Want to know what's happening at Jasmin Galleries?
Then this is the section for you! Get the latest scoop on upcoming
events right here!
As mentioned previously in the Announcements Section of this
issue, Jasmin Galleries is now open in La Jolla, California! La
Jolla is a beautiful coastal town with gorgeous vistas, ocean
caves, sea lions, and many of the wealthiest people in San Diego
County. With nearly 400 interior designers within a 30 mile radius,
La Jolla is a fantastic location for the first of five proposed
exclusive gourd art galleries!
Why exclusively gourd art? The idea is to bring gourds more so
into the mainstream of art and home decor, and provide another
outlet for those gourd art masterpieces that all of you artisans
in the gourd world create!
Currently, the gallery features such amazing works from gourd
artists: Kimo Trueman, Marguerite Smith, Mary Segreto, Dianne
Connelly, Peggy Wiedemann, Mary Pryor, Kristy Dial, Monique Winfrey,
Patricia Schalbrack, Roberto Belloso, Holly Johnson, and the Chinese
moulded gourds. And more are on the way!
Also as a complementary venture, Jasmin Galleries has teamed
up with De Luz Protea, an exotic floral designer. And as you walk
into the gallery, be prepared to view and purchase some of the
most beautiful exotic flower arrangements you have ever seen!
Each month the Gallery will host at least one exciting event.
From private cocktail parties, to Chamber of Commerce mixers,
to gourd musician performances, to demos and classes, as well
as Featured Artist Meet and Greets. The first of such events is
the Grand Opening and "Private Preview Event" on May
18th from 6pm - 8pm. The evening will cater to the media professionals
and interior designers, complete with music, Featured Artists
Meet and Greet, and a Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony.
The buying public is also welcome to attend.
Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, and associates! And
be sure to stop by yourself! Let's spread the gourd love to those
people who say, "What's a gourd?"
If you are interested in having your gourd art considered for
the gallery, please contact via e-mail, Norine: norine@jasmingalleries.com
for submission requirements and details or call the gallery during
business hours.
Jasmin Galleries
De Luz Protea
7863 Herschel Ave.
La Jolla, CA 92037
Ph: (858) 459-4505
Fax:(858) 459-4603
Open 7 days a week!
Sun - Thurs: 11am - 5pm
Fri - Sat: 11am - 8pm
Hours subject to change seasonally.
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April 16, 2005
- "It's a Gourd Day" in Elkton, Maryland. This will
be an educational day for “gourding” with vendors
and classes. For more information, contact suzi@gourdlady.com
April 23-24, 2005 - Show Me Gourd
Society Festival at the State Fairgrounds in Sedalia MO. The Festival
is on Saturday and Sunday with additional workshops on Friday.
See website
for updates.
April 24, 2005 - Seventh Annual
Open House and Mini Gourd Festival, Gardens 2000, Le Grand, CA.
Call for more info: (209) 382-0240.
April 30, 2005 - Gourd Art Class:
Collaging on Gourds at Civic Arts, Walnut Creek, CA taught by
Bee Hylinski. For more info, contact Bee at beebee723@earthlink.net
or call (925) 552-5977.
April 30 & May 1, 2005 - Mojave
Drums will be holding its Annual Spring Gourd Crafting Workshops
at Mojave Drums Campground in scenic Meadview, AZ. Workshops start
at 9:00AM and end at 5:00PM. Offered this year are goblet drum,
ocean drum, rainstick and canteen purse workshops. All workshops
require pre-registration & a deposit. Register or get more
info on their website.
May 1, 2005 - Gourd Art Class:
Wax Resist Techniques on Gourds at Civic Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
taught by Bee Hylinski. For more info, contact Bee at beebee723@earthlink.net
or call (925) 552-5977.
May 7, 2005 - Gourd Art Class:
Functional Bowl, taught by Jane Boggs and Margaret Sullivan at
Gourdian Spirits Studio in Phoenix, AZ. Use as a bread basket,
tortilla bowl, chip basket, etc. Learn the basics: care, cleaning,
sanding,woodburning and cutouts. Use of acrylics and leather dyes.
Multi designs available or do your own thing. Use of some embellishments.
Contact Margaret at MSull3519@aol.com.
May 7-8, 2005 - Misti Washington
Gourd & Basket Guild will be hosting its 7th Gourd & Basket
Weekend in the Gardens. "We expect at least 300 students
to attend a great variety of classes in basketmaking and gourd
art taught by instructors from all over the United States."
