I alluded to the @64Millionartists' January Challenge yesterday in my Photo An hour post yesterday, posting my new meaning for 'Wedding' (pronounced Wee-duh-ding!)
I thought I'd share a bit about 64 Million Artists from their website:
About Us:
At 64 Million Artists we believe everyone is creative, and when we use our creativity we can make positive change in our lives and the world around us. We aim to be a catalyst for the creativity of everyone in the UK.Since we were founded in 2014 by Jo Hunter and David Micklem, we’ve worked with schools, universities, whole cities, workplaces, cultural institutions and health and government bodies to experiment with ways of reconnecting people with their innate creativity. We run programmes for individuals and communities, design and deliver bespoke solutions for clients and also work on national partnering initiatives to use creativity for positive change.
We run free, UK-wide programmes like #thejanuarychallenge to kickstart the creativity and wellbeing of everybody. Over 7,500 participants took part in 2018. We also give away free resources on dothinkshare.com to inspire anyone who wants to run their own creative activities, share their work and be part of a supportive community.
I am dreadfully behind with the challenges but I figured I could catch up with them later in the year or when I can. But the first challenge I actually completed was Day 11's which was to create a sculpture out of fruit
It all started with a shrivelled Red Chilli I found in the back of the fridge. I decided it looked like a beak.
You can see the other materials below...
Having seen the red chilli as a beak, I needed a body. I had put two Satsumas out to take with me to eat on our way out so I peeled those and placed them on top of each other like a Snowman.
Next, I broke apart the two central segments of the top satsuma and slid the chilli stem in.
I photographed him and was going to leave it there but it seemed cruel not to give him feet or claws so I spied CBC's grapes on the work top and snipped off some of the grape er- bark (what does one call it) and inserted them under the satsuma to resemble claws.
He looks a little like an interesting variety of Kiwi-bird! I shall name him Kieran!
After his Photo shoot, I deconstructed him and ate my Satsumas.
What would you make out of fruit or vegetables for your sculpture?
xxx
I loved it. Very creative!
ReplyDeleteBrill! There was a series of challenges on YouTube called "the art assignment", that was run by the channel of the same name, it was a really interesting project.
ReplyDeleteHe's very cute!
ReplyDeleteI once made a bee out of an aubergine and a yellow pepper. It was terrible! (But still exists somewhere in my blog archives...)
The bird is hilarious! I love it. Well done for being so creative.
ReplyDeleteHe's adorable! Grapes stalks perhaps?
ReplyDeleteNow off to follow 64Millionartists on Insta, thanks!
xx
Very cute, using what you have on hand. I used to make art in the kids plates to to make healthy eating more fun. I would shape a little piece of cheese in the shape of a carrot and stick a piece of parsley on top and made little interesting scene in their plates. They really loved these little vignettes.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Julia
That's brilliant Kezzie. He (yes, I agree, definitely a he) does like kind of cute! I'm surprised you ate him ... xxx
ReplyDeletehahaha - brilliant - very creative - he looks so cute and a little bit startled :)
ReplyDeleteYou ate Kieran! Smilingxx
ReplyDeleteArilx
so lovely!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!
ReplyDeleteI'm smiling :)
All the best Jan