RAFT
1355 Ridder Park Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
(408) 451-1421
www.raft.net
A Bounty of Beads
Saturday, January 10 1:30 to 5:30
A Bounty of Beads from everyday materials
Beads aren’t just for jewelry anymore! Anyone can make their own beads and embellish almost anything! After a fun-filled day creating with common but wonderful materials you will take home a bag full of beautiful beads and a bevy of ideas how to use them!
Salt Box Dioramas
Saturday, March 7 9:00 to 1:00
Using an ordinary round cardboard saltbox you will create a diorama to delight and educate. Cut an opening, collage the interior and the exterior to suit your subject matter, then fill it with fascinating elements. We’ll make clay from Wonder bread and Elmers glue, and take a shopping spree at RAFT to get the materials you need to create dinosaurs? skyscrapers? the planets, bugs, the Amazon River, mathland!
Pacific Art League
668 Ramona St.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 321-3891
www.pacificartleague.org
CLASSES START JANUARY
(12 week session)
ADULTS
Beginning Collage
with Tess Sinclair
Thursdays 1/8 to 3/26
9:30 to noon
In this fun and supportive class you will be surprised and delighted with your work. Beautiful art papers, bright tissue, sheet music, antique book pages, the sky is the limit. We’ll cover all the basics, cutting, glues and gluing and composition.
Some of the most famous artists made collages. Picasso, Matisse, Hausmann, Schwitters, jess, Cornell all created collage and we’ll take inspiration from them.
Week One:
Let’s start at the beginning. All the basics and lots of individual time and practice. Glues, cutting, layout.
Week Two:
Altering a Magazine Page
Never Dull, sanding, Dover Press
Week Three & Four:
Landscapes with rice papers.
Week Five:
Weave a collage
Liquid Watercolor
Yarn
Pipe cleaners
Week Six & Seven:
Bring in a copy of a favorite painting, and we’ll recreate it using art papers
Week, Eight & Nine:
Abstract using texture
Week Ten:
Finish all projects
Week Eleven: Field Trip to Flax in San Francisco to explore their amazing selection of art papers.
Week Twelve: Opening and art party
Materials: Optional: Class Fee:
Scissors Acrylic Paints $15 will cover costs
Brushes Watercolors for paint, substrates,
Pencil Old letters art paper, glues,
Ruler Old Maps ephemera, rice paper,
Brushes for glue specialty supplies
Old envelopes
Teacup or glasses Old photographs
Exacto knife & blades Old sheet music
Magazine pictures Old stamps
Water containers Buttons
Exacto knife Needles and thread
Game pieces
Yarn & beads
Mixed Media with Tess Sijnclair
Wednesday (1/7 to 3/25)
1:00 to 3:30
In this exciting, new class you will be introduced to the very newest techniques and products every week! Transfers, patinas, altered papers and transparencies will breathe life into your work. You may work in 2D or 3D. Every week, those artists who are interested may have their work critiqued. We will organize a field trip to scrounge to San Francisco or Berkeley. The final week we will gave an ART OPENING and POT LUCK
Material List
$25 material fee: Tess will provide all demonstration materials for the class, allowing the students to purchase only products and tools they wish to add to their studios.)
Self-healing cutting mat-optional
Exacto knife with extra blades
Pencil
Collage Materials
Ephemera
Scissors
Bone Folder
Gloss medium
Metal Ruler or other straight edge
Wire cutter
Needle nose pliers
Glue stick
Pencil
Acrylic paints and brushes (or use the class paints)`
Water container(s)
CHILDREN
3D Art for 8 to 13 year olds with Tess Sinclair
Wednesdays 1/5 to 3/23
4:00 to 5:30
Three Dimensional Art
for 8 to 13 year olds
Young artists will take inspiration from the masters and create wonderful art in three dimensions. In a supportive environment, artist will learn proper technique at the same time expanding confidence in their innate creativity.
We will study the beautiful pottery of the Southwest Tribes, the Hopi, San Ildefonso and Maria Martinez, Anasazi, Santa Clara. We will use coiling techniques to hand-build a pot with air-drying clay. We will study the color theory of hues and reproduce the colors native colors of our pots.
Our next big project will be the creation of a box with a secret. Artists will learn a variety of substrate preparations, then
working with copyright free Dover Press images, artists will create a collage. Using formal book making techniques, artists will build a box to encase the collage. A peephole allows a view of the collage.
The third project will involve the creation of texture on a canvas. Artists will work with molding paste, fibers and paint to create an abstract piece. Rauschenberg, Schwitters
The final piece will be a self-expression work using any or all of the materials and techniques we have studied.