For more information, click
here!
May 10, 17, & 24, 2005 - Gourd
Art Class: San Diego Floral Society offers a 3 session beginning
gourd class on from 9:30 to 2:30. Class includes instructions
on cleaning & preparation; woodburning; carving; and finishing
touches with basket weaving techniques. Cost is $50 plus $10 for
supplies for all three sessions ($20 for one day plus supply cost).
Supply cost covers your choice of gourd, use of the woodburners
& carving tools, dyes & paints, and basketry material.
Classes are at the Casa de Prado in Balboa Park-room 104. Please
register with Marie Walsh at 619-298-5182. The class will be offered
again in October focusing on holiday ideas.
May 13-15, 2005 - Kentucky Gourd
Show. For full details see the Kentucky
website.
May 14, 2005 - Gourd Art Class:
Spirit Doll, taught by Kathy Riker. Location: Greg Leiser Farm
In Knights Landing, CA. For more info, contact Kathy Riker @ 909-797-4591
monkmonk@cybertime.net
May 14, 2005 - 3rd Annual Channel
Island Spring Gourd Fest, Santa Rosa Valley Club House, Camarillo,
CA. For more info, call (805) 491-5846 or email elsiecogs@verizon.net.
May 14-15, 2005 - 3rd Annual Gourd
Art Festival, Greg Leiser Farms, Knights Landing. For more info,
call (530) 735-6677 or visit www.gourdfarmer.com
May 15, 2005 - Gourd Art Class:
Wax Resist, taught by Kathy Riker. Location: Greg Leiser Farm
In Knights Landing, CA. For more info, contact Kathy Riker @ 909-797-4591
monkmonk@cybertime.net
May 14-15, 2005 - The 2nd Annual South Carolina
Gourd Gathering. Click
Here for More Info.
May 19-22, 2005 - 3rd Annual Gourd
Artists Gathering, Cherokee, NC. For more info, click
here!
June 11, 2005 - Second Annual Gourd
Fest sponsored by the PA Gourd Society. Time: 9:00 am to 3:00
pm. Location is the Colonial Park United Methodist Church, 430
Colonial Road, Harrisburg, PA. Rain or shine. Gourd Artists, Gourd
Growers, Gourd Suppliers and lots of gourd demos. Also offered
this year will be several classes. Please visit their website
for more info or contact Crystal Snook, (717) 599-5848 or csnook@state.pa.us
June 11-12, 2005 - 2nd Annual Gourd
and Garlic Festival. Hours: Sat: 9am--4pm Sun: 10:00am--3pm. Camp
Verde Community Center, 385 South Main Street, Camp Verde, AZ.
For details, vendor registration: email info@campverde.org,
Phone (928) 56-9294.
June 25-26, 2005 - 9th Annual International
Gourd Art Festival. Welburn Gourd Farm in Fallbrook, California.
Times: Saturday, 9am- 5pm and Sunday, 9am- 4pm. Relax in the shade
of the old oak trees while sipping a refreshing glass of wine
poured by one of Temecula Valley's finest wineries. Feast on a
variety of deliciously prepared foods and beverages. Witness one
of the most amazing competitions of gourd art the country has
ever seen!
July 16, 2005 - 6th Annual Shingletown
Gourd Festival will be held in Shingletown, CA. Proceeds from
the affair will go to the Northern California Burn Foundation
Summer Camp for Children. For infomation about attending or being
a vendor contact:
nbond@shasta.com,
Norma Bond, P.O. Box 44, Shingletown, CA 96088 Ph.530-474-3178.
July 19-20, 2005 - The Hula Comes
to Detroit, MI in the form of Workshops and Luau Show. If you
sell Ipu Hekes and/or Ipus, any Polynesian related items, please
visit their website
for more details or contact Karen Marks, Golston Polynesian Dance
Company, 13854 Edmore, Detroit, MI 48205, Ph. 313-527-5073.
August 27, 2005 - The Iowa Gourd
Society and Cedar Rapids Gourdpatch will be hosting a booth at
the Eastern Iowa Garden and Landscape Show at Brucemore Mansion
Historical Site at what promises to be the largest exposition
of its kind in the state. For more information, contact marcyo@netins.net
or click here!
