Simple Wire Wrap Cabochon
Small Round Wire Weave Pendant
For materials and tools, you’re going to need: A Ruler (X3) 6” segments of 20 gauge round wire 28 gauge round wire for weave A 12mm round cabochon Chain Nose Pliers Round nose Pliers Flush Cutters Flat nose pliers recommended but not required
Jewelry Links
Matt Young at PLSD sent me some amazing jewelry links. You Can Make Jewelry With Hardware Store Materials Twist Ring Byzantine chain Making Jump Rings, Links, Chains, Oh My! Successful Jewelry Making With Simple Tools Copy of Metal Moods Link to Matt Young’s beginning jewelry page.
Media Scavenger Hunt
I was looking for first day of the semester activities and found a media scavenger hunt. I created a google doc of it. Here is a forced copy link … https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nWZocoEyI5odJJWulazlt6TvsbkoXaKNtkY3SnQPAhQ/copy
The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator
I was cleaning out a box of old art school folders and found The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator. I thought I would make it into a google doc and share. You can download it from this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uBzC7z98egOkh415m8ncmOSjCCUYmnY4BfPvg2pTXqw/copy
Plagiarism
I am in an AP Art & Design workshop now and we are discussing ethics. There are two websites you can use to see if folks have turned in work that is not theirs. Tineye – tineye.comAnalyse the Metadata of your picture – https://www.metadata2go.com/
Shibori
I found a few great articles on Shibori https://www.marthastewart.com/1540786/shibori-dyeing-techniques
Washer Bracelet
Washer Bracelet Cut 2 pieces of cord 13″ long of polyester cord Use your stamped washer Fold cord in half Put loop through the hole and the ends through the loop Put a simple knot at the end, trim the edges and burn them. Cut a new 7″ pieces Fold the 7″ piece in half […]
Visual Art Games
The following games are good sponge activities to use between lessons: Color – A Color Matching Game Shape Type – A letter shaping game Bezier – A game to master the pen tool Kern Type – A kerning game The Boolean Game – I have no clue how to play this. If you figure it […]
Art Room Bootcamp’s
Here are some interesting links Bootcamps – http://www.thoughtsonarting.com/thoughts-on-arting/bootcamps Say yes to drawing tests – https://artbybarnett.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/say-yes-to-drawing-tests-in-art/