2023 Workshop Registration

Instructor: Vickie Echols

Class Min: 5     Max: 15

Learn to coil pine needles onto the rim of a wide open gourd while incorporating wood beads into your work. You will learn how to seamlessly start and finish off your basket. Repetition will reinforce how to add a bead to your pine needle baskets. Expect to finish project in class.

• Student needs to bring: Sharp scissors, jewelry size needle nose plyers, and fine tipped wire clippers
• Instructor will provide: Prepared gourd, glycerinated pine needles, wood beads, artificial sinew, sewing needle, and emailed tutorial.

Instructor: Katie Westmoreland

Class Min: 2   Max: 12

Students will learn wood burning techniques, carving techniques and some basic painting instructions. This will be a busy class and if student doesn't finish in class, they will have the "know" how to do so after class. Expect to finish this project in class. 

• Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
• Prerequisite skills for student: Wood burner and carving experience is helpful but not absolutely necessary
• Student needs to brings: Variable temperature wood burner with skew, writer or ball tips, rotary tool with inverted cone and different size ball cutter burrs (carbide), dust mask, a big soft brush or rag for wiping away dust from project, apron
• Instructor will provide: Prepared gourd, paint, brushes, extra wood burners and carvers to loan for the class purpose. All other materials needed for this class. Pattern will be applied to gourd before class so students will be able to woodburn right away. A tutorial and pattern is included to take home in this class.
• Gourd size approximately 7 to 8 inches

Instructor: Vickie Echols
Class Min: 5   Max: 15

Use up your gourd scraps to create this Altered Turtle Basket. We will start with a prepared gourd shard that resembles a turtle shell. We will learn how to coil pine needles onto the shard while incorporating beads to create our unique turtle baskets.

• Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
• Prerequisite skills for student: Some pine needle coiling is helpful.
• Student needs to bring: Sharp scissors, jewelry size needle nose plyers, and fine tip wire trimmers
• Instructor will provide: Prepared gourd shard (decoupaged, sealed with resin & holes drilled), pine needles, beads, stitching needle, thread, and tutorial emailed after the class 

Instructor: Sue Taber

Class Max: 12

Learn how to paint a darling little gourd lamp shade that fits on a jar. Expect to finish this project during class.

• Student needs to bring: Assorted stencil brushes, round brush and 3/8” angle brush
• Instructor will provided: Cut gourd top, jar, fairy lights, paint, and tutorial

Instructor: Robin Bryson

Class Min: 1  Max: 15

Learn how to paint a realistic crow's head with very little effort and ink dyes. Nestled around with dyed pine needles and accentuated with red beads to make your art piece pop.

• Student needs to bring: nothing
• Instructor will provide: Tutorial, pattern, ink dyes, Formula 49, brushes, dyed pine needles, beads, needle, wax linen, heat gun and bail
• Finished gourd size approximately 7 to 8 inches

Instructor: Marla Garber

Class Min: 6   Max: 12

You'll be introduced to Alcohol Ink Pearls. This is a good class to use the Pearl inks. You will wood burn, carve, and use 2 different textures on this piece. This project looks great on different type of gourds. 

• Prerequisite skills for student: Wood Burning and Carving
• Student needs to bring: Woodburner, small rounded skew, carver, filigree burr, burr to remove skin, ball burr for stippling
• Instructor will provide: Prepped gourd, alcohol inks, paints, tutorial

Instructor: Sue Haberer

Class Min: 5  Max: 20

Join Sue in making this one of a kind butterfly which can be nestled among your potted plants and flowers.  Your friends will be amazed at its beauty and at your talent.  The Circus Butterfly is made from gourd shards and embellished with paint, alcohol ink, and egg shells.  You will go home with a complete home decor piece that will add excitement to any room.

• Student needs to bring: QuikWood, black acrylic paint, white acrylic paint, a bright color acrylic paint of your choice,  1/2” flat brush, 1/4” angular brush, fine liner brush, Xacto knife, paper towels,  alcohol inks (optional), Aleene’s glue, water bowl
• Instructor will provide: pre-cut shards for wings, base, stand, egg shells 

Instructor: Cynthia Kendall

Min: 5   Max: 15

Learn to design a layered image gourd using a vinyl resist technique. Cynthia will show you how to cut and design a plant motif for the cannonball gourd using your ruler, X-Acto knife and blank vinyl. You can then create your own designs at home. Students will be doing all the cutting for the vinyl resist plant design. A cannonball gourd will be supplied pre-cut, cleaned, and ready to work on.  

• Instructor will provide: Cannonball gourd (sizes will vary—first come, first pick), vinyl, gloves, hole punch, alcohol inks, felt, heat gun, shoe polish, furniture paste, and soft towels. Extra blank vinyl sheets will be available for sale. 
• Student needs to bring: Exacto knife, 6" ruler, heat gun, wear old clothes.

Instructor: Katie Westmoreland

Min: 2   Max: 12

A little of everything in this class! This class will teach students some smooth lining with your woodburners as well as using colored pencil to fill in your roosters character. Borders will be put on with an ink dye that will need to be heat set. Some skin removal and carving as well will be offered in this class.

• Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
• Prerequisite skills: Some wood burning and rotary tool experience. 
• Student needs to bring: Variable temperature woodburner with knife or skew tip, ball or writing tip; rotary tool with skin removing burr, ball burrs of a couple different sizes; mask; eye protection; ear protection; apron' soft brush or rag' pencil and paper; colored pencils (prisma colored pencils recommended by instructor if you are purchasing a set ahead of time)
• Instructor will provide: Prepared gourds, tutorial with pictures, pattern, all other supplies needed with the "know how" to finish at home if not finished in class. Woodburner or rotary tool offered upon request. 

