Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch members have had a busy month. Spring is a great time to take classes and many of our members have taken several lately. It makes our Thursday work groups especially fun, seeing new products and techniques. Learning from others is the best part of joining a patch, or club.…
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Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Spirit of The Desert Gourd Patch
Colleen McKnight Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch is a group of nearly 50 artists whose passion happens to be gourds – nature’s canvas. Gourds are grown in Arizona so it’s only natural to see this form develop locally and the artistic level to be high. Any type of art can be done on a…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch
Our December meeting was held on December 17 at the Arts and Crafts room of Sun Lakes Country Club. A fun-filled afternoon began with much chatter and catching up after the Thanksgiving holiday followed by all kinds of delightful food and tasty treats. Squeals of delight began with our annual Christmas ornament theft round and…
Clubs & Classes, December 2015
Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch
Nancy Zier A gnome by the name of O’Shaunessey McKenna appeared at the Tumbleweed Park Barbeque Cookoff on Saturday, November 7. What with his loopy hat and expressive eyes, a photographer just had to get a quick shot of him. The little gnome was precious and Saturday was a great day for the public to…
Clubs & Classes, November 2015
News from the Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch
Nancy C. Zier Members have been appearing from their summer stomping grounds at a good rate and we are so happy to have them back. Our first meeting of the season was held October 15 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Arts and Crafts Room at Sun Lakes Country Club. We had a lively discussion about…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch
Nancy Zier The gourd totem shown was created by Pat Richards combining various southwestern motifs and lots of beautiful colors on her five-canteen tower; great job, Patti. Our members (both here and away) have worked these past few months on our travelling gourd which will be on display in front of the Competition Building at…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch summer project
Nancy Zier Our members have a summer project to work on for the Wuertz Gourd Festival near Casa Grande next February. Each patch of the Arizona Gourd Association will be represented by their unique project. The projects will be placed in the Game of Chance at the Festival and are well worth the price of…
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch
Nancy Zier I would say without a doubt that no one in Sun Lakes, or probably in the entire state has a flower created by Carl Cooper as his first endeavor in gourd art. Seems Carl has taken to gourds as a duck takes to water. Great job Carl! Water and Sea pattern gourds were…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch
Nancy Zier Colleen McKnight attended a class taught by Bonnie Gibson on March 6 and learned the procedure for creating the Pueblo Lady gourd. Great job Colleen! Our Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch exhibited a large “quilt” at the Wuertz Gourd Festival in early February. The quilt attracted much interest by the public. Indeed,…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Spirit of the Desert Gourd Club upcoming events
Nancy C. Zier Over the February 6-8 weekend many thousands of visitors streamed through the grounds and exhibits at the Running of the Gourds festival in the Pinal County Fairgrounds sponsored by Wuertz Gourd Farm. A huge thank you from members to those who made the weekend an enormous success. Our gourd quilt is available…