As for the beak and ear tufts, they will be sculpted out of Quickwood. Then with some layers of paint and stain, you will learn how to bring this Owl to Life!

Time: Saturday Morning 8:30-11:30

Cost: $35.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 3-12

Students Must Bring: Apron, rubber gloves and heat gun to speed up drying time of the paint applications.

Dyed Etched Delight

Debbie Wilson

Description: Try your hand at an overall design that moves and changes by the repeated designs that you carve into the gourd. This is a great class if you have not carved a lot, mistakes can be incorporated into the design! We will finish off by creating a unique finish with transtint dye and your barrel sander. Gourd will be prepped, and design guidelines already in place.

Time: Saturday Morning 8:30-11:30

Cost: $50.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 2-12

Students must bring: Rotary carver with the correct collets to hold burs or an adjustable chuck. I suggest carbide burs bur steel will also work. BRING Small ball and a medium ball and a Barrel Sander. Diamond burs will not work. Bring and apron, mask, gloves and if you have one a hairdryer or heat gun. I will have two available. I also have 5 carvers if someone would like to try this project but you need a carver, email me to reserve; artbasgo@gmail.com

Rustic French Country Gourd Urn with Powertex

Susan Crowe

Description: Calling all French country decor lovers, you are going to love this one! Let me share with you my latest discovery of how to use embellishments and Powertex to create this lively rustic effect on any gourd surface. Especially those gourds that have defects or damage that needs to be hidden in the project. But the best part is this lovely decor project is its versatility. The finished project will be made in such a way that the rim garland can be remove and replace with other styles to fit the changing seasons of your home. Add Christmas greenery, a spring wreath or possibly fall leaf garland. We will start with an 8” Martin gourd but the gourd cap used for the base and the final product will vary in height.
Believe me the photo does not do it justice, so please stop by, and see it in person at the class project display area. You must see this up close to appreciate the details! 

Time: Saturday Morning 8:30-11:30

Cost: $55.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 1-12

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

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 Morning 8:30-11:30

Cost: $60.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 6-12

Students 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.

Garden Friends Bunny

Sue Taber

Description: Paint a beautiful bunny on a cut out gourd and turn it into a lamp. 

Time: Saturday Morning 8:30-11:30

Cost: $65.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 6-12

Students Must Bring: #2 round brush, 3/8 angle brush, assorted stencil brushes and hair dryer

E. Tatum Mini Hummingbird Feeder

Ellen Tatum

Descriptions: Students will make a mini hummingbird feeder starting with a precut and painted white gourd. Using a vinyl mask (many designs to choose from) and alcohol inks (with different alcohol techniques taught) , oil based paint pens, jelly pens and acrylic paints the student will decorate the outside of the hummingbird feeder. The inside will be put together and finish with a weather proof hanger. 

Time: Saturday Morning 8:30-11:30

Cost: $45.00

Skill Level: All

Number of Students: 3-12

Students must bring: All tools and gourds supplied