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Arts & Crafts
Chalk Paint™ Furniture
Re-Finishing
Make Over Your Treasures in a
Snap!
Have you ever wanted to paint a piece of
furniture but didn’t want to go through
the hassle of sanding or priming? Learn
about low VOC Chalk Paint® and how with
little to no prep you can transform your
furniture (or cabinets or lamps or floors)
quickly and easily. Practice the basics
of the Chalk Paint® Annie Sloan method
on wood samples using your choice of
colors. Complete four finishes including
a two-color distressed finish, a smooth or
modern finish, a darkened, more rustic
finish and a soft wash. Leave with the skills
to apply these sophisticated finishes to your
treasures at home. This is a hands-on class
taught by local Chalk Paint expert,
Laura
Nicely
of re-for your home. The materials
fee covers all paints, waxes, use of brushes
and wood samples.
$101 Non-Member
$89 Member
$10 materials fee payable in class
CENTRAL DENVER
: 28th & Walnut
1383K: One Tue., 6-8PM 6/30
1383L: One Tue., 6-8PM 7/7
1383M: One Sun., 2-4PM 8/30
1383N: One Mon., 6-8PM 9/28
Crafting Furniture
Woodworking Basics
You will not believe the woodworking
skills you can acquire in this intensive
one weekend class! Catering to the true
beginner as well as those who feel they
need a refresher, class begins with the
safety, proper use, and hands on activities
for the table saw, planer, jointer, and miter
saw all while making a usable, beautiful
piece of furniture. You will also learn to
glue up panels and safely and properly
use the router and sanders to complete
professional looking project (choose a table
or a bookcase session). After this class, you
will have skills in basic joinery and seeing a
project go from start to finish.
Tracy Gray
is
a professional cabinetmaker and has been
teaching this popular class for many years.
The table class has a $55 materials fee and
the bookcase class has a $75 materials fee.
$114 Non-Member
$99 Member
$55/75 materials fee payable in class
CENTRAL DENVER
: Colorado & Evans
1559FO: One Sat. & One Sun., 9AM-1PM 6/13
& 6/14 (bookcase)
1559FP: One Sat. & One Sun., 9AM-1PM 7/25
& 7/26 (table)
1559FQ: One Sat. & One Sun., 9AM-1PM 8/8
& 8/9 (bookcase)
1559FR: One Sat. & One Sun., 9AM-1PM 9/19
& 9/20 (table)
NEW!
Projects in Modern
Glass Fusing
Join
Sheila Hydle
at her gorgeous glass
studio, Glassateria, for project-based, glass
fusing workshops where you will receive a
thorough introduction class to fused glass
and glass cutting before you begin your
project. Sheila left corporate America to
pursue her passion for glass artistry and the
love of teaching others to find expression
in this addictive art form. Choose from a
rainbow of high quality glass to make your
projects. No experience is necessary; the
materials fee includes all supplies and firing.
Garden Charm Stakes
Make fused glass garden stakes and pop
them around your yard to cheer the birds
and bees with colorful flowers, owls,
veggies, or your own creative ideas! Great
for indoor plants too!
Sheila Hydle
.
Sleek Retro Bowl
Learn how to cut class according to a
pattern and make a heavy, impressive glass
bowl with a retro flair. The pattern is perfect
for beginners and challenging enough for
experienced students.
Sheila Hydle
.
$41 Non-Member
$29 Member
$50 bowl/$35 stakes material fee payable in class
WEST DENVER
: 6th & Santa Fe
1604B: One Sat., 1-3PM 6/27 (bowl)
1604C: One Sat., 3:30-5:30PM 6/27 (stakes)
1604D: One Sun., 1-3PM 7/26 (bowl)
1604E: One Sun., 3:30-5:30PM 7/26 (stakes)
1604F: One Sat., 1-3PM 8/29 (bowl)
1604G: One Sat., 3:30-5:30PM 8/29 (stakes)
1604H: One Sun., 1-3PM 9/27 (bowl)
1604I: One Sun., 3:30-5:30PM 9/27 (stakes Halloween)
Beginning Fused Glass
Glass fusing is an age-old art of melting
and combining glasses without having to
lead or foil. Learn the fundamentals of
kiln forming, such as shelf preparation,
glass compatibility, annealing cycles, and
assembly methods, while creating your
own exciting fused glass pieces. Complete
a jewelry piece, a tile, a picture frame, and
a slumped dish (or vase). Special design
techniques such as color blending, powders,
and dicroic glass effects are featured.
Shannon Abote
, owner of Bella Glass
Studios has shown her fused art in many
local and national galleries. Students must
wear closed toe shoes and cotton clothing
to class!
$71 Non-Member
$59 Member
$65 materials fee payable in class
CENTRAL DENVER
: 38th & Brighton
1529GD: One Sat., 10AM-4PM 6/13
1529GE: One Sat., 10AM-4PM 7/18
1529GF: One Sat., 10AM-4PM 8/8
1529GG: One Sat., 10AM-4PM 9/12
Beginning Mosaics
The art of mosaics goes back thousands
of years, but remains one of the most
interesting and pleasing forms.
Katherine
Keck
took her first mosaic class here at CFU
about 15 years ago and has been developing
her skills ever since. In this introductory
course you will complete a simple project.
Learn to cut, arrange, apply tiles, grout and
finish your piece. Students must bring a
hammer and rubber kitchen gloves to class.
Bring protective eyewear, if you have it, or
be prepared for the optional materials fee to
purchase them from the instructor. All other
tools and materials provided.
$151 Non-Member
$139 Member
$27 materials fee payable in class
$4 optional materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
1495T: Three Mon., 6-9PM Begins 6/1
1495U: Three Tue., 6-9PM Begins 7/7
1495V: Three Tue., 6-9PM Begins 8/11
Wire-Wrapped Beads &
Pendants
Wire wrapping creates a unique, decorative
“cage” around beads, stones, or other
precious trinkets that you can incorporate
into your jewelry designs. Learn and
practice kink-free bending and wrapping
techniques with wire, fancy beads, and
simple hand tools. Beads and wire are
provided in the materials fee
Stephanie
Kuhne
is a prolific professional jewelry artist
who loves to share her deas and techniques.
$51 Non-Member
$39 Member
$25 materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
1227E: One Thu., 6-9PM 6/25
1227G: One Wed., 6-9PM 8/5
Metal Clay Alchemy
Fast fire bronze metal clay is a material
that works like clay, but when fired in a
kiln, becomes pure bronze. Learn how fun
and easy it is to use and make interesting
and beautiful jewelry pieces (pendants,
charms, earrings) or even small sculptures.
Class covers the properties of metal clay,
firing process, safely, forming techniques
including molds and textures, and finishing
techniques including patinas. The materials
fee covers use of tools and one bag of
bronze metal clay. Everyone goes home
with multiple originally designed items.
Stephanie Kuhne
.
REGISTER EARLY!
Class
closes to registration one week in advance
of start date so teacher can purchase clay.
$111 Non-Member
$99 Member
$60 materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
1598N: Two Sun., 1-4PM Begins 6/21
Last chance for Metal Clay Alchemy!
