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Watch artists do free T o N C E (Dremel or similar).. Instructor will furnish a large available from show vendors.) Instructor will products. Let this class be a springboard for your cost). All other supplies will be furnished, including supply of the ball tips needed for the carving. Great provide several color handouts, extra pyro patterns to creativity as we mix and match to create texture and beads, clasp and wire or wax linen to create a class for beginners. Limit 8 take home, and all necessary supplies/tools. All color. Students should bring gloves, woodburning beautiful necklace. Come have fun and take home a levels. Limit 12 tool, and a heat tool (hair dryer will work) All other wonderful piece of wearable art. Classroom # 3 supplies furnished. All levels Limit 12 All levels. Limit 12 Classroom # 5 Saturday October 18 Classroom # 4 Please send all checks and Aboriginal Gourd Saturday October 18 Saturday October 18 correspondence to: Drum Sea Shells w/ Water Puurrrfectly ALGS Color Pencils and Simple Kitty Rose & Bob Taunton P.O. Box 902 10:00 a.m.3 hrs. $50 Sepia Ink Peggy Ash Judy Roberts Students will build a 10:00 a.m. 3 hrs. $40 Trinity, Al. 35673 gourd from materials 10:00 a.m. 3 hrs. $40 Make a litter & never furnished by the Students will learn to have to feed them or instructor. Subjects covered will be cleaning and transfer a pattern and will clean a litter box. Fun & fast prim kitty to keep, or preparing a raw gourd, leveling the head surface, be encouraged to free-hand the design. Once the give away (no one will refuse this kitten). The The Alabama Gourd staining and decorating the gourd, attaching the head design is on the gourd, information will be given on technique can be altered for any size gourd, but we Festival will be held on and trim. Bonus…students will be given an on-hands the different types of pens used to permanently will start with a cannon ball or coyote gourd instruction of playing Irish bodhran style. All outline. Water color pencils will be used to add color (students choice) We will use QuickWood to sculpt Saturday and Sunday. supplies furnished. Limit 15 and the use of a workable fixative will be explained. the kitty. There is usually enough to do another one Exhibit entry and vendor Painting Pumpkin Students should bring #2 or #4 filbert brush, (will at home. All supplies furnished plus a tutorial registration will be held Faces have extra to sell.) All other supplies are furnished. with picture to take home. All levels. Limit 12 All levels. Limit 10 Chez ‘Gourd’ met on Friday afternoon. Missy Miles Reserve your tickets now 2:00 p.m. 2 hrs. $30 ala Peggy Santa Ornament with Peggy Ash for our dinner on Students will be guided Water Color Pencils on a fun project of 1:30 p.m. 3hrs. $40 Saturday night, still painting a pumpkin face Judy Roberts Creative & simple; a on a bottle necked gourd. Along with painting a 1:30 p.m. 2-3 hrs. $30 perfect kitchen companion just $12 per person. We funny face, a burlap hat will be added to the Students will be taught the for anyone. Great gift or will have our annual pumpkin head. There will be three faces to choose transfer of a simple pattern and decoration. He is done auction after the dinner. from or students can bring their own funny face to be encouraged to draw their own with quick wood on captured on the gourd. Proportion hints and designs. Different types of pens and inks will be ornamental gourds. (There Bring your gourd hat and shadowing techniques will be covered. All supplies explained. You will learn the application of water is usually enough quick wood to do at least 2..one to enter the hat parade. We furnished. All levels. Limit 10 color pencils and different types of pencils that are keep & one to give). All supplies furnished plus a will also have a mask Sunday October 19 available. Also, the use of a workable fixative will be tutorial with picture to take home. Limit 10 explained. Student will need a #2 or #4 filbert. All Sunday October 19 parade. Our dinner and Beginning Woodburning other supplies furnished. All levels Limit 15 Kathy James Gourd Necklace auction is open to the 10:00 a.m. 3hrs. $25 Sunday October 19 Peggy Mayo public and everyone is Learn the basics of Sampler Gourd 10:00 a.m. 3 hrs. $35 welcome. pyrography and equipment Mary Segreto Students will use gourd pieces to care; practice quality lines 10:00 a.m. 4hrs. $45 create a beautiful necklace. They and shading techniques. Learn creative ways to use ink will learn a simple technique for For more information You’ll woodburn your choice of florals using dyes, gel mediums, gel glazes, woodburning and carving a design. PyroPaper, then add shading and details. Students embossing compound, pigments, Students will need a woodburner about the festival, must bring a woodburner with temperature control waxes, and stencils. We will be and a dremel type tool. Cutting bits and a blade-like tip (skew), plus a gourd of any size making a sampler, focusing on 1/8” spherical ball carbide and 1/16” spherical ball gourd art class or shape, cut or whole. (Many nice ones will be learning techniques for using a variety of artist grade cutter with 1/8” shank. (I will have bits available at registration, dinner and auction, or the wonderful world of gourds
Please visit: www.alabamagourdsoc iety.org e-mail [email protected] or phone our Show Chair, Pam Montgomery 256-355-4634