children’s art studio
HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio set in the outdoors of downtown!
It was a beautiful fall day that started out a little chilly but quickly warmed up as the sun began to shine in the Colorado, bluebird sky! Art making began at 11 and didn’t end until well over 3PM as the children just kept coming downtown to create! We had over 40+, little aspiring artists come to our art making/outdoor studio to create HARVEST CROWNS made of recycled cardboard + noodles + kid friendly paints in an array of festive fall colors + glitter to dazzle! What a fabulous day of creative fun, set to the tunes of Polka + delicious Austrian food. Lots of locals were out and about mingling. Take a peek at our HANDMAKERY HARVEST CROWNS below! A HUGE thank you to Carbondale Recreation Department for organizing this family fun event for the fall and keeping it FREE! HANDMAKERY loved being part of Oktoberfest 2013!
HANDMAKERY HARVEST CROWN on one of our fabulous assistants!
Pictured below is a bit of what we captured when our hands weren’t full of glue, paint, glitter or tying aprons…our only wish is we could have captured even more! Please view our entire photo collection of Oktoberfest 2013 in our HANDMAKERY GALLERY! (Continue Reading…)
{One of our favorite workshops this summer at HANDMAKERY!}
Ooolala… A parent perspective:
“Jack loved every aspect of Ami’s art class at Handmakery this summer. Randy and I were very impressed with the classroom, materials, special guest visitors, kid’s excitement and motivation about their project, and, of course, the final product. He is so proud of his treehouse! Thanks, Ami. Jack will definitely be returning!!!” -Juliet Carbondale | CO
We loved all the creativity and inspiration that came from connecting our aspiring artists with local architects! We also loved the time these little ones spent designing + planning because it helps the students understand the importance of thinking about and planning their sculpture + it also becomes a second piece of art! Students were given the freedom to choose what kind of additions they wanted to add to their tree houses- we had hammocks, tire swings, rope ladders, little log hollows, hideaways, woodland creatures….imaginations ran WILD and excitement was abundant!
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A few favorite photos of the week instructing in the Children’s Program at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, Colorado, over the week of Forth of July! In just four art filled days, we explored Monoprint Monday to Texture Exploration Tuesday to Wild for Linoleum Blocks Wednesday to Celebrating the 4th of July (off to be with family + friends) all the way to Freedom for Printing Friday! The class was sold out, so we had a group of 15 amazing little ones, ranging from 6-8 years of age, from all over the nation! Each artist explored everything from paste paper, monoprinting, creating with texture tools, transferring, linoleum carving, collagraphs, silk screening, plus various printing processes! The creativity, independence, confidence, and relationships formed this week, in these 15 aspiring artists, was incredible to watch blossom. So thankful I got to be part of it and to see it all in action firsthand, wouldn’t have wanted to miss it for the world.
Think you’ll be amazed at a few of the images captured when hands were not busy creating or full of printing ink! At 2:30 on Friday we celebrated with the children and their families with a little indoor/outdoor art exhibit + popcycles! Excited to be on the schedule for next summer! If you get the opportunity to visit Anderson Ranch Art Center you’ll be beyond amazed, exploring all the specialty studios- woodworking, ceramics, painting, just to name a few! I encourage you to head up to Anderson Ranch Art Center on a Friday afternoon to explore the studios, the artwork produced throughout the week in all the specialty studios and to have lunch in the cafe, which is by far, the BEST homemade food around- definitely one of the teaching perks! Enjoy the collection of photos from Printmaking 101!
Ami Maes
Founder + Creative Director
HANDMAKERY: A Children’s Art Studio
www.handmakery.com | info@handmakery.com | carbondale.co
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HANDMAKERY created three hand-painted watercolors to share with those “close to our hearts.” One for the lovely Miss Kathryn Camp of Miss Kathryn’s, a licensed home childcare program, Waldorf inspired, located in downtown Carbondale, Colorado, as a little “thank you” for creating such special memories! The original painting was framed and wrapped for Miss Kathryn and colored prints were made for each child, as a keepsake! Another watercolor was for the lovely teachers and children of the Children’s Rocky Mountain School, a fabulous preschool, located just minutes outside of Carbondale, again as a little appreciation for such a special year together + a little memory for each child! The third as a little gift for our very own Nana + Popi! Handmade comes from the HEART!
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