Our Mission Statement Our Mission as a Patch of the CA Gourd Society is to
promote the horticulture, crafting, and appreciation of hard shelled
gourds (Lagenaria) by providing charitable and educational activities to
members of the society, growers, artists, crafters, business people and
the public through community support and education.
OCGS is
active and growing we look forward to another great year in
2009.
We continue to
meet the 4th Thursday of each month (except November
& December) in Costa Mesa
(Harbor Blvd. & Baker).
Raw gourds are available for
purchase at all our meetings stop by a take a look. Contact
Norrah Andersen for meeting address and class details.
Phone 714-641-8124
or email: Createit@att.net
Note: In appreciation for our meeting location, we "pass the
gourd" for a $3 per person or $5 per household donation at our
evening meetings and we suggest a $5 donation on play days.
Special thanks to Wayne Marson for making the wheelchair and
power chair ramps for our
meeting place. We can now easily accommodate both wheelchairs or
power chairs!
Susan Sullivan and Booker Preston
October 09, 2008, at the
Del Norte Garden Club at the Methodist Church
in Placentia
November
- No Meeting or Play Day
21st & 22nd - Nutcracker Craft Boutiqueat the Brea
Community Center - Holiday shopping opportunity come by and support our members
and other artist/crafters. Members wanting to participate contact Gaye Berger.
We will have tickets available for purchase
at all of these events. The winning ticket will be drawn at our Holiday
Party in December 13, 2008. The winner does not need to be present. If
you are interested in finding out more about this lovely work of art contact Norrah
Andersen
Phone 714-641-8124
or email: Createit@att.netIf you are on dial up you may want to view
pictures from here Traveling
Gourd or
here
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Cool video by Booker Preston of the Completed OCGS Traveling Gourd
The OCGS Traveling
Raffle gourd began with our gourd
being picked out at the Welburn Fall
1/2 price sale in August 2006.
Member's Russ Conley and Carole
Duncan picked out the gourd. Carole
designed and did all the wood burned
panels for the participants. The
individuals panels were picked and
assigned by Carole and Russ with one
assigning numbers to each panel and
the other giving names to go with
the panel. After a vote by our
members it was decided to open the
gourd up to give more possible
design opportunities. Bill Duncan
did the honors of cutting her open
and cleaning her up and Booker
Preston did some of his carving
magic on the top and added small
magnets to hold the lid securely to
the gourd. Great work!!
The seventeen artists including those
listed above are: Norrah Anderson,
Gaye Berger, Mary Bliss, JaVae
Ferrier, Shana Frankenfield,
Sylvia Marson, Neysa Renfrew, Alice
Reule, Jack Thorp, Roula
Vitakis, Curtis Hayes, Cliff and Jan
Schmidt.04/03/08
OCGS Artist in the NEWS - Art a Fair
in Laguna Beach, CA
Booker Preston - Best Gourd Artist 2008
Attention "Call for
Teachers"
OCGS and all CGS Teachers start getting your class portfolios
together the 2009 season has begun!
In the coming months applications to teach at the April
17 & 18, 2010 - Baskets and Gourds: Containers of Our Culture
held in Visalia, CA will be available here and the
CGS and
Fallbrook Gourd
Patch websites.
Check Back!
OCGS
Birdhouse Project
OCGS
provides wonderful homes for our feathered friends! Thanks go to
Bill Duncan for getting this project off the ground so quickly
he has provided all the gourds ready for our members to
decorate. Check back as more will be completed in the coming
days. These and others are available for purchase check
our calendar to see where you can
get yours or you can arrange for pick up in Costa Mesa at any of
our meetings or play days!
For Gourdness Sake is a very fun and active an
on-line gourd group their membership is open to the
public.
The GourdPatch -"The Original GourdPatch" to
encourage, enhance and perpetuate the use of gourds
as a medium in the arts; an open forum for artists
and craftspersons to share ideas, tips and methods.
Membership is open to the public.
Featured Books
Click to view or purchase other highly
recommended books!
All are must have books. Help support OCGS Out
Reach Program by
purchasing all your gourds books and other items you may need with our partners
at Amazon.
Download
PDF of Teachers Application
for Gourd Classes at
Leiser's Gourd Festival May 2009. Please direct any questions
you may have directly to
Betsy Roberts at:
gourdprincessb@yahoo.com
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