Parent Class 2022

We began Spring term still meeting from home on Zoom. With a couple of new students we reviewed some lessons in "sticky" English usage, read episodes from "When I Was Puerto Rican" and shared memories of "A Favorite Childhood Friend" and "The Best Day of My Life" in writing.

Remembering that we had many small beads left over from last year, Vicky introduced us to Huichol Art. The Huichol people, descendants from the Aztecs, currently living in Jalisco and Durango, Mexico, are known for their fantastically intricate and brilliantly colored bead folk art. Huichol masks portray the invisible world of Huichol gods and use symbols like deer, candles, arrows, serpents and gods' eyes.

We designed our own masks on paper, created paper mache skulls to hold the beads and set to work glueing beads in place. It took a long time, but the results were amazing. It wasn't surprising to learn that professional artists charge hundreds of dollars for each mask.

Huichol Art / Arte Huichol

Lupita

Xochil

Erika

Rachel

Paty

Gema's Mask

Quilling involves rolling and shaping thin strips of paper to create decorative designs. Today Quilling is a perfect way to decorate cards, albums, and any other scrapbooking or packaging work that comes to mind, it gives them the original and personalized touch that many want for their projects. Believe it or not, this technique already existed in the Renaissance, and in the 18th century young English ladies decorated their belongings with these paper filigree ... Isn't it curious?

La Filigrana consiste en enrollar y dar forma a finas tiras de papel para crear diseños decorativos. Hoy la filigrana es una forma perfecta de adornar tarjetas, álbumes, y cualquier otro trabajo de libro de recortes o embalaje que se nos ocurra, les da el toque original y personalizado que muchos desean para sus proyectos. Aunque no lo creas, esta técnica ya existía en el Renacimiento, y en el Siglo XVIII las jóvenes damas inglesas decoraban con estas filigranas de papel sus pertenencias... ¿Verdad que es curioso?

Gema's Card

Homa's Card

Homa fairy

Paty

Rachel

Vicky

Homa

Rachel

Seeds, Shells and Shavings

Sunflower seeds, pistachio shells and pencil shavings. We came upon a video on U-tube showing how to make pictures from ordinary objects, some throw-aways. It was the most fun!

Homa

Paty

We will start a new project, a quilling doll, but this one will be special, we will use our roots, the culture from our country of origin, we will watch a video to learn how to make a the small quilling doll.You will tell us the origins of the costumes.

Why did you choose the particular colors?

What to the clothes represent ?

Be ready to tell the history of your doll ?

comenzaremos un nuevo proyecto, haremos una muñeca o muñeco en quilling, pero este no va a ser especial, usaremos nuestras raíces o cultura de nuestro país de origen, veremos un video para darnos un idea de como lo vamos hacer, y nos contaras la historia de tu muñeca/o.

Porque escogiste esos colores que le pusiste ?

Qué representa su vestuario ?

Preparate para contar la historia de tu muñeca/o ?

Rachel's Sketch

Here is an example I wrote about my figure made from quilling paper. I'm hoping you will write something about yours. I found it easier to write if I gave him a name. My figure's name is Joseph. He was a very religious Jew who lived in Warsaw, Poland in the 1890's. With his black clothes and long beard, he spent time studying the books of the Torah. He knew several languages, Polish, Russian, Hebrew and Yiddish. He read the local newspaper regularly and repeated the news to his neighbors who didn't read. Life was difficult, like others he suffered persecution and dreamed of coming to America.

Paty's Sketch

Lupe's Sketch

Mariachi (símbolo de identidad Nacional) Elegí esta caracterización porque es parte de mi cultura mexicana de la región de Cocula Jalisco en México. El traje es elegante en color negro, pero traté de incluir los colores de la bandera de México que son verde, blanco y rojo.

Mariachi (symbol of National identity) I chose this characterization because it is part of my Mexican culture from the Cocula Jalisco region in Mexico. The suit is elegant in black, but I tried to include the colors of the Mexican flag which are green, white and red.

Gema's Doll (Frida)

Homa's Doll (Doctor)

Rachel Doll( Orthodox Jew)

Vicky's Doll (Mariachi)

Homa

Lupita's Doll (Flamenco Dancer)

Meeting the Telpo mothers’ class at the PO Box Collective on May 20th was great! We were presented with a few options to try; print-making and embroidery were two.

Our newest student, Homa, tried engraving first, a cactus and some flowers. Applying the paint and printing on fabric produced lovely images. Homa, an artist at heart, went on to use a plastic fork.

and even a rolled-up paper towel to create an interesting border. We enjoyed watching her improvise as she worked.

The final presentation was on June 7 at Waters Elementary School, we exhibited all the 2021/2022 projects.

Page updated

Report abuse