Scenes from CREATE!-Part One

Here are a few scenes from our workshop, "Aprons As Personal Armor", at the CREATE mixed media retreat in Chicago:

The students worked hard to create unique aprons.

Everyone got a great start on their projects!

 Sharon Davis had a colorful palette of fabrics,

even a custom print from Spoonflower based on a drawing by her son!

Hiliary Ayer and Sue Sulaiman share a laugh during class.

Our classroom looked like a fabric explosion had occurred in it.  Yay!

 A passerby asks to try on my apron

After class we attended a reception for the workshop instructors

Jen Mason welcomed all the teachers.

Fun!

Sculpture in the Chicago Midway airport

I wish I had stopped to get a better angle on this sculpture.  I thought this was absolutely gorgeous.  Each piece is suspended from a wire from the ceiling.  A close-up reveals that the bird is actually composed of tiny red aircraft:  antique to modern-day models.

Tank

Tank is a desert tortoise that has been in my late Uncle Ralph's family for around 50 years.  I first met Tank when I was 14 years old, visiting my Aunt Nadine & Uncle Ralph's home in Southern California for the first time.  I have seen Tank each time I visited, unless it was winter, when Tank was hibernating.
Tank, as it turns out, is a girl.  Oh well.

lunch time

She is fond of flowers and bright toenail polish.

A Great License Plate seen in the CREATE mixed media retreat parking lot

Why Be Normal?!

While teaching at CPS CREATE! in Chicago I had the pleasure of dining with good friends:

L-R:  Cheryl Sleboda (aka Muppin), me, Jeanne Palmer Moore, and Jamie Fingal

This makes me laugh every time I look at it.

Too bad we weren't having any fun.

Apron As Personal Armor

We will be teaching a full day workshop called "Aprons As Personal Armor" at CREATE mixed media retreat in Chicago.  The idea of the workshop is to use the apron as a framework for a fun means of self expression.  This is my second apron.  I have one additional embellishment to add:  a piece of trim with large grommets will run across the front of the apron at the waist.  I plan to put colored "loop clips" through the grommets to hold my scissors, etc.  An additional image will follow when this has been accomplished.

Artist Houses Accordion book

Here is my house book, "locked" with my old house key!

Jamie and I will be teaching a fun mixed media workshop in Chicago at CREATE called "Artist Houses",
which uses a variety of materials and techniques.  The finished project is an accordion book that can be mounted onto chopsticks to stabilize it as an open book.
Here are images of my house "pages" I'm rather pleased with how they turned out.

one finished side

...and the other!