Looking for artists interested in helping to create an accessible art workshop for Arisia

[kestrell.livejournal.com]

This past Arisia we created a tactile tour of the art show which drew a group of enthusiastic art fans and artists, and it occurred to me that some of these same folks might be interested in creating a tactile art workshop. I owuld be willing to help organize this but I was hoping to find a few, say 2-4, artists who would be willing to help provide pointers for the workshop. Being available during the workshop itself would be great, but just providing advice on how to put together an intro-level art class would be welcome also.

Potential crafts suited to tactile art: beading, simple weaving (bracelets, etc.), collage, mask decoration, clay, small pottery, polymer clay decorations (maybe with cookie cutters?).

I am hoping to locate a few people who would be willing to help develop this idea so we can create a plan by the time idea suggestion time rolls around.

Comments

[spinrabbit.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how well book+paper arts would integrate into this, but perhaps something with popups? Cushion leather onlay is very tactile but way too ambitious for the context, as is tooling in blind (term of art, refers to embossed designs and titling done without gold or other coloring in the impressions). But I just remembered another technique where you glue raised shapes to a book board, then cover the whole thing with leather, resulting in a raised pattern on the board; I've been involved with novices doing that one.

Anyhow... yes, I'm interested in contributing, you can reach me at rachel at post dot harvard dot edu if you want.