Sunday, May 2, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Insta-apron
Seamstresses of the world prepare to be cheated. Introducing the barely even 6 step, no-machine-required (unless you're a badass and have one), guide to making an apron.
1. Go to a thriftstore and find a skirt in the little girl section.
2. Cut the skirt vertically along a seam so it a long piece of fabric
3. Acquire a ribbon and size it so you can tie it around your hips comfortably.
4. Sew this ribbon onto the waist-line of the skirt.
5. Sew patches for pockets.
6. Embellish to personal preference.
1. Go to a thriftstore and find a skirt in the little girl section.
2. Cut the skirt vertically along a seam so it a long piece of fabric
3. Acquire a ribbon and size it so you can tie it around your hips comfortably.
4. Sew this ribbon onto the waist-line of the skirt.
5. Sew patches for pockets.
6. Embellish to personal preference.
Rangoli
Rangoli is floor painting.
In the morning, using materials such as rice, grain, powder or colored sand, Mothers in India step outside to create beautiful and colorful designs on the ground in front of their home. The images are intended to express hospitality. In creating a Rangoli piece the artist typically draws a series of dots in white chalk. The dots are then connected and the artist fills in the between with the other materials.
Rangoli is an art of impermanence; not one to be framed, saved, and sold but a daily meditation of the transient nature of reality.
By the end of the day the image has been obscured by wind, movement from in and out the house or the appetites of animals.
In the morning, using materials such as rice, grain, powder or colored sand, Mothers in India step outside to create beautiful and colorful designs on the ground in front of their home. The images are intended to express hospitality. In creating a Rangoli piece the artist typically draws a series of dots in white chalk. The dots are then connected and the artist fills in the between with the other materials.
Rangoli is an art of impermanence; not one to be framed, saved, and sold but a daily meditation of the transient nature of reality.
By the end of the day the image has been obscured by wind, movement from in and out the house or the appetites of animals.
CADA-CASA article
"Cada Casa classes start ten minutes late," says director Tymon, sitting in a circle of students of The Mural Project.
I sit and look around. Poet House Art, off of Minnesota in downtown Bend has exploded since it's expectant beginning. What started as inexpensive studio space and gallery has morphed quickly into a social lounge, music venue, and an open door for those who want to do something cool.
It's the second week of The Mural Project class and students gather on or around couches with notebooks and white paper coffee cups. Class begins with Tymon dividing the students into two previously decided groups: "'Truck-stop group' is leaving to do a project proposal onsite, 'Mate group' is staying here to work on planning and finalize drawings."
Tymon sits with me a moment to discuss how he became motivated to start CADA-CASA and future intentions. His experiences in Cusco, Peru where a strict emphasis on performance and meeting standards made up many of the childrens education heavily influenced his ambition. He observed "there was a disconnection between the childrens perception of education and its relation to their life." In response he brought college students and volunteers into the town to teach screen-printing, web-site developing, musicianshop and more.
"CADA-CASA is a community-based education organization aimed to connect educators and students of all ages. Our goal is to redefine education as a life long process that comes from passionate members of our community."
It's guiding principles, given more attention on the CADA-CASA homepage, are Explorative Learning, Positivism, Community Awareness, and being Evironmentally Conscious.
Everyone has assumed action stations. Half have left. The other half opened notebooks or have pulled out sketches of proposed images for the Mate Bar mural. The mural itself will be painted on the brickwall of Tin Pan Alley one floor below.
There are about 10 students left, all teens, in the gallery with teachers who give direction, mediate questions, and collaborate mural plans.
It's a simple formula. Bring people who have something to teach together with students who want to learn and pair this with fascinating and explorative subject matter.
The Mural Project also seems simple enough. Divide into two groups, pick a theme for each mural, draw, translate onto large scale using a projector, combine everything together, and paint the wall.
I start looking over shoulders. CADA-CASA student Nicole is drawing mushrooms. She explains to me the theme of mural is urban environments returning to nature. "It's like the book Waters of Babylon," a student adds. "Post-apocolyptic."
Another has drawn a yerba mate tree, thick branches with bunches of leaves. Students are drawing and searching on the computer. A planning station maps out the mural in its entirity is being scrutinized. Everyone is very involved.
The future of CADA-CASA? Being recognized as an offical nonprofit and in a year have elective classes where students can earn school credits. And growing. More students, more teachers, more collaborations and more learning.
I sit and look around. Poet House Art, off of Minnesota in downtown Bend has exploded since it's expectant beginning. What started as inexpensive studio space and gallery has morphed quickly into a social lounge, music venue, and an open door for those who want to do something cool.
It's the second week of The Mural Project class and students gather on or around couches with notebooks and white paper coffee cups. Class begins with Tymon dividing the students into two previously decided groups: "'Truck-stop group' is leaving to do a project proposal onsite, 'Mate group' is staying here to work on planning and finalize drawings."
Tymon sits with me a moment to discuss how he became motivated to start CADA-CASA and future intentions. His experiences in Cusco, Peru where a strict emphasis on performance and meeting standards made up many of the childrens education heavily influenced his ambition. He observed "there was a disconnection between the childrens perception of education and its relation to their life." In response he brought college students and volunteers into the town to teach screen-printing, web-site developing, musicianshop and more.
"CADA-CASA is a community-based education organization aimed to connect educators and students of all ages. Our goal is to redefine education as a life long process that comes from passionate members of our community."
It's guiding principles, given more attention on the CADA-CASA homepage, are Explorative Learning, Positivism, Community Awareness, and being Evironmentally Conscious.
Everyone has assumed action stations. Half have left. The other half opened notebooks or have pulled out sketches of proposed images for the Mate Bar mural. The mural itself will be painted on the brickwall of Tin Pan Alley one floor below.
There are about 10 students left, all teens, in the gallery with teachers who give direction, mediate questions, and collaborate mural plans.
It's a simple formula. Bring people who have something to teach together with students who want to learn and pair this with fascinating and explorative subject matter.
The Mural Project also seems simple enough. Divide into two groups, pick a theme for each mural, draw, translate onto large scale using a projector, combine everything together, and paint the wall.
I start looking over shoulders. CADA-CASA student Nicole is drawing mushrooms. She explains to me the theme of mural is urban environments returning to nature. "It's like the book Waters of Babylon," a student adds. "Post-apocolyptic."
Another has drawn a yerba mate tree, thick branches with bunches of leaves. Students are drawing and searching on the computer. A planning station maps out the mural in its entirity is being scrutinized. Everyone is very involved.
The future of CADA-CASA? Being recognized as an offical nonprofit and in a year have elective classes where students can earn school credits. And growing. More students, more teachers, more collaborations and more learning.
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