Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Cardboard, Mania, Masks and More, OH MY!

 

Ethan made an amazing bird! The beak is three dimensional!

Jess did a mask of her kitty cat at home ;)

Little Nova made her own OUTSTANDING version of Elmo! The pipe cleaners were added onto the mask for texture and "furiness"

Chris is really inspired by The Titanic and made a wonderful three dimensional ship!

I love this photo, it almost seems as though it is out to sea! GOOD JOB CHRIS! 

HEHEHE! 

Tessa made a beautiful mascarade type mask, adorned with colorful feathers!

ROBOMASK!

I-Phone Mask! Apps included!  

I had to put this one in, the photo is just too cute!
Hello All!
   
Our second class was a great success! Adrienne and I had our little friends play around and create large masks with recycled cardboard material. Her and I helped the kids with the hot glue, cutting, and attaching, but the kids pulled some wild imagery from their minds, and made beautiful adornments on their own!

 
I was thoroughly impressed with the attention to detail, the precision and execution from their ideas to their projects. I really enjoyed their eagerness to create in three dimension! I wish that the class went on just a bit longer so I could of helped our kids expand their ideas on an even larger scale; building from their original plans, and creating more forms from it. I hope that one day we can create a whole entire costume that requires their whole bodies from these initial projects.

  
I hope you enjoy the photos from the class!

Little Sarah came in a little late so she worked on a large painting! 


She was very daring with her brush strokes, and wasn't afraid to experiment! I love it!

CREATIVITY IN ACTION!

Let the projects begin!

Chris and Adrienne working on his AWESOME SHIP!

Project in the works!


Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Junk Experience:

   So Adrienne and I had our first class this past Tuesday. Her and I were a little nervous because we didn't know how many kids were showing up, but we were excited to meet all the participants. Fourteen kids came, all varying in ages. We had a five year old, to, I think an eleven year old. The overall experience was great! I was really happy with the kids and how enthusiastic they were about being apart of Onions and Gumbo! 
   For our first class we did a trash assemblage lesson. Adrienne and I primed and gessoed all of these found objects and recyclables and laid them about the table. We had each kid choose an object or a couple of small objects and use their imaginations as to what it could be possibly turned into. Well, lemme' tell you... the results were OUTSTANDING! I'm so excited to be a part in leading this group!

   Here are a few photos of the experience of "Junk Day".....


Organized Paints and Supplies
Found Objects


Doo Hickies and Knick Knacks!




Our Class!

Exploring the Knick Knacks!


Fashioning a remote control into a doll!






















  
I love this photo!

He re salvaged an old chandelier and made it work again!

Decorating the dart board!

Stick Man! 

The inside of the VHS tape box!


Little girl working, and a re purposed lamp!

Drawing!

This little girl made a box from an old VHS tape cover, when you open it you will find a bunch of treasures /game she made up!

Figure made of coffee cups, old board game pieces, cassette tape  film, embroidery thread, and paint.

VHS Tape with cover made into mechanical looking monster.