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đĽ The Potato Sculpture Master Class đ
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. â¨
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.
â¨What to expect
đš Participants will learn to be delighted by the possibilities of a potatođš Participants will carve a potato into a new shape
đš Participants will laugh
đWhat To Bring
âď¸ Your potato(es)âď¸ A vegetable peeler (if you have one)
âď¸ A small knife
âď¸ A cutting board
âď¸ Your imagination!
âď¸ Other items that have been helpful in the past for decorating include: peppercorn, fresh herbs, and toothpicks.
âď¸Feel 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
đ¨ 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. â¨
Attendees
Emma Stephen
Vicki Hale
Tabea DĂślker
Amy Finney
freelance graphic design and marketing.
ymke wieringa
tricia stirling
writer.
KAMALA M AMANN
R D.
AR T.
Samantha R.
Sara U.
Rene K.
Hannah A.
A M.
Joelene M.
diane d.
Rory C.
Halley P.
Florencia A.
Marsha B.
How to make the most of FieldTrips
The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.
Show up fully
Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.
Stay curious
Wear your beginnerâs hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going!Â
Celebrate your host
Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings communityâjust like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgroundsâa lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.
Support each other
Weâre all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things. Try âYes! AndâŚâ in conversation.
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