Retreat Activities
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IDGS members are volunteering to share their love of gourds by teaching short classes. The classes are free to the IDGS membership but donations to the teacher are appreciated to help offset their expenses.
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SAND TEXTURE
Christy Pletcher will teach us how to make a gourd look like pottery with sand. Sand and glue is provided and Christy will have some metallic paints, too. Bring a gourd of your choosing, paint, paint brushes, and any other medium you'd like to use to make this gourd your own. If you have it, a heat gun would be helpful to help the glue dry. If you want to prep the gourd at camp bring your tools to do that. There is electricity at camp. |
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Macramé hanger with gourd & air plant
Leanna Saenz is teaching this class. Small gourd and cording will be provided. Bring scissors, a measuring tape and a stick if you want to do that option. But, of course, you can find a stick at camp but please find it before this class. It is optional to decorate the gourd and decorating can be done in class or later. Bring whatever medium (and supplies to apply it) you would like to use to decorate the gourd. A $2 to $3 donation would be appreciated to cover cost of air plants. |
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RESIN ON GOURDS DEMONSTRATION, Part 1 and 2
Chris Peters will lead a demonstration on epoxy resin. This is a beginners class and has to be done over two days. It takes at least 8 hours for the resin to cure. Bring pencil and paper to take notes. Click the button to for more information. A $1 donation would help defray the cost of the resin. |
Woodland gourd doll
Dee Smart is going to show us how to use found objects from the forest floor to create gourd spirit dolls. Supplied will be banana gourds for the body and small jewelry gourds for the head. Bring tacky glue, a drill, bits, small pieces of leather, leather cord and embellishments to finish it off. Dee says to bring an open mind.
Dee Smart is going to show us how to use found objects from the forest floor to create gourd spirit dolls. Supplied will be banana gourds for the body and small jewelry gourds for the head. Bring tacky glue, a drill, bits, small pieces of leather, leather cord and embellishments to finish it off. Dee says to bring an open mind.
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Puzzle Gourd
Corlis Kent will teach us how to make a puzzle gourd. What to bring: a gourd, open and cleaned; woodburner (or you can draw with a Pitt pen); Pitt pen; pencil |
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Power Relief Carving
Liz Meyer will teach us how to do some simple relief carving using a power carver. What to bring: Burs in your tool box but you will need a barrel bur (ex. Dremel #194); Micro carver or Dremel rotary tool; gourd shard 4 to 5" x 3 to 4"; transfer paper; pencil and your usual tools for carving. |
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