Zne Convenzione Day 2: Marionette Theatre Workshop, Post 3!
Day 2, the first day of workshops at the fairgrounds, here is my workshop students/artists with their Marionette Theatre's. Pictured left to right are: Lynn, Jill, Iva, Jen, Yvonne, Me and Joan. Jen's Box was outside drying, lol, it was too cute. All these girls are incredibly talented and super nice, I miss each of them, we all shared an arftful experience filled with laughter and joy, Honestly, I think my workshop tables for two days were disrupting the rest, LOL, I mean all we did was create and laugh, I laughed so hard I felt like I did 1,000 sit ups. They do say laughing is good for the stomach muscles, I better laugh up some more. LOL!
Here is a photo of Me, Jill and Jen.
In this workshop, I showed everyone how to make their own dolls, from my molds, their own molds and free form sculpting. When ever I don't have to do kits, I don't, my philosophy is: "We all have different creative flows jumping around in our head, some of us love PINK and Pastels, Vintage Chic, Distressed and Grungy, Bright and Bold, we all have a vision and want to bring that vision to life. In my classes students are encouraged to run with that vision using the techniques and samples in my class to build on their own imagination and un-lock what is inside.
Anyone who has taken my classes/workshops knows I bring everything to class, from glue to glitter, picures to paper, embellishments and more, in a variety of styles. Each of the students received a Shoe Box and began building their theatres. Once the class learned the basic box building, I split us up into groups: A. the one set began building their boxes B. the next set began building their dolls, then we switched and by lunch we were all on the same page.
Here are Jen's Dolls on their way outside into the Sunny and Warm air ready for their drying time. She is an art hussler, lol, she said she never made a doll, UHM..I think she has, LOL! love her and her family!
This is the section of the oustide where everyone's dollies were drying, I loved the blooms so I had to photograph it. Here are some of the finished boxes:
Jen's Finished Box
Upclose of her box!
Yvonne's Box! Now here is the other brat Yvonne, Jen's sister. I just love her, but am in competition with Mom over whose best Friend she is, LOL!, I've already accepted my defeat! LOL!
Yvonne's Dollie Upclose!
Lynn's Box!
Upclose of Lynn's Box!
Okay I just had to photograph the marionette legs on Lynn's doll in her box, I loved it! Lynn even had her husband make a crepe paper roller for me, can you believe it, I almost fainted when she gave me it with a fleur de lis mold, Uhm, I feel faint again!
Jills Box
Jill choose a marie antoinette doll head for hers, I loved this variation!
Jills Sweet Cake Base!
Sweet and Sassie Jill, love this gal, here she is with her theater, seriously she is the best.
Outside our hall, loved this tree and the blend of soft industrial meets nature!
Afterwards we headed to the Hotel, Jen and Yvonne drove us all back to the hotel, we changed and took the shuttle to The Blue Agave Restaurant on Main Street in Downtown Pleasanton, our shuttle driver Ida was sooo nice.
Here is a photo of all of us at the Blue Agave, the food was amazing, fabulous gourmet Mexican.
Here is a photo of 2 of my favorite people: Iva Wilcox and Gina Gabriell, these girls are wonderful.
Well this concludes the recap of night two of ZNE in Pleasanton, California, I have a few more days to go, LOL!
Stay tuned for post 4, our 2nd day/ 1rst day of classes in Pleasanton. In the meantime take a moment and visit these fabulous art blogs of wonderful and amazing people, plus visit these extraordinary shops in Pleasanton:
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Lisa!
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Caldwell College book signing
The party fare consisted of a set of custom circus follies cake picks, matching toppers, name blocks, and banner. Each piece was handmade with a variety of materials, all to resemble a storybook circus. I further developed some circus follies character designs I already had such as the Ballerina Elephant, the Marionette and the Harlequin clown.
I added a few new character designs to the set such as the Circus Pony, Ballerina Bear, Frou Frou Poodle, Party Bird and Sierra the Mermaid, just to name a few.
These are just a sampling of some of the items I made for the party, in my next post I will share with you more photos of the cake toppers, the name blocks and the banner that I created for this fabulous and sweet birthday party.
