Added May 2, 2007
Module: creative craft
Level: Introduction
Profile of facilitator
Federico Mendoza is an artist and educator who has many experiences in the production, the teaching of creative craft-work and popular painting (decorative and expressive), he has organised workshops for different groups (different age, experience) in different opportunities or festivities.
His experience in implementing workshops include:
Decorative painting on objects and murals, folk art workshop and associative interest.
Initiation to drawing or improvement, experimental, imaginative or expressive drawing, as a support or a complement of manual activities.
Sculpture: He has organised general workshops of initiation to sculpture, engraving, bas-relief as well as modelling for different groups (children, teenagers, adults, people with impairment).
He has as well organised a variety of workshops such as jewellery, puppets and craft-works with paper and cardboard.
Masks workshops are recommended as an initiation to creative craft techniques, having the advantage that it does not require particular facilities or tools. Also it is an opportunity for parents or children's family member to share a useful and pleasant activity.
Workshop resume
Introduction and presentation : the different properties and the use of basic materials, basic tools , support techniques, costs, organisation. Examples
Orientation and secrets to organise this activity economically and get the most of it.
Support and techniques
Demonstration and preparatory exercises, start of the project.
This workshop will provide initiation to do masks and will allow participants to see by themselves if they have an interest in continuing this kind of activities or if they would like to specialise in a variation of this activity.
Materials basic :
Paper of different textures and dimensions
Cardboard, boxes ...
Texture hard and smooth
Cutter, scissors,glue
Other materials
Plaster bands -salt pastry ( flour - salt - water )
Wood - ceramic -
Associated techniques
Modeling - repoussage work, ,paper mache : as pulp or in pieces , pop -up
Concepts (verbs creative practice )V
To cut , to fold, to draw, to emboss, to plan, to design