We added the book "Sock and Glove: Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-Off Socks and Gloves," by Miyako Kanamori to our collection recently and I knew it would work well with First Friday Art Club. Do you have a large assortment of one-off socks or lost the right hand to your favorite glove? Rather than scrapping them to the round file, recycle them into lovable works of art!
Transforming clothing into puppets or softy friends is not easily straightforward for most people. Even with printed templates and instructions, our brains can often argue with what we see. Despite our left and right brains occasional feud, these students took their right and left socks in adorable directions.
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| What in the World is a Whake? |
Although I had several patterns selected to choose, students had their own stuffed friend visions and this Maker wanted a whale. While a whale pattern is not an option in the book (sequel suggestion...) this artist took the liberty of designing one. He got a little mutated in the process and became a Whale Snake or a Whake!
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| Olivia Newton Sock |
Puppies popped up from the patch. The remnants of the "whake" became a workout gear for this puppy. I just have the the "Physical" song running through my head with visions of this pup pumping iron.
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| This "cat" once ran around in gym sneakers |
With dogs, you must have cats. This striped variety once had the role of gym clothing for middle school. This creation could lead to more verses in the Smelly Cat song.
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| Cow-Pig-Sheep? |
The designer of this curious creature intended to make a sheep. Her color options made her feel the animal looked more like a pig or a cow. I think the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had some influence on these creatures.
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| A little noting goes a long way. |
This cherub created a birthday duck for her mother.
She was surprised to see this lonesome sock become a lovable friend.
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| Markers are easy for facial features |
To add features to these friends, we had lots of embroidery floss and embellishments. With the clock counting down to the library closing time, these makers wanted to finish their project before they left. Using markers was a simple solution.
This wraps up another First Friday Art Club. We have great projects in store for 2017.
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Shannah Warwick of Blackbts (that's Black Boots) will guide our group in the Nuno Felting method. The finished piece will be wearable art. Lookout Corning...we're getting fancy!
