Appalachian Broom Making & Beyond

$950.00

Full

Broom Making

Brasstown

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Schedule Type Title: Every Day of the Week

Schedule Description: Daily

Sessions: 6

Session Hours: 6.00

Program Area: Broom Making

Instructor: Marlow Gates

Studio/Location: Rock Room

Student Materials: Please bring the following: -Old towel/apron -Moderate hand strength is required THE FOLLOWING ARE OPTIONAL -Small selection of potential broom handles. Anything sturdy with character 18-60" long, 1-2" in diameter. If it makes a good walking stick it will probably make a good broom. Look for vine wrapped twists; even antlers can make good brooms. -Utility knife and small wood carving knife Marlow will bring lots of handles. The studio provides each student with a tool kit to use during class.

School Fee & Materials: Buckets Bleach Rubbing Alcohol

Instructor Materials: Broom corn, blank handles, twine, lacquer and all other materials, supplies and tools needed to complete 3 small whisk sized brooms, 1 cobweb broom, 1 hearth broom and 1 sweeper broom per student.

Equipment Needs: Rock Room - Tables, chairs and access to water - Basketry toolkits - Broom treadles with #24 poly cord - Gloves - Sandpaper (incl. 120 grit)

Skill Level: All levels

Total Materials Fees: $135

Rock Room
1 FOLK SCHOOL RD
BRASSTOWN, NC 28902-8008

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Explore the traditional craft and emerging art form of broom making. Learn to make whisks, pot scrubbers, cobweb brooms, hearth brooms, and full-sized sweeper brooms from start to finish. All levels welcome; moderate hand and upper-body strength is needed.

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Explore the traditional craft and emerging art form of broom making. Learn to make whisks, pot scrubbers, cobweb brooms, hearth brooms, and full-sized sweeper brooms from start to finish. All levels welcome; moderate hand and upper-body strength is needed. $

$135

Marlow Gates is a second-generation broommaker, carrying on his father's tradition of craftsmanship in broommaking. Rumor has it that he has been tying brooms since he was five years old (bonus points to any student who brings in the tabloid article from 1977 which verifies this rumor!). With a degree in design from North Carolina State University, Marlow now joins his wife, Diana, in creating brooms as functional art at their studio in Big Sandy Mush, NC.

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