Sunday, April 12, 2009

Pictures from the April 1st and April 11th Workshops


Our next scheduled public workshop will be held in May on Sunday May 17th 5:30- 9 pm at Evolution Art collective- 202 S. Dickenson st. Saturday morning workshops will also be scheduled at the Goodman Community Center. Watch this space for a dates and times of additional workshops. Check out these photos from our April 1st and April 11th work sessions!


Kids getting into paper mache...

John with a cardboard inchworm in progress...
An awesome pig mask...

Cardboard sculpture mask with it's creator...

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Next Workshop April 11th

Our First open workshop was a big hit! We have a salamander, a giant inchworm, a badger, a pig, birds, a great blue heron and many more creature masks under way. Pictures will be posted soon...

See the post below for the corn starch paste recipe.

Next workshop will be April 11th 8:30 am - 11:00 am at the Atwood Community Center

We will do more cardboard sculpting and start to paint and decorate our masks and costumes

contact me for more info:

Laurie 241 0259
laurie@thegreenparasol.com

Paper Mache paste Recipe

Dissolve 1/2 cup cornstarch into 1 cup warm water. Heat one quart of water on the stove. Slowly stir the dissolved cornstarch into one quart of boiling water. Once it thickens, turn off. Let cool before using. You will need 2 or 3 times this amount for a 3' x 3' mask. Make it fresh each time or store it in the fridge - it gets moldy fast. For a large amount at once use 2 cups cornstarch to 1 gallon of water.