Kaleidoscopes - Mitzi Boyd

Kaleidoscopes - Mitzi Boyd

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10/13/2024-10/18/2024

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$200.00

KALEIDOSCOPES

INSTRUCTOR: MITZI BOYD

 

This class will teach you the different designs and different mirror systems of Kaleidoscopes. The class fee includes: The instruction book, one piece of front surface mirror, one sheet of plain mirror, one small sheet of plain glass, mat to work on, one magnifying lens, material to cover first scope, glass pieces for the end, and brass eye and end pieces. After completing the first two scopes, you can purchase additional materials. Additional Materials include: a wooden tube that one end turns, brass tubes, wands, or a small necklace scope that can be covered with polymer clay. The school has tools, but feel free to bring your own. Please bring an Optic Visor or they are available for purchase in the school store. Let’s Create Magic Together!

 

Class Fee:  $75

Est Material Fee: $25-100

Consumables Fee: $15 (applied to WH account)

Prerequisites: None

Additional Class Offerings: 06/23/2024, 06/30/2024, 10/06/2024

Mitzi has been making kaleidoscopes for 30 years, having been trained by the best in the industry.  She has benefited greatly from professionals such as Steven Underberg, Scott Cole, Sheryl Koch, and Marc Tickle. Mitzi has made kaleidoscopes from an array of materials including PVP pipe, acrylic tube, bamboo cane, stained glass, wood, and pen turnings.  Although Mitzi is involved with multiple other crafts including beading, stained glass, painting, wood turning, jewel making, polymer clay, and enameling, her first love has always been kaleidoscopes.  “I find them so fantastic, I can look into them for hours,” says Mitzi. Kaleidoscopes are also used to treat pain in Asia.  Mitzi lives in South Carolina with her husband who is a master Windsor chair maker and an instructor. Mitzi says, “I believe the more you learn the younger you feel.”