Pizza Box Picture Frame

Masking tape, box cutter and pizza boxes--picture frame!


Picture Frame Making

Bea and Helen have been working lately at watercolor paintings.

I am especially happy about this because neither has much confidence or experience with watercolor painting--and it is not so easy when you are ninety
years old to pick up a new skill.

We have progressed bit by bit and now both are enjoying the process--but we needed some frames for their finished paintings!

Lucky for us a neighbor loves pizza and has it delivered to his apartment--and the boxes are good and sturdy.

Just the thing for the creation of papier mache picture frames!

Al and I are working with the frame manufacture and Zaccai and the rest are painting and decorating the frames. They are still under weigh, but I think they are going to be terrific--well very good for pizza box picture frames anyway!

Tomasito


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Bird Vase

Papier Mache Vase h6" X b5".

The vase pictured above was made by all of the workers at my workshop--everybody had a hand in the production!

Some did the papier mache work--others painted the base coat of acrylic and others did the decorative painting.

It is really a small workshop production!

Tomasito, 2009

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Municipal Gallery Show

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Gallery Helper Brian Wilson and Artist Zaccai King. (Tanya photo 2009)


Municipal Gallery Show

One of the youngest exhibitors at the Municipal Gallery of Escondido, Zaccai King, discussed his interest in papier mache and art with Brian Wilson who with his wife Windy hung the show.

There were several shows opening on the same night which meant there was a good mix of artists and interested folks in attendance-lots of people mingling and every age represented from infant to ripe in years.

Good, loud music too which always seems to bring out the best in creative people.

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Fine Gallery Reception

Tomasito with Creative Workshop Works of Art. (Tanya photo, 2009)

The May 9th reception at the Municipal Gallery in downtown Escondido was very good!

There were lots of happy, friendly people and several of Escondido's mature artists and their friends were rubbing shoulders with Escondido's high school artists and their supporters --oh, it was VERY nice!

All enjoyed strawberries, cheese and crackers, wine and soft drinks and some really inspired art work.

Some young artists were cartooning on a big sheet of glass held in a vertical frame so the viewers could see both the artist and the artwork from behind the drawing! Unique. Another talented young artist did a beautiful, colorful painting of a koi fish as we watched. Excellent!

Tomasito's Creative Workshop artists were represented by our papier mache work--and our things looked fine in the gallery setting.

Since our artists cannot leave the care residence none could attend the reception but our Assistant Volunteer, Zaccai King was there with his proud parents,
brothers and sisters.

The Workshop artists were delighted to hear all about the reception and were pleased that their work was shown in the gallery.

Thanks, Windy Wilson and the Escondido Municipal Gallery for showing our creative papier mache works!

Tomasito


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Visiters

Hannah and Zaccai King and Bea Thomas.
(Tomasito photo, 2009)

We often have visiting guests atTomasito's Creative Workshop and they are welcome to join in the creative tasks of the day if they wish.

Assistant Volumteer Zakkai's younger sister Hannah helped out recently and did some drawing.

There is always plenty to do and guests like Hannah are very welcome.

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Helen Gets Vivid. (Tomasito photo, 2009)

Helen prefers to draw and paint rather than the messier art work of papier mache.

She also enjoys singing and we all admire her voice.

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Helen's Hat

Artist Helen Tries Fruit Bowl for Easter Hat. (Tomasito photo, 2009)

One of our favorite projects right now is a big papier mache fruit bowl. We formed it on a beach ball and it is presently getting painted.

We are also working on a lot of papier mache fruit to go IN the bowl.

This project has taken several weeks of papering and drying and the whole activities room is curious about what it will look like when it is finished.

Tomasito, 2009


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