Sarah Jones lives in the pine barrens of New Jersey with her boyfriend and musician Jack Lowry. Sarah has an Associates in Fine Art and a Bachelors in Computer Art, Animation and Visual Effects. Sarah loves to draw, read and write, do photography and film making, even dance and play a bit of music because why not? Its a way for the soul to grow. Art is the one spiritual outlet for her if you arent making something you arent doing it. Join her in her character building workshops as we meld character design, puppetry, textile art, and so much more in a whimsical fashion!
Spirit Dolls: How to Make Healing Dolls for Yourself. Part 1 Doll Making can help you to heal at a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level. The essential process of healing yourself with artmaking is one involving creating change so that you can become more conscious and restore your connection to nature and your soul. You can heal yourself with art by opening up to your inner voices, listening to them, and allowing their messages to emerge. In this workshop we will construct a small medicine doll. In Part one we will sculpt the face of our doll from clay. All Welcome.
Whimsical Art faces in Clay In this class, learn how to sculpt quirky, fun characters. We will learn the steps for creating a face, with lots of variations to get different looks, a trick for creating whimsy without overthinking it. Or use push molds and make it a successful experience every time! All ages love working with clay. These whimsical clay faces are the basis of dozens of different craft projects such as: Dolls, Altered art, Frames, Jewelry, Journals, And more! The choice is yours, this face can also be used in the spirit doll workshop. All Welcome
Spirit Dolls: How to Make Healing Dolls for Yourself. Doll Making can help you to heal at a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level. The essential process of healing yourself with artmaking is one involving creating change so that you can become more conscious and restore your connection to nature and your soul. You can heal yourself with art by opening up to your inner voices, listening to them, and allowing their messages to emerge. In this workshop we will construct a small medicine doll. Consider taking the whimsical art faces workshop and create your own face (not required). All Welcome
Life Drawing Drawing is the foundation of all arts. Learning to draw will help you improve all aspects of your art making and your perspective on the world. Aldous Huxley in the “Art of Seeing” says “Learn to draw and you will no longer read the world, you will see it.” In this class we learn to draw from the positive and negative perspective. A way of finding balance in art between positive and negative forms in nature. All Welcome