Instructor: Sue Taber
Class Max:  12

Paint a sweet ghost gourd with a little gourd Jack o' lantern in his tummy. Expect to finish project in class time.

• Instructor will provide: Cut clean gourds, paint, tutorial
• Student needs to bring: Assorted stencil brushes for dry brushing, #2 round brush, 3/8 angle brush

Instructor: Sue Taber

Class Max: 12

Paint an adorable snowman gourd lamp with an “over the river” scene cut out of his belly. Expect to finish this project in class.

• Student needs to bring:  Assorted stencil brushes for dry brushing, #2 round brush and angle brush
• Instructor will provide: Cut clean gourd, paint, hat, scarf, tutorial 

Instructor: Nancy Amburgey

Class Min: 4   Max: 12

Ever wonder what to do with wine bottle corks? In this class the student will use reed, wine corks and beads to weave on the top of a gourd bowl. The project may have alternate beads or reed than shown in the photo. A fully prepared gourd will be provided. No prior knowledge of weaving is required for the class. Sorry, wine will NOT be provided by the instructor. Expect to finish project in class.

• Student needs to bring: Apron, small kitchen towel, and scissors (not your good fabric scissors) to cut the reed
• Instructor will provide: gourd, reed, corks, beads

Instructor: Robin Bryson

Class Min: 1  Max: 15

Carve a unique Gourd Antler with a touch of light wood burning for a realistic effect. Enhanced with decorative beads, leather pieces and a real antler burr (color and size of the burrs varies). Expect to finish project in class.

• Student needs to bring: Carver with a saber tooth cylinder burr, wood burner with a rounded skew, and E6000
• Instructor will provide: Tutorial, pattern, gourd piece, antler burr, beads, leather strips, bail and sandpaper.
• Finished gourd size approximately 6 by 10 inches

Instructor: Marla Garber

Class Min: 6   Max: 12

This class if a faux leather floral tooling class. You will wood burn and carve a sunflower design and add faux stitching. You will use Ink dyes to add color. Expect to finish project in class.

• Prerequisite skills for student: Wood burning and carving
• Student needs to bring: Heat gun, wood burner, rounded skew pens, small ball point pen, carver and burrs for removing skin of the gourd, ball burrs.
• Instructor will provide: Gourd, tutorial, ink dyes, paint 

Instructor: Vickie Echols

Class Min: 5  Max: 15

Learn how to coil glycerinated pine needles onto a prepared gourd to make a unique vessel. You will start with attaching a “foot” and working on shaping skills to create stability. The rim will be worked in a step-up design using large hole beads. Leave class with knowledge on how to finish project at home.

• Prerequisite skills for student: Some coiling experience will be helpful but not required.
• Student needs to bring: Sharp scissors, jewelry size wire clippers, and needle nose plyers
• Instructor will supply: Prepared gourd (covered with Altered Pages, Sealed with resin, and holes drilled), glycerinated pine needles, artificial sinew, stitching needle, big hole beads, and a detailed tutorial that will be emailed after the class.

Instructor: Sue Haberer

Class Min: 6   Max: 15

We will be using necks of gourds to make a wall hanging of Indian Spirit Dolls.  Each Spirit Doll will be original as you come up with your own style.  Patterns will be handed out to combine designs or create one of your own. The dolls will be approximately 7”-8” tall and 3”-4” wide.

• Prerequisite skills for student: Must be able to paint or use tangles from a pattern handout.
• Student needs to bring: Bring a board (such as a fence picket) or something to mount the doll onto—smaller than 5” x 12”, Aleene’s tacky glue, Micron pin .5 or larger in black, awl, acrylic paints (black, white, turquoise, red, yellow), pencil/ eraser, woodburner and skew pen (optional), Xacto knife
• Instructor will provide: Gourds, feathers, pegs, stones

Instructor: Robin Bryson

Class Min: 1  Max: 15

Learn a bead work technique from descendants of the ancient Aztecs, the indigenous Huichol people from southwest Mexico. Using bees wax and brightly colorful beads, like a mosaic with geometric shapes.

• Student needs to bring: Awl, razor blade, old rag
• Instructor will provide: Tutorial, small gourd bowl, special bee's wax and colorful seed beads and heat gun
• Finished gourd size approximately 1-1/2 by 3-3/4 inches

Instructor: Vickie Echols

Class Min: 5   Max: 15

You will learn how to coil pine needles around the rim of a gourd and how to incorporate black walnut slices & beads to create your unique luminary. Expect to finish project in class.

• Prerequisite skills: Some pine needle coiling is helpful.
• Student needs to bring: Sharp scissors, jewelry size needle nose plyers, and fine tip wire trimmers
• Instructor will provide: Prepared gourd shard (decoupaged, sealed with resin and holes drilled), pine needles, beads, stitching needle, thread, and tutorial

Instructor: Nancy Amburgey

Class Min: 4   Max: 12

In this class the student will lay out concentric circles, wood burn, paint and seal the gourd and then lace a star within the circles.   It will be completed with a laced rim. Expect to finish project in class.

• Student needs to bring: Woodburner and skew pen, apron, heat gun, scissors, compass, awl
• Instructor will provide: Gourd, paint, sealer, needle, drill and drill bits, pencils, lacing

Instructor: Madonna Watermon

Class Min: 1   Max: 10

Student will learn how to transfer pattern to gourd, wood burn with shading, stipple with wood burner or carver , dye and place cabochon. Expect to finish project in class.

• Student needs to bring: Clean whole or cut gourd or shards any size, (if cut must be cleaned on inside), pencil, gloves, carbon paper, heat gun, choice of ink dye if desired, Wood burner with shade pen of your choice, and medium to large ball tip. Carver with a medium carbide round bit.
• Instructor will provide: tutorial, pattern, cabochon, glue, 2 colors of ink dye