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Working with soft pastels you will work from still life to paint bold colorful works, using fruit and flowers as your inspiration. You will learn composition, and work with color to define and build unique artworks. Working in a large format will enable to you experience the quality of pastels and learn various techniques, and begin to explore your artistic side. Supplies included.

Before knitting and crochet, there was nalbinding. With one needle and one yarn, we wove strong, solid pieces of clothing. In our workshop, we will use bulky yarn to make a simple wristlet. Supplies included.

If you are interested in learning more about wood grain and joinery, this class is for you. Join The Good Wood Guys for an introduction to basic woodworking education and a few evenings of fun. We will discuss basic wood terminology including book-matching, as well as tool safety before putting our knowledge to work. Students will watch demonstrations on various tools including the jointer, planer, bandsaw, and chop saw. They will have hands-on practice with the bandsaw, chop saw, and planer. They will also practice gluing, assembly, sanding, and finishing techniques and will leave with their own hardwood book matched charcuterie board approximately 10” x 18” in size.

Know someone who loves their homebrew? Join The Good Wood Guys for a lesson in joinery and make some cool gifts for tasty beverage lovers everywhere. We will discuss basic joinery terminology and practical applications, then use your knowledge to create your gifts for your beer lover. Students will leave with a Good Wood hardwood bottle caddy and cap-catcher and lots of new knowledge about joining hardwood.

In this class you will learn carving techniques, use of hand tools, and start on your way to making fantastic works of art out of wood. All levels and 13+ are welcome.

Students will:

• Learn new terminology pertaining to woodcarving
• be able to properly use hand tools to remove wood and texture the wood surface
• know the many different styles of woodcarving created from all over the world
• know what tools to acquire to carve a project, how to sharpen, and safe and proper care of tools.
• know how to properly paint, wax, finish, and display the carving.

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