Workshops List
Taking flight with brooms
March 17 - 19, 2011
Take the basic turkey wing or hawktail broom to the next level and explore variation on the theme.
In this 3-day class you will learn to tie the style of broom known in the Ozarks as the Turkey wing. You will also learn to tie a hawktail whisk broom.
You will then explore artful ways to combine to combine these forms into folk art.
Register now - sign up before 12-31-10 for the early registration discount. Before 12-31-10, the non-refundable registration fee for this session is $30, between 1-1-11 and 3-1-11 the non-refundable registration fee is $45. Registration deadline for this class is 3-1-11.
Total Class cost (does not include meals and lodging) -
Register before 12-31-10 - $170
After 1-1-11 - $185
Amount due to Shawn at the beginning of class $140, which includes materials. He accepts cash or check.
Minimum 1 students, maximum 5
Instructor: Shawn Hoefer
Shawn Hoefer has been earning his keep with his hands and his wits for more than 11 years. He has worked as a spinner and weaver and dyer, a woodturner, woodworker and woodcarver, and dabbled in soap making.
He's also an accomplished story teller.
That was before he came to the Ozark Folk Center three years ago.
Since his arrival at the Ozark Folk Center, he's demonstrated and taught spinning, weaving, dying, and woodturning. He's also been known to show up during story-telling as Obadiah T. Fassbinder, the traveling medicine show salesman.
Now, though, he calls the broom shop his home. From there, he makes and sells more than 20 styles of brooms ranging from the simple whisk to the fanciful forked wedding broom. In addition to the demonstration and story-telling, Shawn has taught many the secrets of this venerable and almost forgotten craft.