Hashi

 So excited that Year 4 of the Hashi,Children's Maine/Japan Printmaking Exchange will be shipped to Japan this week!

I helped Lynda McCann Olson, President of Friends of Aomori https://maine-aomori.org/ , prep the prints from Maine school children for shipping yesterday and they are wonderful!

Watch for more news about this important exchange to come!

*Hashi is "Bridges" in Japanese.

No bikes for girls in Afghanistan

 I was so sad to hear this:

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/30/1139848255/post-taliban-takeover-riding-a-bike-is-out-of-the-question-for-afghan-women

Bicycles have always been important to the independence of women in many parts of the world, a history that is part of Bike Part Art workshops where we can make these versions of the Galimoto, an African folk toy.

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Bee puppet, under construction!

 

Summer Art Making at the Kennebunk Beach Improvement Association

 

We had a great summer of art making at KBIA with printmaking,jewelry,drawing, painting, bookmaking and of course PUPPETS!

Kennebunkport Historical Society Family Fun Day- 8-27-2022

 Thaumatropes were popularized  by John Ayrton Paris in 1827, although earlier examples of what became a Victorian optical toy have been acknowledged. A single image on the back and front of a paper disc become combined when the disc is spun due to the "persistence of vision".

Kinetic Circus at the Curran

A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of travelling up tothe 19th Century Curran Homestead to teach my wire working class ,Kinetic Circus, We worked in the newly completed and enlarged Print shop.