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š„ The Potato Sculpture Master Class š
This event happened on Tue, Nov 22, 2022
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161 Lovely Attendees
161 Lovely Attendees
Your Host
Melissa Gedney
Washington D.C., DC, USA
I am passionate about supporting spaces where people can connect and create. āØ
About this FieldTrip
Give yourself an hour to change your relationship to a root vegetable. With amateur potato sculptor Melissa Gedney, make space in your day to make something truly weird and laugh with new (spud) buds.
You can expect a brief introduction and tips, a great potato-related playlist to guide a solid amount of work time, and the funniest virtual show and tell you’ve ever participated in.
āØWhat to expect
š¹ Participants will learn to be delighted by the possibilities of a potatoš¹ Participants will carve a potato into a new shape
š¹ Participants will laugh
šWhat To Bring
āļø Your potato(es)āļø A vegetable peeler (if you have one)
āļø A small knife
āļø A cutting board
āļø Your imagination!
āļø Other items that have been helpful in the past for decorating include: peppercorn, fresh herbs, and toothpicks.
āļøFeel free to get creative and bring other materials if you’d like!
ANY kind of potato will do!
A big Yukon gold or russet is my favorite but folks have seen success with all kinds of things, including sweet potatoes, daikon radishes, and apples!
This is a family friendly event! Please feel free to bring your kids along!…Or just your own playful spirit!
about your host
Melissa Gedney is a self-proclaimed amateur potato sculptor and playful learning enthusiast, and is on a mission for you to be delighted by the possibilities offered to you by that one leftover potato this holiday season.
She is excited about creating joyful opportunities for people to connect and create, and is so happy to share this opportunity with you and your families. She currently works as a Content and Project Manager at PBS KIDS and is a performer at Washington Improv Theater.
Event type
šØ Fine Arts Learning Experience (Watercolor, Animation, Drawing, Photography, Writing, etc)
What to expect
Lecture format!
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
Real-time only!
This FieldTrip will not be recorded.
Your Host
Melissa Gedney
Washington D.C., DC, USA
About Melissa Gedney
I am passionate about supporting spaces where people can connect and create. āØ
Attendees
Oli Dierickx
Enthusiast Human Igniter at NeuroLanguage.
MK Lindsey
Founder / CEO at Winter Wheat.
Maggie Mendel
Product Director, Writer & Researcher.
Miia Yliaho
Startup founder, translator & writer at Kollektivkraft.
Anna Goss
Melissa Torio
Cindy Bennett
Lisa Douglass
Visual/Graphic Designer.
Michelle Chin
Design Advocate at zeroheight.
Maggie McMahon
Urban Planner .
Liz Babiak
niloufar ghader
Digital product designer at cardiff women’s aid.
Johanna Walker
Speaking & Storytelling Coach at Get Real Public Speaking.
Juanita Reese
Lauren Paullin
Director of Youth Programs at Art for the Journey.
tj iii
Plebpreneur.
Anne Metz
Psychedelic Psychotherapist at Anne Metz LLC.
Gicela Holgun
Business coach at For the women I love.
Cyndy Eng-Dinsel
Quality Assurance Engineer at N/A.
Tonya Baldwin
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