Making Personal Sculptural Objects
Saturdays, 1-4pm 2017
limited to 7 people $65 sliding fee to $35
includes an 8-page Playbook on Active Imagination
... intended for artists and spiritual seekers interested in expanding and exploring new materials and ways of seeing and working. It is a version of what Mack teaches at The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck and the book he has been working on for 20 years.
WHY DO THIS ?
Natural Materials are
...a way of thinking
...a language.
Learn it and see what happens!
Making Things is a Way
to Play!
to Adjust and Update Your Story
to Encounter the Spiritual, the Sacred
to Feed deferred Needs
to Develop innate capacities for
Wonder (awe, mystery, “feeling in”)
Dexterity (transforming, hand-spirit, Infinite Play),
Stories (how you fit into the world),
The Organic/Sensual/Feral
POSSIBILITIES:
Do you need a work area?
Make a Bench Hook: a tidy, wooden working area that can be adapted for almost any available workspace.
Trophy Chair
Make a small, model rustic chair that has all the steps and delights of larger work.
The Magic of Natural Materials
Suitable for Stuck Artists,
Children and Families.
Paleo Thinking
Exercises to develop natural creativity. rediscovering wonder, curiosity engagement, Hunt/Gather Make Masks, Amulets, Knives, Cards, paper mache, bones, stones
Carving Rustic: bark and stone
Intro to materials, tools and attitude
Working with Children
Trellisses, Faery Houses, Bamboo Huts, Lean-Tos, Land Arrangements
Community-Building Rustic Projects:
Scrapwood boatbuilding and launching
Working with Driftwood
strength, handling, joinery
