The Wee Peeple Newsletter

February 2025                                     Issue 216

 

 

a Kid's Art Train - Made of Boxes

 

 Guess Who is on the Train Committee!

for the

 

 

a Gathering of Makers! A Festival of Creators!

Coming up April 5-6

Bring the Project you are working on!

In beautiful Riverbend Park

An Outdoor Maker Space Extraordinaire!

What is it?

Make/Do Festival is a two-day celebration

 of art, expression, creativity, camping and community.

 

 

Think of it as

 an old-fashioned community picnic

meets

backyard carnival

meets

 maker faire

 meets

 your school talent show

 meets

 an idea you once had in the back of your head.

 

 

 

All kinds of interactive projects,

stage shows and displays for

ALL AGES!

 

 

a Kid's Art Train - Made of Boxes

 

 (an old backyard favorite)

 

Kids will be invited to "jet off to the Moon"

(and Beyond!)

riding (sitting) in

The Boxes they have Painted!

Inspiring adorable PHOTOS!

 

 

 What WORDS would YOU want to write ?

 

 

 The amazing "Born Again Emporium" Thrift Store of Smithville

 donated ten LARGE sturdy "Train Cars" to the Cause!

These Boxes are actually big enough for some adults!

 

 

and the "Transformation to Train Cars" has begun..

 

 

The Fun part will be:

Creating Interesting Train Art -

 also known as:

FOR

 

 

As for the Dollmaker, she wants to learn how to DO IT!

so she has been researching and practicing...

 

 

Drawing Symbols and Signatures

 on walls is-

like- cave-man old..

some of the earliest Human Art...

 

...their hands were their stencils.

 

 

 

 

Today it's a little different...

 

 

 

There is definitely an "Underground" Aspect to Graffiti Art...

and, as the Dollmaker found out,

 it has it's own Terminology-

 

a TAG is an Identity, Signature or Initials

 
 

A Throw Up is a simple style like bubble letters

 which prioritizes speed and visibility..

 

 A Piece is a complicated and intricate large-scale mural

 

and

Wildstyle involves interlocking letters and decorative elements

like arrows and spikes

 

- having liberated themselves

from relying exclusively on the spray can...

 Graffiti Artists nowadays use

all varieties of Paint

air brush, oil-based chalks,

and even plaster

 

 

Contemporaries prefer to call this public form of Expression

 

 

 

 

 

   The Dollmaker is also on the Banner Committee!

for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the Dolls appear at the

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Art using Recycled Materials

Rock Critters and Rock Heads

Animal Totems Page

 

 

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Smithville, TX  78957

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