December brings family and holiday decorating together. It is a great time for gourd artists to explore and create on a smaller scale using the amazing array of interesting mini and jewelry sized gourds. Students in this class will make up to 3 ornaments of any size and design provided. Stunning ornaments will evolve to grace your Christmas mantle or tree or bring some unique sparkle and seasonal joy to special friends and family members. Working in very small sizes is an interesting challenge for learning gourders. Skills like wood burning, carving, or painting become much more difficult when your work field shrinks to a size smaller than your thumb nail and your hand suddenly feels huge and clumsy as it struggles to holdfast the slippery, little gourd you want to festoon.