Wee Flower Pixies NEW! Online Class Apr 11

Wee Flower Pixies NEW! Online Class
Saturday, April 11, 10am-1pm MT
Instructor: Jone Hallmark
Limit: 15 students. Includes class kit + shipping
To receive your kit in time for the class, register by April 4. All participants must be 15 years or older.

Class Details

Spring is the time of year when flowers pop their heads up willy-nilly, and little flower pixies appear to keep things in order. These two little guardians of the garden have been crafted by Santa Fe artist Jone Hallmark from wooden peg dolls only 1-½” high. (She does like to work small!) The pixies sport collars and crowns made from blossoms so that they blend into the flowers, but you can tell they are hard workers. 

Their tiny garden, which is only about 2x3”, is enchanting. It sports a checkerboard lawn, a white picket fence, and tulips and daisies standing up tall and straight. Join Jone for a few hours to learn how to “dress” each pixie and “plant” the garden with paint. The designs are surprisingly easy – all that’s required are straight lines, curves, some dots, and maybe some squiggles here and there.

What a glorious way to celebrate spring!

This online class will be recorded and made available to class participants for 14 days after the class.

Class Materials

Please bring the following materials:

• Acrylic paints. Jone uses Deco Art Americana, which comes in small plastic bottles, but other acrylic paints are fine. The Folk Art brand is comparable in price. Select 6 to 8 of your favorite colors for the class. If you want to work with Jone’s favorite colors, refer to the PDF included in your kit. But if you prefer working, for example, all in pinks and purples or fluorescent orange and green, go for it!
• Scissors for fine cutting
• Jar for water (Jone provides the paint brushes in the kit.)
• Paper for practicing brush strokes and the designs. Good weight copy paper is fine.
• Pencil
• Rag or paper towel to wipe your paintbrush on
• Optional: If you’re interested in overlaying your designs with a protective coat after class,  buy some Mod Podge. Jone talks about how to use it. She uses the matte finish.
• Optional: apron

Class Kit Includes:

• Jone’s signature booklet of charming designs and instructions
• Peg doll
• Wooden base, fence, and other accessories 
• Paint brushes
  

We ship class kits approximately 2 weeks before the class via USPS Priority or UPS. You will receive a tracking number (check your spam folder) once your kit ships. Kits can only be shipped within the USA. If you’re outside the USA and would like to take the class, please contact us for information.

Zoom Info

An email will be sent to participants the Monday before the class. Classes with homework may receive pre-class info earlier.  The email includes class date/time, materials list, pre-class prep, and Zoom link/info. No email? Double check the email address you entered when you registered and your SPAM folder. Due to SPAM filters and inbox settings, we cannot guarantee you will see, read, or open these emails. Two Hands Paperie assumes no responsibility for non-attendance of a class. Contact twohandsclasses@gmail.com with any questions and see our Class Policies page for more information. 

Class Refund/Cancellation Policy - Online Class with Kit

For cancellation made 3 weeks before class we can either issue a refund or apply the funds to another class. We deduct the price of the class kit plus shipping if we’ve already shipped the kit, and we retain a $10 processing fee for EACH class cancelled. If you cancel fewer than 3 weeks before the class there is no refund or credit. If Two Hands Paperie cancels a class, we’ll contact you by email and refund the FULL class fee.

Instructor Bio

Santa Fe artist Jone Hallmark, who says of herself, “I tend to work in a two-inch square!”, has created her own little world of magical delights. Each tiny wonder – from the cleverest fox or hedgehog to a charming parade of flower-bearing young girls – is handcrafted from paper clay, wire, wood, and other tiny bits and pieces. Her sophisticated yet simple designs show the influence of both her father’s Scandinavian heritage and the intricate painted miniatures she collected when living in Switzerland. Her affinity for using small, ordinary objects comes from her mom, also a graphic designer and artist. She taught Jone that you can make just about anything you want instead of going to a store to buy it. Jone’s creative life started on the floor of her father’s studio, where she sat as a child surrounded by brushes, paints, and a treasure of paper.

Her passion for design eventually led to work developing store displays, award-winning lines of decorated papers, and the beloved Bryce and Madeline stickers. One day, after twenty years of licensing her artwork for other people’s products, Jone realized that she needed to get back to basics and simplify. In that moment, her tiny little world was born. Now she spends her time teaching, drawing, painting, and making huge messes on every available flat surface. See her work on Instagram at @jonehallmark.