GOURDING aRT Classes

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• Gourd Wind Chime

  • When
    28 Jul 2025
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    11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Artisans Centre Peterborough
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  Summer is a great time to make your own unique wind chime.  We will use prepared pieces of hard-shell gourds, along with beads and bells to make a soft sounding wind chime.  If you plan to hang it outdoors you will need to finish the gourd pieces with outdoor varathane. 

  We will supply lots of prepared gourd pieces, beads, bells, cord, and plastic dividers.  Please let us know if you plan to make a wind chime so we can be sure to have enough pieces for everyone! 

  Member Material Fee:  $25

  Non-Member Material Fee:  $35

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• Textured Design

  • When
    11 Aug 2025
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    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Peterborough Square
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  Adding texture to a gourd creates a lot of interest in design and there are a number of steps to this technique. The fun is when the texture is dry and you can add highlights to make it stand out.  This technique is also a great way to cover cracks that sometimes appear on a perfect gourd, just add texture to cover it up.  You will make your own design on the rest of the gourd.  

  The instructor will provide the materials you need to do this technique on an area of  your gourd.

  Students must bring a prepared gourd or gourd shards to experiment with.  Gourd shards make lovely pieces for necklaces and earrings. This technique also translates well to working with wood!

  Suitable for people 18 years old and up.
  

  ACP Members - $40.00 Non-Members - $50  

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• Make a Gourd Bird Feeder

  • When
    18 Aug 2025
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    10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Peterborough Square
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    2

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  In this beginner-friendly class, participants will learn to use both hand and power tools to open and clean a gourd, including basic safety for working with gourds and care of tools, after which you will be able to use these tools on your own. 

  After sanding the surface, participants will paint the inside of the gourd before using Adirondack dyes or paints to create a design for the outside of the gourd. The outside will then be finished with an exterior varnish.

  Once you have completed this course you will be able to apply a variety of these techniques and express your creativity through gourd art!

  This class also acts as a prerequisite to many other gourding workshops.  

  Participants should bring an apron to protect their clothing and a dust mask if you own one. All materials and supplies will be provided for the class. 

  Class Fee: $70.00

  Instructor:  Anne Carling 
  

  
  

  
  

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• Embellish with Beads

  • When
    8 Sep 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Peterborough Square
  • Spaces left
    8

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  Participants will draw the outline of a desired design and to adhere the beads, add two-sided tape within the design area. These small beads come on a fine chain and as so, can be adheered in a continuous string to build up your design. To complete the project,  ModPodge or triple thick varnish will be applied over the beads to seal in the design. 

  
  

  Materials will be provided. Experienced gourders should bring an already prepared gourd, while prepared unopened gourds or gourd shards will be available for Non-Members. If you happen to own sharp scissors, jewellery size wire clippers, or a one sided razor blade or an olfa knife, they would be useful supplies to bring along.  

  
  

  Class Fee: Public - $60.00 ACP Members - $40.00

  
  

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