The Shed

...and here we are with a new building, The Shed: a 10'x20', solar powered shed where all the gourd and art supplies are housed. This frees up space to move the printing presses and type cabinets so they can be accessed and USED. This fall, a wrap-around patio will be installed so there will be an outdoor area to work and socialize.

Groups meet out there to make gourd projects, and/or do art projects like painting the fronts of repurposed kitchen cabinets using the grid method as shown below. 

The gourd project was part of a challenge to incorporate gourds into/part of a book - in the example to the right the book is about how to make moonshine. A snake gourd is the base, egg gourds make the heads of the revelers, and spinner gourds are the jugs of entertainment. The leaves are made from gourd scraps. The Shed accommodates spaces so the artist can leave the project in a protected area while working on it from day to day.

The kitchen cabinet doors project below uses the grid method and inspirational quotes and, as you can see, is a project needing time to do the work!