We will have an opening on the last day of class to show the work of these wonderful young artists.
Special Materials List:
Air-hardening clay
Acrylic paints
Museum or mat board (18” by 24”) for each child
Golden Molding Paste
9” x 12” canvas for each child
Plastic palette knives (1 for each child
WORKSHOPS
The Wonders of Patinas with Tess Sinclair
Saturday, February 28 9:30 to 3:30``
The Wonder of Patinas
What do potato chips and vinegar have to do with Patinas? EVERYTHING! Using some common kitchen ingredients and lots of altering solutions and techniques, you will create a journal filled with recipes to add a rich patina to paper, copper and brass. Your work will be transformed! Care for a chip?
Materials Needed:
Bone Folder or metal spoon
Rubber gloves
Several pairs of disposal gloves
Safety Glasses
Fresh flat plant materials: leaves, thick grasses, rocks, flattened flowers
Cardboard box, large e.g. shirt box
Heat guns* (available at Michael's or Joanne's, use their
40% off coupon)
Adirondack (alcohol based) Ink Pad in your
favorite color
Your favorite stamps
Old scissors
Brayer*
Variety of old paintbrushes
Glue stix or roll of scotch tape
* If you have trouble finding the *items, or you do not wish to purchase them do not worry, I’ll have a few extras that can be borrowed, but you may have to wait to use them.
Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650) 329-2366
www.cityofpaloalto.org/enjoy
Classes begin the week of January 5
Mixed Media
Tuesday, 1/6 to 3/10
PAAC Mixed Medium
Winter 2009
Each week I will demonstrate a subtrate application. You will build layers, one each week, to increase your confidence with materials and techniques and to face the dread fear of the blank page!! J
Week One:
Tiny Muse: Under your creative hands, wood, Dresden foil, antique type, clay faces, wire and ribbon will come together to make your own personalized muse. `
Tess List:
NOTE: make extra faces for next weeks project
SRC wooden block
Bottle tops
Very thin, sheer ribbon
Dresden Foil (crowns)
Jump rings
Wire
Wire cutters
Text from children’s book
Fimo face molds
Fimo
Fimo brush
Cornstarch
Beads
Surgerical blades
Metal blocks and hammers
Thin ribbon
Donut screws
Tiny bezel (syringe tops)
Seed beads
Charms
Toaster Oven
Wooden Tongs
Potholder
Week Two & Three:
Triptych: working with metal foils, fibers and wool roving, you will create a triptych richly embellished with beautiful ephemera
Week Four & Five
Nesting Boxes: The Air, The Earth, The Fire, The Water
Paper Mache nesting boxes will be transformed with art papers and ephemera to reflect your interpretation of the four elements.
Week Six & Seven
Serious Silverware
A piece of old silver ware is your substrate as you create a whimsical piece.
Week Eight:
Finish all projects
Week Nine:
Daylong scrounging field trip to San Francisco
Week Ten: Opening
A $20 material fee payable to the teacher will be collected.
Student Supply List:
Self-healing mat
Scissors
Exacto knife and extra blades
Your favorite paint –brushes
Acrylic Paints
Clear Gloss Medium - regular
Beads
Ribbons
Old knife, fork or spoon (the older & more decorative, the better)
Rubber stamps and inks (if you use them)
Charms
WORKSHOP
Gelatin PrintING
Gelatin prints are beautiful; the materials are beautiful, the process is beautiful, the prints are beautiful. The experience is Zen-like. The beautiful inks and papers Tess provides will delight you and you will leave with a collection of your hand-made prints. Material Fee: $17
Student Material List:
Soft rubber brayer
Your favorite rubber stamps (if you wish)
Mister for water
Any special watercolor or rice paper you would like to use
Any thin objects e.g. leaves, feathers
One gallon bucket
Scissors
Exacto knife with new blades
Old toothbrush
Stencils (if you wish)
Bag lunch
Wear old clothes
Self-healing mat
CHILDREN
Classes start January 27
Clay for Preschooler and Parent 3 to 5 year olds
Tuesday, 1/27 to 3/31 1:15 to 2:15
Kinderclay - Coil 5 & 6 year olds
Tuesday 1/27 to 3/31 2:20 to 3:30
Clay Basics -Coil 7 to 12 year olds
Tuesday, 1/27 to 3/31 3:45 to 5:00
Week One:
Using slab roller, roll clay to create a nametag and a glass infused platter.
