Experience the satisfaction of designing and creating your very own luminary to brighten your winter season. Handbuilding techniques in slab construction and patterning will help create your luminary. Applying textures and surface decoration techniques will be offered. You will build your scene on the first day of the workshop and pick out your glaze color. We will fire your piece in your chosen color and have it ready to pick up in time to display. No experience required. 

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Come join us for this special workshop and create a family heirloom that will be enjoyed for years to come! Instructor Missy Hitch will guide you in creating a simple and unique clay nativity set using basic hand-building techniques. You will build your scene on the first day of the workshop and pick out your glaze color. We will fire your piece in your chosen color and have it ready to pick up in time to display.
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Come join us for this special workshop and create a family heirloom that will be enjoyed for years to come! Instructor Missy Hitch will guide you in creating a simple and unique clay nativity set using basic hand-building techniques. You will build your scene on the first day of the workshop and pick out your glaze color. We will fire your piece in your chosen color and have it ready to pick up in time to display.
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Join artist, Kathy Shann, for an afternoon texturing fine silver wire. Depending on your ring size, there will be an opportunity to make one or two double spiral rings. We have several stamps to choose from to design your pieces and we will be using a small torch for one of the finishing touches.
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Have you ever been interested in learning the art of metalsmithing in order to create your own, one-of-a-kind jewelry? Now you can at Prairie Arts Center! In this Beginning Metalsmithing and Jewelry course, students will learn to solder, texture, saw, file, and set a stone while creating a beautiful ring to take home. Students will also learn jewelry studio safety protocols and how to properly use and care for the tools. No previous metalsmithing experience is required. Upon completion of this course, students may sign up to use the studio during open studio hours.
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