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Guest Artist Workshop with Ryan Converse

On January 3, Olympia-based artist Ryan Converse began a 10-day workshop at Creativity Explored's second studio to assist CE artists in creating masks and wearable sculptures out of variety of media. One of the outcomes of this interactive workshop is to explore the relationship of artists' bodies to the art they create.

On the final day of the workshiop, artists will go out into the broader community with their wearable sculptures and take pictures of one another.

 
Detail of one of Ryan Converse's body sculputre projects.

Stay tuned for the culmination on January 17, but until then, here is a quick summary of the first three days of activity!

Day One: Conceptualize/Write
January 3, 2012
Ryan got to know some of the artists and gave a brief description of the workshop by showing examples of his work and other artists' creations that related to the workshop concept.

 
Ann Yamasaki creates an initial drawing.

Day Two: Conceptualize/Sketch
January 5, 2012
Artists worked with Ryan to create side, front and 3/4 sketches of the object in three-dimensional space.

Detail of Yukari Sakura's 3D drawing.

Yukari in plaster strips.

Day Three: Gathering
January 6, 2012
Ryan demonstrates how to make armatures with plaster strips to create a piece that fits to the contours of the body. Other mask making and wearable sculpture materials are also discussed.

Hanh Chau faces off with her mask.

Yukari's bunny mask in progress.

Stay tuned for more developments as this fun and creative workshop continues!

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ABOVE LEFT: Wearable sculpture by Ryan Converse.
Click here to learn more about Ryan Converse and see examples of his work.