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November, 2013

Our Vintage Camper Painting

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baby blue camper green camper yellow camper clementine camper

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A little vintage camper drawing {on stretched canvas} started by a little artist in our workshop creating with six to eight year olds in HANDMAKERY FROM THE HEART: making + creating to give.  Day #1 of a six week workshop, gathering to create once a week!   This project was inspired by HANDMAKERY’S  -{LOVE}-  for vintage + collected + time-worn objects, graced with patina + imperfections + textures + unique colors, that tell a one-of-a-kind story.  We dreamed up this project and envisioned it beginning 2-D, then moving into  3-D, with the addition of mixed media.  Can’t wait to show you how it evolves and gets personalized below!

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A few of our personal vintage object from 2Market2: clothing + handpicked goods located in Carbondale | CO used for inspiration + learning about vintage.

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A photograph of one of our favorite vintage campers {borrowed for educational/artistic purposes} from one of our favorite blogs featuring Elsie + Emma at A Beautiful Mess.

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Discovering vintage colors and developing a color pallet for our vintage camper painting. Think avocado green, bubblegum pink, creamsicle + clementine orange + more.  We LOVED when each little artist shared their specific color scheme, as they were SO excited to create their own combination and very interested in getting the exact wording! Visit + follow our collection of “vintage inspiration” on our HANDMAKERY Pinterest page!

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Take a peek above at all the variations of our Vintage Camper Paintings!

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A close up of a Vintage Camper Painting complete with special editions including:

  • a snowy + sparkly clothesline with wooden clips + handmade winter wear
  • skis + snowboards
  • garland created with washi tape + red and white twine
  • a personalized quote on handwriting paper
  • sparkles, shine + snowflakes, oh my!

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Sparkle + Shine + Style

HANDMAKERY Little Style

Sometimes you have to put a sparkle + shine + style in your step at HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio located in beautiful Carbondale | Colorado!  * inspire * express * create *

Ami Maes

Founder + Creative Director

HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio

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Instructing Printmaking at Anderson Ranch Art Center: Summer 2014

Excited to announce that we’ll be back to Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass | CO for Summer of 2014 to instruct printmaking!  The 2014 Summer Workshop registration will begin in January.  Wanted to tell our HANDMAKERY families first, as space will be limited!  Here is a link to our PRINTMAKING 101 workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center last summer creating with 6-8 year olds!  Link to our 2014 workshop–> Carve Away!  Below are photos of the printmaking process taken at HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio located in Carbondale | CO creating with teens.  {Above photo credit: Anderson Ranch Art Center}

2014 Summer Workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center:

Carve Away! An Exploration of Linocuts and Block Printing

July 7-July 11

9am-3pm

Ami Maes, Art Instructor

9-12 Years

Discover the in depth world of printmaking as artists focus their week on linocuts and block printing. We explore the elements and principles of art and design while using our imaginations to come up with expressive themes for our art. We gather inspiration from everything around us such as nature, music, travel and more! Join the fun to create large scale carvings to print and an intricate set of stamps. Your everyday world of art making will be forever changed with this new set of printmaking skills!

Ami Maes has taught classes at Anderson Ranch, the Aspen Art Museum, the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and the Wyly Community Art Center. She is the recipient of the Mary Ellen Nix Art Educator of the Year Award through the Aspen Art Museum. Ami is the founder + creative director of HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio in Carbondale | CO and also instructs art at the middle school level.

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Ami Maes

Founder + Creative Director

HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio

www.handmakery.com | Facebook | Pinterest | info@handmakery.com | carbondale.co