Tag: classes

Finding Yourself on Edge?

Tamara Weaver It’s been hot for a bit, and the windiest month of the year in Arizona happens to be July. Sometimes these weather facts just put us on edge. If that is the case for you, consider taking your edge off while learning many new glass art techniques like the one featured in this…

Summertime Line Dancing

No matter what the temperatures are outside, the dancing rooms are kept nice and cool. That means that line dancing continues all summer long. Four different levels of dancing are taught each week/two days a week by the instructors, Cj Azaria and Loralee Campbell. With Loralee leaving for the summer, Cj will step up to…

Paper Crafters Provides Birthday Cards

Kathy Meyers The Santa Cruz Village is a 30-unit senior independent living housing complex located in Eloy. This is a HUD program complex for lower income seniors. The requirements and procedures ensure that tenants receive the proper level of assistance and are treated fairly and consistently. Our Paper Crafters member Amy Petersen delivered 32 birthday…

Gourd Fracking

Doris Betuel There are many different techniques in crafting gourd art. One of the most unusual and fascinating methods is fracking. What is gourd fracking? It is basically frying a dried gourd. You lather up your gourd with a water/baking soda mixture, attach two electrodes to it, turn on the fracking machine, and watch unique…

Paper Crafters Have Been Busy!

Kathy Meyers Here are some of the ways the Paper Crafters have been keeping busy here at Robson Ranch and in the greater community. Craft ‘Til You Drop. A group of ladies joined Pam Costner to spend all day over two days working on their scrapbooks or cards—we call this “Craft ‘Til You Drop.” There…

Pottery Time!

Doris Betuel With 2024 well underway, the Creative Arts Center has been busier than ever. The Robson Ranch Ceramics and Pottery Club is no exception. We are in Studio 1 and available for all homeowners who want to work with clay to create bowls, cups, figurines, totems, or art pieces. To get started, we offer…

Gourd Club Member of the Month: Kim Conklin

Doris Betuel The Robson Ranch Gourd Club is pleased to feature new member and gourd enthusiast, Kim Conklin. Married for 41 years, Kim and her husband, Joe, and their 9-year-old dog, Duckie, relocated from Snohomish, Wash., to Robson Ranch in March 2023. Always a crafter, she enjoyed painting, crocheting, quilting, woodworking, and repurposing/integrating these media. When…

Get Ready to Fuse Glass!

Tamara Weaver Happy New Year from the Robson Ranch Fused Glass Club! We wish you well and hope all of your wildest dreams come true in this new year. Consider a new adventure by creating something special for yourself or your family and friends by fusing glass! You will learn new skills in a rapidly growing popular…

Creating Landscapes with Clay

  Doris Betuel Magnificent landscapes—they are all around us! Take photos, paint them on canvases, create beautiful fused glass pieces, and even carve them out of wood. Now, add sculpting our beautiful Southwest scenery out of clay. We recently had a class in doing just that. The class was offered to members of the Robson Ranch Ceramics…