next workshops:

Join us at the Goodman Atwood Community Center for these morning work sessions:

May 23rd- 9:00- 11:30 am

June 6th - 9:00- 11:30 am

Join us for more cardboard sculpture and paper mache' lessons from Laurie. Collaborate on a large puppet or make a mask for yourself.

All ages. FREE! Bring a friend! (donations always welcome)

Stop by Hawthorne Park in the 200 block of Division street after 5 on many evenings in June for work and paint sessions, fabric banner making and backpack puppet construction. Watch this space for announcements.

xoxo
Laurie

Latest Procession workshop

Our last workshop at Evolution art collective created some great work!
Some of the puppets and masks underway include a giant flatworm, a black bear, a grasshopper, and beetles. There is talk of a bat backpack puppet and a Charles Darwin giant puppet.

The giant sun puppet is in progress. The sun will be surrounded by kids costumed as plants and vegetables. She is made of rolled newspaper wrapped in fabric and yarn. Rays will be added surrounding the face.
A rodent mask showing the cardboard sculpture technique we've been using:
The giant deer head is now painted! Now he needs a body. The antlers will be decorated with paper flowers...

Workshop schedule:

Sunday May 17th from 5:30- 9:00 pm @ Evolution Art Collective 202 S.Dickenson st.

Saturday May 23rd from 9:00 am - 11:30 am @ the Goodman Community Center

Saturday June 6th from 9:00 am - 11:30 am at the Goodman Community Center

Workshops are FREE and open to all (donations cheerfully accepted)

Call Laurie for more info: 241 0259

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...

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.

April 1st- Mask Making teach in!

FREE mask and puppet making teach- in (donations gladly accepted)
for Procession of the Species
Wednesday April 1st 5:30- 9:00 pm
at Evolution Arts Collective
202 South Dickenson st. (Dickenson and Dewey court- one block from Willy st.)
all ages welcome...

Artist Laurie Rossbach will present an overview of making masks and giant puppets from cardboard, paper mache, paint and trash...

We will learn cardboard construction basics, paper mache techniques and how to transform your ideas into 3 dimensions

Then design your creature and dive right in and start creating your mask or puppet to take home and finish.

Procession of the Species will be held at the Summer Solstice celebration in Olbrich park on June 21st. 2009 sees the bicentenary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work ‘On the origin of Species- this will be the overarching theme of this years procession. Celebrate nature through art! All are welcome to participate in the free workshops and the parade.

Laurie- 241 0259

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