Monday

There will be no new activity to upload this week as I am away on holidays. See you next week for a new one.
If you are feeling uninspired you can have a look at past activities like the one pictured here.

No Class today!!

There will be no Art class today, Friday the 5th of December as we are away on holiday. Woo Hoo.
Hopefully I am lost in a jungle or drinking a cocktail in a pool under a palm tree. Or looking for fish in the water.
I hope you are also having a relaxing day too.
See you next week on the 12th of December for the second last class for the year!!

This american life

I often listen to these pod casts whilst working, I love the scope and sense of discovery it gives me all while sitting at my desk. It makes me feel like I have met all these interesting people.
If only there  was an Australian equivalent.
I haven't started yet but It seems their new series Serial is captivating as well, maybe I will try and catch up on it all at once.

hoop planes

turn this...

into this...

with these hoop plane instructions...

Class today but not next week...

If you are free this morning come along to our Art Class, it is always fun!
Just a reminder that next week, the 5th of December there will be no class as we are off on holidays for a week woo hooooooo!!
See you back on the 12th for the penultimate class for the year!

Woodlucker

Woodlucker is a partnership between Ann Wood and Dean Lucker. They are married, live together in Minnesota and make Art together. Their creations range from mechanical sculptures and cards to paintings and textiles. They are all very rich in folk narratives which I always love, and wonderfully executed with hand made cogs and mechanical elements.
And I am always a sucker for a puppet too, especially an animatronic one.
You can see some of the sculptures in motion on their website, they are quite lovely. Look at that moon being fed spoons of sugar, ahh.
They also have a shop where you can buy their works.

paper camera

turn this...

into this...

with these paper camera instructions...

photo

In today's Art class we will be having a look at photography and all it used to mean.

Marion Fayolle

I went to the library and stumbled upon a wonderful book called In Pieces by artist Marion Fayolle. It is a series of comics that animate wonderful interactions between animals, vegetables and minerals.
After conducting some internet research I have found a world of her work and its fantastic.
I also found a link to a range of fabric designs she collaborated with Cotelac
I now have a complete clothing wish list for Summer. My love of loud patterns and illustration combined.

botanical painting

 turn this...

into this...

with these botanical illustration experiment ideas...