Making Art Together

Homemade Liquid Starch Glue

June 23rd, 2014

A recipe for Homemade Liquid Starch Glue. We love using this adhesive for Tissue Paper Collage at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. READ MORE

Tissue Paper and Liquid Starch Collage

June 20th, 2014

There are few explorations we do in the studio more loved than Tissue Paper and Liquid Starch Collage. Eric Carle uses collage to create the illustrations for his books by cutting shapes out of tissue papers he painted with acrylic paint and then gluing them to thick white board. We offer this project from time-to-time in the Art Studio as a way for guests to connect with Eric Carle's work. What we see time and time again, however, is that after even just a little time experimenting with colorful tissue papers and glue, guests of all ages become connected with their own inner-artist. READ MORE

Collaging on Sticky Surfaces

June 17th, 2014

On a recent Sunday, one of our favorite artists, Keri Smith joined us to help host a masterfully-messy event in The Studio, appropriately called, Mess: Art Made by Accident. Throughout the Studio we had open-ended projects designed with Keri that involved randomness and chance, including Collaging on Sticky Surfaces, Funky Drawing, Hot Glue Sculptures and Painting with Drips and Spills.

May 20th, 2014

Victorian mansions, country houses, modern uptown lofts, towering apartment buildings, and pet palaces are just a few of the creative directions The Carle's guests have taken the new Every Day Art Project, A Place to Call Home. This eclectic mix of colorful paper dwellings are all on display here on the walls of The Art Studio, and I wanted to share it with you!

We're challenging guests to turn an ordinary set of paper shapes: one rectangle, one triangle and one square... READ MORE

Kindergarten Collages

April 22nd, 2014

Last week I visited four kindergarten classes at Hatherly Elementary and Jenkins Elementary schools in Scituate, Massachusetts. I taught our "I Am an Artist" outreach program.