Revisiting faux stained glass

At the request of Isreal Dosie, Art Club is revisiting faux stained glass.

We had a great session this week and have some interesting projects in the works. Check out the beginings below and follow up next week to see how they develop.

Art Club - what's been going on...

Art Club ended 2009 with a fun beading poject. Students made bracelets and necklaces for gifts and for themselves. We could not have done all of this without the leadership of Vicky Trakan. Thanks Vicky!

Completed wire projects

Art Club completed wire projects...

Octopus by Nyshanell Freeman

Dragon Warrior by Kevin Stanfield (alumni)

Cross with snakes by Cazimir Ozuruigbo

Hand punching brick wall by Isreal Dosie

Break Dancers by Alexis Montgomery

Still "Wired"

Art Club made some great progress on wire sculptures last night.

The octupus has emerged and will be completed next week.
There was also a beehive completed in one session.

We will have to revisit wire sculpture next year as everyone seems to be enjoying it!

Completely "Wired"

Sleep deprived? No. Consuming excessive amounts of caffeine? No.

Well, maybe, but that's not the point.

Art Club has been twisting, crimping, snipping, bending and pulling armature wire. We have been working on wire sculptures!

Greg Hatchett completed a boom box this week. It will go nicely with the break dancers Alexis Montgomery has been working on. We have a secret sculpture: an octopus I have been hearing about, but have not yet seen. There are some other great projects in progress, but we will have to wait to see what the club comes up with in the end.

Our relief projects have been on hold, but they should be finished in the next week, or two. We're flexible!

Progress is a good thing.

This week in art club we added some color to our relief projects, but we are not done yet. Once these beauties are painted they will be given a wash of black oil paint that will be wiped away enhancing the depths and textures that have been built up over the last few weeks. Vegas will never be the same.

We welcomed some new students that worked on Chicago Icons. Isreal completed his interpretation of the Chicago skyline. His piece will be matted, framed and on display at Cabrini Connections next week.

Next week we will begin a new project. Wire sculpture using contour lines only. Oh what fun!

Cabrini Connections Art Club - back in action

Cabrini Connections Art Club is back in action. We have been meeting throughout the summer, but last night was our first meeting during the fall tutoring session. We welcomed two new students to the club and enjoyed the company of returning members, Gregory Hatchett and Alexis Montgomery.

Gregory and Alexis made great progress on projects started over the summer. They have almost completed relief projects, based on maps of Las Vegas and Brazil. We enlarged sections of the maps on plywood panels and attached various objects to the panels to create texture and value. We have the boards primed and ready for painting next week. We will post photos once they are completed.

Our new members got their hands dirty working on a popular project, Chicago Icons. We worked with images of scupltures in Millennium Park: The Bean and Crown Fountain. We transferred the images using charcoal and pencil and outlined them with black markers giving a fabulous graphic quality. We began coloring the images with water soluble colored pencils and added a little water. Photos to come of the finished pieces.

The Art Club was also joined by volunteers from Chicago Cares, which help our teens create their work each week. We could not do so much without them. Including the two faux stained glass pieces completed this summer by Gregory Hatchett and De'Sean Hale. Gregory worked on his graffiti style and De'Sean explored the work of Piet Mondrian while creating these gorgeous pieces.