{WCAP} Hero Mural Progress~!

Since my original post about returning to Waukesha Community Art Project we have been very busy on our HERO MURAL! Here are some of the photos of our progress! First, our kids chose heroes/heroines based on a long list of significant social issues that we brainstormed together. After learning about their lives, we determined what their OBSTACLES and ACCOMPLISHMENTS were/are. Then, we converted these ideas into symbols. Our first project was to create a stamp using styrofoam plates and/or carved foam board as block prints of the heroes' accomplisments. Next we began a series of drawing projects on colorful paper using SYNECTICS a very interesting way of creative seeing, to create our own patterned paper, that we would thenceforth cut down to create quilted boarders for our portraits. Quilts have a symbolic significance that represents community! Not only do they visualize how the "whole is greater than the sum of its parts" (gestalt) but they take a whole lot of time to create and in the process invent the meaning of working for a greater good. Our students learned how quilt patterns are invented through a process of paper folding, and created their own inventive quilt squares in the corners of their final works. and finally we were able to use the process of decoupage to apply the newly formed quilts and apply the handmade colored paper synectics patterns in an interesting color scheme and pattern formation along the boarders of the wood. The kids have also been working on wallpaper patterning of their heros OBSTACLES, and we are exploring the ELEMENTS of art and PRINCIPLES of design to translate the pictures of our heros into legible areas of lights and darks for our portraits! Can't wait to see the final results! Stay Tuned! Best, Vanessa Devaki Andrew aka Madam Chino

{It's a SIGN} Rochambo Business Sign

Here is the Rochambo Sign I painted over a series of steps! This sign is double sided so it took twice as long. I used Latex Indoor/Outdoor Enamel Paint. They discontinued the orange, so the last one on the shelf was old as heck and like bbq sauce, and required 12 layers which I ended up having to cut back and forth with the green. In the hurry, the layers didn't dry, and now they are already wrinkled in 4 days. Beware of bad paint! I will have to redo it. We also are going to really seal the heck out of it. Sign painting isn't a fast job when layers and doubles are required.
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xx,v

{Saturdays and Saturnights} LOOK NOOK traveling showcase and craft night calendar

{LOVE IS BOSS} look nook hall wall

{LOVE IS BOSS} new mural ideas

Working on new images is one of my favorite things to do- so designing the new hallway mural at look nook and brainstorming for the sky high mural that I will be working on for august 2011 has been pure joy.

{EARTH DAY RUNWAY with Madam Chino and Friends} show flyer!

i had a struggle with this image because although i was drawing my inspiration from native american culture, i did not wish to create a stereotypical image.

i redrew my friend in a different pose, but decided that it didn't fit in the composition which was drawn for the original pose. The image is one i captured on my camera of my model friend Samantha Sanborn wearing my dress from last year.

in the end I took out the headband and turned the arrow into a heart to soften the effect.

Hope its well received!

xx,
vanessa

{TREES/FOREST} transums, migrating geese, paper cutouts

Transums: migrating geese paper cutouts with fishingline and magnets
Doors: printed cloud animals with blue glass film for shadows, raindrops painted on them in navy blue
Side: black paper painted balloons with nylon and magnets, random clouds, cardboard city and mountains


wax paper on the window is cool, but also pretty translucent depending on the light.


I used rubber cement which i'm not sure is the easiest clean up. maybe as much as paint. not a prefered option.


printed black on clear, animal footprints will scamper through the lower portion of the frames of the swarmway


painted cut outs of animal silhouettes leaping from one direction to the other, leading to the cinema


there is a nylon string across the segway with magnets holding these objects: a fabric leaf, and a 8x10 cardstock cutout leaping hound. They did not feel too heavy on the strand


paper forests will expand the floor to ceiling on side panels and enclose the central area. green paper chains with leaves and tendrils will drape through. possible grass border with painted cardboard


i pinned the butcher paper down to the carpet. it cut easily as i removed the negative space with an exacto blade


finished cut out with enclosed shapes and closed configuration for easy placement on the window frame. top and bottom edges can be taped for support, wrapped around a dowel like a scroll for transport and retaped on the window frame over the taped edge. mini peninsulas are kept short and dont flop down.


leaf links are applied directly to the branches, but can be applied to a paperchain and strung through the window. Another technique includes spirals for tendrils.


Ill be back with more pictures of the preparations!

xx,
vanessa
madam chino
penny spencer

{AGAPE SCREEN CLASS}

These AGAPE SCREEN CLASS PHOTOS were just consolidated in a set that I created two summers ago from the portraits that were produced during my screenprinting leadership extension at Agape Community Center in Milwaukee WI USA. TOO beautiful to pass up, I want to share a few of my favorites from the summer session here!

FINAL group banner (cell phone pic)

RAYA

DESTINY

JOHNNAE

DAVID

JACKIE

WILLIAM

ROMAN

ANARIA

SAAMORA

AMIRAH

ANTON

MEGAN

BRIAN

JAYLYN

And MICHEAL JACKSON was the communal screen project for children with inconsistant attendance

See you SOON!

xx,
vanessa andrew
aka madam chino
aka penny spencer

{DISEGNO} disegni

digging up some ideas for spring, passing through a few oldies from the VAULT








xx,
penny