Week Two:
Learn to apply glaze to create a scraffito effect on nametag and glaze platter and place glass gems in preparation for firing.
Week Three:
Create a beautiful candleholder by rolling a slab. Cut it into a design intended to stand upright; the base or bottom must be kept straight. Cut decorative openings then roll slab into a cylinder. Create a ridge to hold a votive candle on the round base you make. Attach cylinder to base. Review cross-hatching and use of slip to attach cylinder to base.
Week Four:
Glaze candleholder using a light color in the interior and a darker color on the outside.
Week Five:
Working free-form, create heads for a finger puppet family. Create holes for hair to be inserted later.
Test candle holders by inserting and lighting votive candles and turning off the lights…beautiful!
Week Six: Glaze puppet family
Week Seven: Embellish puppet family
Week Eight: Create a coil bell with a donut on top (for a hanger) and a shape of your choice to use as a sound maker with a donut on top. Review coil making and smoothing to create a strong bell. Review cross hatching and use of slip to attach donut holder.
Week Nine: Glaze coil bell.
Week Ten: Assemble coil bell.
Wearable Art and Accessories 8 to 14 year olds
Thursday 1/29 to 3/19 3:45 to 4:45
Wow! You will be a walking, talking fashion statement. Fun and fashion all rolled into one. A silk flower for your favorite hat, an art cut tee shirt, designer tennis, wild eyeglasses, a necklace of wild, wonderful beads, duct tape wallet or cell phone purse and the coolest school supplies ever.
Silk flowers
Art cut tee shirt
Duct tape wallet
Designer tennies
Eyeglass with class
Paper glasses
Crazy Beaded necklace-shrink art, foam, Fimo
Cool covers for your books
Chic pen- Fimo covered pen
Molding and Modeling 5 to 6 year olds
Thursday 1/29 to 3/19 2:20 to 3:30
Use air-drying clay to make cool stuff, and learn sculptural and design skills in a warm and nurturing environment. We’ll create a coil bell that actually rings, a slab candleholder to light the winter night, an animal puppet and more.
Small Sculptures 12 to 18 year olds
Thurday 1/29 to 3/19 5:00 to 6:00
For artistic teens. We’ll use a variety of fine materials to create miniature figures, scenes and Cornell boxes. Students will develop 3-D and color design skills, and practice creating magic on a small scale. Instructor is an accomplished artist. Plenty of individual attention, and time to pursue original ideas. Great for portfolio development.
HOME SCHOOL
7 to 14 year olds
Drawing is Fun!
Mondays 1/26 to 2/23 12:15 to 2:15
Drawing is Fun!
In this exciting class you will explore wild techniques to improve your drawing skills. You will draw with daring and an explorative nature, using wax resist and ink, an upside down technique, chalks, colored pencils, drawing pencils and magic tape and even a Krispy Kream.
Week One:
Daring Drawing (blk paper w/ colored chalk & masking tape)
Double Fun
It’s in the bag
Robot Finger(simple objects to observe and draw)
Week Two:
Candle Drawings
Warm up:take a line for a walk
Week Three:
Magic Tape Drawing
Week Four:
Upside Down Drawing
Week Five:
The disappearing donut/ Opening
Viva Mexico
Monday 3/2 to 3/23 12:15 to 2:15
The beautiful art and culture of Mexico will inspire our work. Mexican art is very popular in the states. We will create tin ornaments, Molas, Day of the Dead Skeletons, and Trees of Life. The cultural meaning of the art as well as its origins will be reviewed.
Week One:
Sculpting the Tree of Life out of clay will be the first project in our exciting journey through Mexico. We will explore different possibilities working with clay e.g. how to make a rose, coiling for use as an embellishment, creating candle holder.
Week Two:
We will paint our Trees of Life and insert the candles. We will create colorful Tin Ornaments using traditional designs. Working with thin metal, artists will cut out design of their choice and then use brightly colored markers to embellish their design. The final touch is stringing ornament with beautiful yarn.
Week Three:
Day of the Dead is a lively celebration honoring departed loved ones. Artists will learn more about this famous holiday and then create a fanciful skeleton, the delightful design that marks this holiday. Figures will be cut out of cardstock and the limbs will be attached with fasteners. The final touch will be to embellish with sequins and glitter.
Week Four:
Molas are beautiful fiber art depicting animals, myths or religious symbols. Artists will learn about the Cuna Indians, the masters and originators of this beautiful art. After creating patterns in paper, artist will work with layers of felt and animal images; artists will create their own molas worthy of display!
Week Five:
Finish all projects. Opening
