It is time to think about creating samples for the class I will be teaching at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point, WI, next September 5th to the 7th. The class is called A Hollow That Needs to Be Filled.
Here is the course description so far: "Our goal in this workshop is to fill the voids created by the objects we select to work with over three days. No matter what the source of the hollow or niche, we will consider what best fills the empty space that it contains. We will also work with layers, combining multiple hollows into a complex work of art. Participants can bring their own sources of hollows or niches from home but many samples will be provided to fill the weekend with opportunities.
A hollow or niche can be anything with an empty space that needs to be filled. Some examples are reversed cradled boards, hollowed objects or bowls/cups. Virtually anything with some depth can make a mysterious story come to life as other objects, images or text are used to fill the voids. Feel free to bring from home any of the suggested niches in the student supply list.
We will be mounting the niches on assembled substrates of our choice. Feel free to bring from home any of the suggested substrates in the student supply list.
Gary will be teaching the basics of assemblage construction and mixed media techniques so that you will be able to create a work of art with an hollow as the central subject. Gary will be providing all the tools, mediums and lots of objects to help grow your art project. There will be time to share ideas and learn from fellow participants. Three days, free crap, cool art, and lots of fun."
With that in mind, I selected these three objects to get started, two of which had hollows that needed to be filled.
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