Summer Art Workshops
Creating Cutting Boards
With William Gajda
Friday, August 7th from 1:00–5:00PM
William Gajda from William Marshall Studio is a retired Mechanical Engineer. Once retired William started a small business as a craftsman. William works with both wood and metal. The focus of this workshop is wooden cutting boards. The goal is for the individual to design and make their own cutting board by using different species of wood. The wood utilized for this workshop will be Cherry, Maple, and Walnut. The result will be a cutting board with a length of 12 inches, a width of 6 inches, and a thickness of approximately 1 inch. This cutting board should last a lifetime. The student will dry fit wood strips in a set of clamps and then measure the dimensions to ensure the width is approximately 6 inches. Each wood strip will be numbered. The strips of wood will then be ready for gluing. Once glued the strips will be placed in a set of clamps and clamped together for a minimum of 8 hours. The next day William will plane and cut the cutting board to the final dimensions. The students will return to the Community Center on the following business day to pick up their custom board.
You can see some of William’s work by going to William Marshall Studio on Facebook.
Pricing
$45
Creating Planter Stands
With Al Spreadbury
Friday, July 24th from 1:00–5:00PM
Learn the basic skills required for creating pretty and practical wooden creations from woodworker Al Spreadbury! With Al’s guidance, turn simple 1x2s and fence pickets into an angled cedar planter stand. Take home a stylish planter large enough to plant bigger plants, vegetables, or small trees!
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Planting Porch Pots
With Jenn Holewka
Friday, June 12th from 1:00–3:00PM
Join long-time gardener and owner of "The Flower Bug" for a lesson in assembling porch pots! Learn about how to grow delicious herbs and edible flowers and take home a pot of your own! Whether you have acres of gorgeous gardens or you are just starting out, this workshop is sure you’ll have homegrown garnishes all summer long!
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Making Mosaics
With Lauren Renée Quinn
Friday, June 26th from 1:00–5:00PM
Lauren Renée Quinn of Custom Mosaic Design specializes in mosaics made from marble, granite, handmade clay tiles, stained glass, fused glass and smalti. Lauren has created mosaic floors, kitchen backsplashes, pools, mirror frames, furniture and works of art. Her mosaics are installed in residences and commercial buildings in Hawaii, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Washington.
For this workshop Lauren will teach her students how to create two mosaic coasters one by direct method and the other by indirect method. She will review the tools and materials needed to set up a studio for creating mosaics. During the course she will explain some of the basic design concepts involved in creating beautiful and functional mosaics.
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