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Dollar Store Arts and Crafts, Thursday, Period 1
No trips to the dollar store today, which meant no arguments about getting into vans, at least. It was the little things.
"Mornin'," Hardison said, waving at the class. "Today, we're explorin' the artistic medium of puttin' images on different things. That's the very technical term. We got a lot of supplies for you to work with, though I did cheat a little today." He gestured to several laptops, each hooked up to a laser printer, and two other wireless printers. "I figured y'all might wanna print out some pictures for yourselves, either from your phones or somethin' and wanted to give you the option. Everythin' else, though, is one hundred percent dollar store bought."
There were smooth, decorative river stones, ranging in size from a thumb all the way up to roughly head-sized. Various kinds of wood lay in piles, from machine carved hearts, to palm-sized squares of wood you might see in shop class, to carved wooden letters, and even thin, unfinished wood slices with the bark still on. There were ceramic tiles, coffee cups, plates and bowls, and a ton of othermoddable supplies.
"It's our first real week, so we're going with stuff that doesn't really involve a lot of skill," he continued. "What you need is some PVA glue, an image, a surface to transfer that image to, water, an' a couple of sponges." Grabbing a bottle of PVA glue, he poured some into a small bowl, then dipped the sponge into it. Then he picked up a fist-sized rock and covered most of one side with the glue in long, thin strokes. "You don't wanna just dump a bunch of the glue onto the surface an' smear it around," he explained. "That's how you get excess glue an' it gets all messy. Just put enough on to fully adhere your image. If there are air bubbles, use an ID card or an ATM card or basically the edge of anythin' straight an' even to run over the back." The glue applied, he picked up a Crying Breakfast Friends sticker and placed it, image side down, onto the rock, making sure it was pressed firmly onto the surface of the rock. "If you're printin' out your pictures, you may have to trim it down to fit. You'll also wanna cut off any of the pure, white paper around the image as it won't dry transparent. Then you set it down to dry, movin' onto the next one you wanna make."
He set down the rock he'd just affixed the paper to and picked up a piece of wood he'd prepped earlier that morning. "Once it's dry, take your other sponge - or even just the other side of your glue sponge - moisten it with water, and then get the back of the image damp. Don't soak it, just wet it down a little. An' then use your fingers to wear away the wet paper." Hardison rubbed his fingers in little circles over the stone and the wet paper came away in damp little curls. Where the white had been rubbed away, they could see that the image, complete with color, had remained on the surface.
"Once it's completely clear, you can paint a layer or Modpodge over it; that'll protect the image against the elements an' add a layer of gloss to the front. You can do all sorts of stuff with this: make a set of magnets for the dorm fridge. Make pendant jewelry. Hell, make a chess set of different rocks with images of knights an' queens an' bishops on 'em. Go nuts. But by the end of the class, I wanna see some kind of unified project with at least five different items with transferred images on 'em."
"Mornin'," Hardison said, waving at the class. "Today, we're explorin' the artistic medium of puttin' images on different things. That's the very technical term. We got a lot of supplies for you to work with, though I did cheat a little today." He gestured to several laptops, each hooked up to a laser printer, and two other wireless printers. "I figured y'all might wanna print out some pictures for yourselves, either from your phones or somethin' and wanted to give you the option. Everythin' else, though, is one hundred percent dollar store bought."
There were smooth, decorative river stones, ranging in size from a thumb all the way up to roughly head-sized. Various kinds of wood lay in piles, from machine carved hearts, to palm-sized squares of wood you might see in shop class, to carved wooden letters, and even thin, unfinished wood slices with the bark still on. There were ceramic tiles, coffee cups, plates and bowls, and a ton of other
"It's our first real week, so we're going with stuff that doesn't really involve a lot of skill," he continued. "What you need is some PVA glue, an image, a surface to transfer that image to, water, an' a couple of sponges." Grabbing a bottle of PVA glue, he poured some into a small bowl, then dipped the sponge into it. Then he picked up a fist-sized rock and covered most of one side with the glue in long, thin strokes. "You don't wanna just dump a bunch of the glue onto the surface an' smear it around," he explained. "That's how you get excess glue an' it gets all messy. Just put enough on to fully adhere your image. If there are air bubbles, use an ID card or an ATM card or basically the edge of anythin' straight an' even to run over the back." The glue applied, he picked up a Crying Breakfast Friends sticker and placed it, image side down, onto the rock, making sure it was pressed firmly onto the surface of the rock. "If you're printin' out your pictures, you may have to trim it down to fit. You'll also wanna cut off any of the pure, white paper around the image as it won't dry transparent. Then you set it down to dry, movin' onto the next one you wanna make."
He set down the rock he'd just affixed the paper to and picked up a piece of wood he'd prepped earlier that morning. "Once it's dry, take your other sponge - or even just the other side of your glue sponge - moisten it with water, and then get the back of the image damp. Don't soak it, just wet it down a little. An' then use your fingers to wear away the wet paper." Hardison rubbed his fingers in little circles over the stone and the wet paper came away in damp little curls. Where the white had been rubbed away, they could see that the image, complete with color, had remained on the surface.
"Once it's completely clear, you can paint a layer or Modpodge over it; that'll protect the image against the elements an' add a layer of gloss to the front. You can do all sorts of stuff with this: make a set of magnets for the dorm fridge. Make pendant jewelry. Hell, make a chess set of different rocks with images of knights an' queens an' bishops on 'em. Go nuts. But by the end of the class, I wanna see some kind of unified project with at least five different items with transferred images on 'em."
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