The base for the dollhouse were these wooden dollhouse from Ikea.
Technically, Ikea lists them as shelves, but they work great for a floor toy. They are BIG...standing almost two feet high. They also take a minute to assemble. If you're putting together one dollhouse, no biggie. When you have 20+ that need to be assembled, it's a little more daunting.
Thankfully, we have a great team here:
We never have any fun.
Our artists started their blank house and a design book. We got our book template from another incredible art studio, Make Art Studio (Heather creates the the most beautiful handouts and downloads). The book helped us to organize our ideas. There's only four rooms so each artist needed to decide on their floor plan.
We had a special guest visit the studio on the first day of camp. Toska Tiemann, an interior designer and color expert from Unique Painting, met with our artists to talk about the task ahead of them. They had so many design choices to make...interior and exterior colors, wallpaper or paint, accent walls, flooring, etc.
In addition to designing the walls and floors, our artists also had to create all of the furnishings for inside their houses. The studio's closets were empty this week because every single art material in the studio was sitting out in the large classroom. We used polymer clay, fabric, cardboard, beads, string, mosaic tiles, wire, pom poms, and recyclables. And lots and lots of hot glue.
The results were incredible. I love all the details. We've got pillows. And house plants. And even perfume bottles.
It was an epic week. This is how art camps SHOULD be: A whole week filled independent and passionate creation.
This is a project that could be completed in the home studio to whatever level of intricacy you desire. After you get everything painted, it would be fun to have as an ongoing project--something you continually add new furnishing and details too (just like our real homes!). I hope you enjoyed seeing pictures from our camp in the studio and that you get a chance to try this one out with your kids!
If you want to see more, we took a live video tour of each of the houses. Our artists explained their choices and their favorite parts.
We never get pictures of all of them before they leave us, but we're sharing what we have! More Fiber Art classes...Interested in working with fiber? This summer, we have classes in weaving, embroidery, shibori, and tshirt decoration/design. [See Summer Classes]
Friday night was our 2015 Studio Fall Party. An important part of our Orange Easel Mission is to create a COMMUNITY of artists and makers. We do this by continuously looking for opportunities to bring those makers together into our space. Artists of all age came together to MAKE and DECORATE and EAT and ENJOY the community! Thanks to all who came! We look forward to doing it again next year! Event Photo GalleryWe were blessed this past month to host a number of groups for private events and classes. Two northland elementary schools hosted summer workshops at the studio. We have all the audio-visual equipment, tables and chairs to accommodate groups as large as 45. They worked most of the day preparing for the upcoming school year, but we took a break to paint and be creative! It’s so valuable for teams to learn and grow together creatively! We also hosted a private class for the Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri and Kansas. They needed custom artwork for their 5K banners. We designed a special project to fit their needs. Orange Easel provided the space, supplies, and instruction. They provided the artists! The result was our Faces of Epilepsy self-portraits. Check out a few of them below: Let us be your group’s MakerspaceStudio rental rates, project prices, and supply costs vary greatly, but we'd love to chat with you about customizing an event just for you!
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To get the conversation started, [click here] We hosted a FREE art event on our brand new patio last week. It was a wonderful success (despite the heat) and we can't wait to do it again. Look for details on another patio event in our July newsletter. Gallery of event Photos
Thank to all of our families who stopped by and said "hi." It's always fun to see familiar faces! All of us at Orange Easel feel incredibly blessed to be surrounded by numerous art studios, art businesses, and creative outlets in the Kansas City Northland. What an amazing place to call home! See you next year, Liberty Art Squared!
Our February classed focused on mixed media. Below is a just a small sampling of our students' work. (we need to get better about taking pictures!) by Allison May Jensen {This blog post first appeared on Allison's blog for Miss Allison's Art} Early on an August morning in Kansas City in 2012, we headed to a local park for our Outdoor Art Class! (this is pre-Orange Easel, when we were still Miss Allison's Art. See our story here.)
We started with a BANG! I found these film canister rockets on "Not Just Cute." Blogger Amanda Morgan mentioned a "colorful twist" on this old classic...she added watercolor powder to the film canister and set the "rockets" off on a large sheet of paper, creating an abstract art piece. That's my kind of science project...one that uses paint! My crew set off these paint-filled rockets and made some large abstract art in the process! 80% of our phone calls and emails are regarding our amazing birthday parties. Here are a few quick notes regarding these celebrations!
There are an INFINITE number of colors that you can make from one tray of water color paints! That's what our artists explored this week in class, while they practiced their brush strokes and paint control. Any color, mixed with a small amount of another color, makes a new color. That new color can be lighted by adding water. Or darkened by added more pigment. Or changed ever-so-slightly by adding a little MORE of the second color. Gradients, shades, tints, oh my! How many different colors can you make? We're still working through ours but we're hoping to fill page with NO REPEATERS!
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Orange EaselContent inspired by the artists and art created in our studio. Orange Easel began as a small art studio in my basement and continues to grow and serve our community. Read more about our story here.
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