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Use a wood burning tool to make vertical lines that are pre laid out on a small wooden bowl. After wood burning, students will paint on a geometrical pattern of their choice using furnished finishes. The resulting bowl is a jewel of color, pattern, and texture.
Class size 12
Level Beginner and above
Student Supply List If you have your own wood burner please bring it with you.
This workshop requires a Woodlanders Day Fee. Learn more here.
After retirement as an architect, Hal Aavang was looking for a way to combine a practical skill with his lifelong love of working with metal, and to also use this skill as an art form. He found the blacksmithing program at Shake Rag Alley, and started with a basic blacksmithing class taught by Bob Tuftee using the traditional coal forge. In order to continue blacksmithing at home, the propane gas forge provided a clean and readily available forging heat for his projects. A MIG welder and oxy-acetylene torch added additional support for his home blacksmithing shop where he works on many pieces such as traditional hooks, fire pokers, flowers, custom live art tables, other art projects, and an expanding list of future works. Hal is a member of the Upper Midwest Blacksmith Association. He keeps, sells, donates to charitable causes, and displays his work, and accepts commissions.
Workshops
Add the $115 Woodlanders Day Fee for Thursday (or $60 Half-Day Fee) to your cart, then select as many Thursday workshops as you wish, ensuring that your choices don’t overlap times. Materials fees listed at the end of each workshop description will be added to the shopping cart as you make your selections.
Day fees include: your choice of workshops, lunch, snacks, beverages, and evening activities. Thursday and Sunday registrants are welcome to attend evening events on Friday or Saturday.
Half-day fees include: your choice of morning/afternoon workshops, am/pm snacks, and beverages. Does NOT include lunch, which can be purchased separately.
Thursday, July 13, Workshop Schedule:
7:30-8:30 Registration check-in
8:30-11:30 A01 Embossed Gourd Vases: Deb Ready
8:30-11:30 A02 Learn to Use a Pottery Wheel: Katie White & Joelle White
8:30-11:30 A03 Chalet die Bestäubern (The Pollinators’ Chalet): Carole Spelić
8:30-4:00 A04 Carve a Red-winged Blackbird: Nick Scheuer
8:30-11:30 A05 Rustic Shelf: Phil Nelson
8:30-11:30 A06 Woven Basket Tote: Regina Riley
11:30-1:00 Lunch on the Green
1:00-3:30 A07 Washi Egg Ornaments: Deb Ready
1:00-5:00 A08 Farmhouse Clock: Carole Spelić
1:00-5:00 A09 Rustic Accent Table/Plant Stand: Dan Soman
1:00-4:30 A10 Historical Blacksmith Display: Dennis McKernan
1:00-4:00 A11 Nature’s Bounty – The Many Uses of Wild Plants: David Eagan
18 Shake Rag St.
Mineral Point, WI 53565
(608) 987-3292
