My Students at the senior center have finished their mini-books. What I thought would take an hour actually ended up taking six hours plus, because many of the students worked on the books at home. Working with older adults is so different than working with kids. The adults really take their time and enjoy the process, except for one 80 year old. She's my only "I'm finished!" student in the bunch.
The yellow books were made with old Letra-Set rub-on letters. Thanks Aileen and Paul for the idea and the letters. The students made them in both English and Spanish.
This is a book about when the artist was a little girl, She stole money from a family dresser drawer to buy candy. The ill-gotten goods were beautiful red and white striped ribbon candies. When the crime was discovered, she let her older brother take the blame. She had carried that secret until she made the book, so this book became her confession.
The next project is to make a large scale accordion book. This is a panel for it based on a portrait of a favorite object. The artist below loves carnival and masks, so she chose a harlequin doll to paint.
Another artist chose to paint an antique iron of hers. I bet it's from her family home Upstate. She's a real country girl. It's next to one her many mini-books. She's the "I'm finished !" student. I always give her a lot of projects.
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