Adorned Wooden House Plaques Art Class 4 at the Red Shed

Thursday found us at another great "Runs With Scissors" altered art class at the Red Shed. This class was so great because we learned so many new and fun skills. Teachers Jeannie and Michele had our kits ready so that we could jump right in and learn the skills.
We had lots of photos to choose from, and some participants brought their own...
We learned several different faux rusting techniques....
We learned all the different steps to paint and antique our plaster birds (molded from an antique original)....

We learned how to flatten a vintage silver spoon and how to metal stamp the spoon with words.......

So we began cutting...............

Jeannie taught us how to distress and age our wood..........

Everyone's favorite part was smashing and metal stamping the silver spoons. Just whack them flat with a big hammer and an anvil, then align and pound your metal stamps to form your words. Very thereapudic to take your agressions out!

Isn't it exciting to see women using a BIG Hammers?

Then back inside and start assembling and gluing.......

The picket fence sections weres made a great surveyor's measuring tape purchased on ebay...

Jeannie and Michele teach the fine points of adding dimension, motion, texture, and interest to each piece.....(My favorite line from Jeannie.."Make sure that no glue shows because it will take away the mystery of the piece...")
Every person went home with a finished project, and they were GORGEOUS! The bird apears to be carrying the spoon, which the girl is riding. The spoon says "Dream" and "Soar" and "Believe".........

Now we can "Believe" in projects of the future...........

Soldering Class at the Red Shed ** Dallas / Fort Worth Altered Art classes

September 25th was the date of the Creative Soldering class at the Red Shed. Again, the instructors Jeanne Stregles and Michele Jones outdid themselves. When all the participants arrived, we were greeted with a look at fun and inspiring projects that can be created with Soldering skills.
Decorative and vintage bottles with antique jewelry and interesting items soldered to the top for display.

Gorgeous wall jewelry....
Necklaces, baubles and beads........


We knew we would be starting out with more "basic" projects, but we were still excited.
Again the tables were set with care with all of our instructions and equipment...

Of course, the famous "Runs with Scissors" cookies, lest we starve...
The weather was gorgeous so we move outside to the Red Shed patio, to receive our instruction...

Jeanne taught us how to cut glass....... How to grind glass and all those rough edges.......

We learned the basics of equipment, solder, (leaded or unleaded), flux, soldering styles, cleaning, antiquing and polishing....

Jeanne made it all look really easy. For some reason we didnt think it would be that easy, but she said we could do it so we jumped right in........

And the results? Here are just a few of the darling beveled charms that were made. It really wasn't that hard and just think what we could do when we practice a little more....

We can't wait to try more projects and to join more classes! We are already dreaming of projects of the future............



For more information about Altered Art and Soldering Classes at the Red Shed visit:

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