Mylar Bags make a fun shiny surface for covering, wrapping, decorating or embellishing…
Material of the Week 1/6-1/12
Monday, January 6, 2014
Cardboard
Monday, January 6, 2014
Cardboard often makes it to the Weekly Wow post because it is so versatile. It’s moldable, build able, shapable and playable.
Bea and her mommy like to make little ladies like this at home all the time. I am told they have lots of puppet shows.
This is the stuff of life. In my view creativity is best expressed when it crosses the framework of our lives from one aspect like making “art” to human interactions like play, creating roots in or imaginative thinking and our memories.
To think a broad reaching concept can begin with a few bits of cardboard, some pastels or markers and a few dots of glue is just well, wonderful.
Puppet Dolls
Bea
3yrs
Material of the week 12/30-1/5/14
Monday, December 30, 2013
Plastic Bowls
Once food containers for microwave meals, now potential flying saucers, bird baths, or whatever you want them to be.
Molded Plastic
Monday, December 30, 2013
Ever wonder what the strange molded plastic packaging from a purchased item can be? Zack thought a Jet Pack made sense. He and his mom spent their studio time exploring the many options the jet pack could entail and it was fun by all accounts.
They put just about everything on the pack minus the kitchen sink. CD’s, felt scraps, juice lids, a carabiner, an apple sauce lid, hard drives, a pin and lots of other stuff made the cut so Zack could step into fantasy play and travel to far off planets with a flick of his imagination.
Jet Pack
Zack
6yrs
Material of the Week 12/23-12/29
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Small paper bags make great puppets, carry all’s and of course, gift bags…
Weekly Wow!
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
It’s an extra wow when we get a donation from a business that is looking to find a re-user for a material that is not recyclable but has so much potential.
Skyworks in Newbury park receives giant foam squares weekly from goods that are shipped from another of their facilities. What an awesome material!
With a little ingenuity some of the foam squares became sleek, soft armor. After all, wearable, functional art is where it’s at. Playing in this suit will no doubt bring hours of exploration, laughter and foster even more imagination to keep the wheels of invention turning…
Holiday crafting
Friday, December 20, 2013
Cooper’s hand crafted cards for Mommy, Daddy, Pappa and Sabba will surely warm hearts and be fondly saved for years to come. Using blank cards, wrapping paper, markers and glue she took such pride in creating each card specifically for the person she made it for. Just lovely.
Holiday Cards
Cooper
4yrs
Cork
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Corks are like building blocks, they take on whatever they are a part of with ease. They can be the stones of a structure, components of a sculpture or in this case bodies for little ladies. They remind me of the little Fisher Price People from my childhood.
At a birthday party for Grace this weekend several of the girls got inspired to make cork ladies. They were anywhere from 5- 8 years old but found such a common thread in this creative endeavor. Fabric, embroidery floss and a few bits of this and that turned a plain wine cork into a pretty lady in no time. Ah, what it is to be a kid…
Material of The Week 12/16-13-12/22
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Plastic Hangers
Mobiles, picture frames and more…
Crafty Saturday at CReATE
Monday, December 16, 2013
I love the days that ooze creativity at the studio, yes, that is most days being that crafty is our business. But, somedays are magically crafty, where every creation is off the charts fun, imaginative, maybe a little sparkly and yes, crafty. It reminds me that we all, at every age have ideas, inspirations, and explorations just waiting to unfold and some days, like yesterday it all erupts in unison.