September 9-11, 2005 - Illinois
Gourd Society Festival of Gourds at the Chicago Botanic Gardens.
Workshops, demonstrations, competitive classes, raffle, vendors
and more.
September 10-11, 2005 - North Carolina
Gourd Society Art and Craft Festival at the Dorton Arena on the
North Carolina State Fair Grounds in Raleigh, North Carolina.
This year's festival theme will be "Bountiful Baskets."
See website
for more information.
September 17, 2005 - 2nd Mississippi
Gourd Festival at Gourd Gracious Farms in Collinsville, MS . Information
and directions can be obtained by emailing gourdgracious@comcast.net.
There will be gourd demonstrations, classes and food offered to
one and all. There will be a small charge for classes but demos
and admission is free.
September 23-25, 2005 - Tennessee
Volunteer Gourd Show held Sept 24-25 with classes beginning Sept
23, 2005. East Ridge Community Center Chattanooga, Tennessee.
For more information e-mail Ann Galbreath at annglbrth@aol.com
Phone: Frankie Conar, Show Director at 1-423-479-9606
September 24-25, 2005 - The 11th
Annual Folsom Gourd Festival, Folsom City Park, Folsom, CA. Applications
are now available at www.patronsofthearts.org.
The Festival is sponsored by Folsom Patrons of the Arts, a non-profit
corporation dedicated to supporting and promoting the arts. Proceeds
from the event are reinvested in local arts groups and programs.
For more information, please visit their website. Questions may
be directed to FolsomGourdFest@aol.com.
Deadline for applications is July 15th, 2005.
October 1-2, 2005 - Ohio Gourd
Show, Morrow County Fairgrounds, Mt. Gilead, OH off of US Highway
42 South; Workshops are also on Sept 30, 2005
October 15-16, 2005 - Alabama
Gourd Show in Cullman Alabama
October 15-16, 2005 - Texas Gourd
Society 10th Annual State "Show and Sell" at the Palmer
Events Center in Austin. Gourd artists, live demonstrations, TGS
bookstore, judged competition, raw & cleaned gourds available,
a world of exquisite crafted gourds for sale, tools & equipment
for purchase, children’s “Make it, Take it”
craft corner, and much, much more. For details please check out
the TGS
website
October 22-23, 2005 - Gourd Fair
LA, Los Angeles County Arboretum. Call (213) 624-1200 ext. 3023
for more details.
October 22-23, 2005 - GourdWorks:
A showcase of gourd artists sharing their talent with the community
during the Morton Arboretum's Color Festival. For more information
please visit the website
or e-mail barb at sojourn@att.net
November 5-6, 2005 - Virginia
Gourd Festival (Stephens City exit of I-81) in the beautiful Shenandoah
Valley.
April 14-16, 2005 - California
Gourd Society Biennial Conference at Asilomar. For more info,
contact Lynne Bunt by email at roy-sms@msn.com
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You
can peyote as many rows as you like around the neck of your
gourd. For the netting you will pick up an odd number of beads.
(For example a 3, 5, 9 bead pick up). Your bead count will depend
on the size of the gourd.
Pick
up the bead count again, skip a row and run needle through the
bead in the next row. Repeat this around the gourd. If you find
that you have an extra row just skip over it. On the last bead
pick up you will do a step down by running the needle through
the first bead you started from, the two seed beads and 3 mm
round of the first netting. The 3 mm round is now referred to
as the Point Bead.
From
here you will work off of the point beads. Usually it will be
the same bead count for each row, the shape and size of any
given gourd will determine your bead count. If you find that
any row will not lay flat against the surface of your gourd,
remove the beads and use a lesser bead count. On the gourd shown,
the second netting row was reduced from a 5-bead pickup to a
3-bead pickup. When reducing the number of beads make sure you
always have a point bead, then continue around the row. Your
step down will be through the point bead of the previous row,
the seed and point bead of the row you just sewed on.
As your gourd gets wider towards the bottom you may have to
pickup more beads such as a 9-bead pickup. Use your best judgment.
When
you have beaded approximately half of the gourd you will add
loop dangles. Working off of the beads on either side of the
point bead pick up as many seed beads as you desire, a 3 mm
round, and the same number of seed beads for the other side.
Proceed to run the needle through the all of the beads on the
other side of the point bead, down through the beads in the
next netting section. Repeat around the row. When you have finished,
weave your needle up into your work and cut off the thread.
