Mobiles in the Air!

Hello families and welcome back to Kerplunk! Yeah! 

What a great first class back. 

Our theme for this session is flying, coinciding with the Tim Scofield exhibit Toys and Relics. I don't know about you, but I think Tim's flying machines are quite magical, and we created a bit of that magic in today's class. Families made mobiles with spinning objects, beads, and beautiful objects. Check out the beautiful results below.

See you all next week for the project Dreaming of Flying- 

You will create wings and become a flying machine yourself!

Save the Date! Spring Kerplunk!

Hello families and fellow art makers!     

Mark your calenders as the new set of spring Kerplunk! classes will begin      February 18th to March 17th. An amazing exhibit Tim Scofield: Toys and Relics, will be on display in our Main Gallery. Flying machines are Scofield's theme, so we have some time travel and movement themed projects to coincided with the work.                                          

  Check out our project list below and see you in February! 

Feb. 18th- A Claw That Spins! Build a wire sculpture that moves

Feb. 25th- Dreaming of Flying- Construct wire and tissue paper wings to wear

Mar. 3rd- Off Into Space-  Invent a hat machine to transport you into space

Mar. 10th- Tick Tock Time Machine- Create a time travel panel

Mar. 17th- Everything Green- Become a jewelry designer

Reindeer Antlers! Dec.10th

Hello families. Now that it has finally gotten cold, it's starting to feel like the holidays. To get in the spirt we made some awesome reindeer antlers. They got decorated with markers and paper, to jewels and jingle bells. And everyone looked super cute!
 Just a note we will be taking a Kerplunk! break until Feburary, look out for an e-mail and post about staring dates.

Have a great Holiday and a Happy New Years!

Tambourines! Dec. 3rd

Hi families! Hope you all had a great time making tambourines this past Saturday. Some tambourines were held together with wire, some had beautiful drawings, some even had 3-D pictures. They all looked fantastic! I hope you all had a chance to check out the wonderful Maria Broom show afterward and use your tambourine. Hope to see you this Saturday the 10th for out last Kerplunk! of the season. Stop by and make some reindeer antlers! 

Portrait Exchange 11/26

 Hello families! It's so wonderful to see all of these creative portraits! From ones with glasses and short hair, to a lovely smile and funny smirks. A big thanks to our teachers for the day Martin and Robin, who had a great time too. Keep in mind this Saturdays class we will be making tambourines for the Maria Broom music show happening in the theater at 3:00. For our final class on the 10th we'll be making reindeer antlers for the holidays.        See you then!

Identity Accessories at Kerplunk!

Last Saturday, November 19th, we had an amazing and fun time at The Patterson during Kerplunk! Participants made accessories that expressed their identities. We created shields, hats, crowns, arm bands, necklaces and more! Check out the images below to see all of the creative ideas and see how much you can learn about the person wearing the accessory.

There are three weeks left for the Fall 2011 Kerplunk!, we hope you will join us next Saturday 12pm-3pm.

Making Microphones at Kerplunk!

Thank you to everyone who came out for a fantastic first day of our Fall 2011 Kerplunk! Inspired by the new exhibition Unreliable Narrators, we created microphones so that we all had a way to tell our own stories. Participants made beautifully decorated microphones - check out the pictures below to see them for yourself.

Make sure you join us next week Saturday, November 19th, 12pm - 3pm at the Patterson to make Identity Accessories!