DATE: Saturday, 10/10
TIME: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
FACILITATORS: Sara Robbins
An additional $25 materials fee will be collected at the class, payable to the facilitator.
It’s that time of year when brooms are in season. You can’t fly around on these, but you can clean up your messes or give them as gifts.. For centuries brooms have filled multiple needs such as function, ritual and decoration. Join in the fun of this heritage handicrafts and make 2 whisk brooms, a traditional Appalachian turkey wing and a hawk wing. We will be using authentic broomcorn to make our brooms. To practice we will begin with a small broom for dusting crumbs off the table, cleaning mushrooms or silk from corn. This will give you a sense of what it’s like to wrap a broom tightly, so it does not come apart. Next you will move on to the more complex brooms. We will be using fall colors to wrap the brooms.
Please note that moderate hand and wrist strength is a must for this class.
Please register by 10/5. If you have missed the deadline, please contact us to see if space is available.
If finances are keeping you from coming, please contact us. There are limited options through an Art Angel Scholarship Assistance.
PLEASE NOTE: You must register to obtain the access code to the studio as we are in a secure building. Our studio space is only accessible by way of stairs with a railing.
DATE: Saturday, 10/10
TIME: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
FACILITATORS: Sara Robbins
An additional $25 materials fee will be collected at the class, payable to the facilitator.
It’s that time of year when brooms are in season. You can’t fly around on these, but you can clean up your messes or give them as gifts.. For centuries brooms have filled multiple needs such as function, ritual and decoration. Join in the fun of this heritage handicrafts and make 2 whisk brooms, a traditional Appalachian turkey wing and a hawk wing. We will be using authentic broomcorn to make our brooms. To practice we will begin with a small broom for dusting crumbs off the table, cleaning mushrooms or silk from corn. This will give you a sense of what it’s like to wrap a broom tightly, so it does not come apart. Next you will move on to the more complex brooms. We will be using fall colors to wrap the brooms.
Please note that moderate hand and wrist strength is a must for this class.
Please register by 10/5. If you have missed the deadline, please contact us to see if space is available.
If finances are keeping you from coming, please contact us. There are limited options through an Art Angel Scholarship Assistance.
PLEASE NOTE: You must register to obtain the access code to the studio as we are in a secure building. Our studio space is only accessible by way of stairs with a railing.
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