![]() ![]() It is an invitation to linger, a slow immersion into an environment like a cave or a forest that allows for transformation. With this type of ambulation, the role of gesture and habit are the foreground and suggest opportunities for ritual as material and conceptual connection with nature. Wandering, the deliberate moving off a set course is about non-conforming and remaining open to a new way of facing everyday challenges. The physical act of putting one foot in front of the other is repetitive and tied to rhythms of organic processes. ![]() Walking itself does not make art in the traditional sense except for perhaps a trail as seen in Richard Long’s A Line Made by Walking. When walking, we transgress and re-establish new boundaries by continually re-defining a new “frame” for our field of experience. Towels, plastic for your work surface, paper towels, apron, scissors, etc.In walking, interpretation frequently lags behind actual temporal experience. Wide and short plastic bin to contain plaster water mess. Green scrub pads found on the cleaning aisle (usually Scotch Brite brand) These could be salad bowls from a dollar store, recycled yogurt containers, or whatever as long as the base is not wider than the neck. Various sizes of plastic bowls/containers that you like the size and shape of. Recycled corrugated cardboard (keep those Amazon boxes! You know you have a million…) Even plastic toys in shapes you like or ceramic figurines. Items with texture for casting (think old engraved door knobs or jewelry with raised patterns. Gesso in clear or white (i LOVE Liquitex clear on plaster: ) Gel medium of choice (I prefer a heavy or soft matte gel medium) Two brick would be more than enough to get going.Īcrylic paints in your favorite colors (I like to have Payne’s gray, a yellow ochre, and true red of sorts on hand always.) Green floral foam for silk or dried flowers (NOT FRESH) from a craft store. One of each is a great start.īig Gap spray foam (insulation) from a hardware store. Rebar Tie Wire (aka: baling wire) This is sold in rolls at hardware stores. ![]() THIS LINK IS TO A 1.75 LB WHICH IS BIGGER THAN NEEDED BUT I’M NOT FINDING A SMALLER PACKAGE ONLINE AT THE MOMENT. Plaster Gauze (there are a few different brands that all work great.Ī couple of 4 inch rolls would be a great start.ġ – 1 lb. Plaster of Paris (available at craft stores in gallon and half gallon cartons and buckets) “Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt” Share the joy of the journey of this course with children or friends in playful collaboration or dive in the learning as sacred personal creative time to build objects of lasting beauty and joy. You can expect to get a bit messy but will enjoy that most of the projects demonstrated can be created from start to finish in a day or less even with no prior sculpting experience. Once you have a stable foundation shape, you will explore various finishing and textural effects using paint, carving, sanding, finishing with encaustic medium, and incorporating paper ephemera & found objects. During this jam packed course, you will build multiple projects from start to finish with each project emphasizing different techniques that can all be adapted and modified to be combined with all the other techniques taught in the course.Įach project will demonstrate a different armature or foundation construction approach so that you can feel confident in the stability of your beautiful pieces no matter what the final form is.
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