Sandblasting & Powder Coating: Holiday Ornaments

Rachel Mello (she/her) has been an artist, designer, educator, and color consultant for over 20 years. Her mixed-media constructions build out of her background in theatrical scenic art and set design and her love for the quirky, playful, and weird.

She has created exhibits for the USS Constitution Museum and Boston Children's Museum; has taught at Boston Architectural College, Emerson College, and Cambridge Center Adult Education; exhibited and sold her fine art out of galleries throughout New England in addition to art fairs, commission work, and grant supported work for Burning Man. She joined Artisan's Asylum to expand her access to equipment, new skills, and artist community.

Learn to use A2's sandblasting and powder coating facilities by making colorful holiday ornaments! Students will be provided with plasma-cut steel tree shapes and will learn to clean, prep and sandblast them, then coat with a choice of colors. Class includes artistic ombre effects and multiple layer "candy" finishes.

Please choose the ticket option that is best for you. The ticket tier you select will be kept confidential

The materials fee for this class is $20. This is separate from the ticket price and is to reimburse the instructor for any tools or materials used in this class. This will be paid once, directly to the instructor at the start of the first class meeting. This instructor accepts payments in cash or through Venmo.

- understand options for cleaning and preparing surfaces for coating

- learn safe use of equipment including proper PPE

- learn basic and intermediate powder coating finishes on steel

- steel, plasma-cut shapes

- powder coating colors

- PPE

Students may reduce the materials fee by $5 by bringing their own NIOSH N95 or better mask or respirator.

Closed-toed shoes are required throughout Artisans Asylum.

All students must be 16 years old or older. Students under 18 must be accompanied by and under the direct supervision of a responsible adult.

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Please email [email protected] with any questions.

*Sales end 2 days before the start of the class to allow the instructor and staff time to prep.

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