Shrines have been created in many cultures throughout the world and for various reasons including secular and religious or as memorials. A shrine is a receptacle for sacred relics or items of importance.
As an artist, you will be taking a bit more freedom with the definition of a shrine. These small but powerful assemblages will be constructed on a colorful collaged wooden block of wood and adorned with precious objects and secret words. Your shrine will celebrate and bless what is dear to you-your home, studio, or a friend.
 

Materials Fee $25 paid at beginning of class includes:

Paints -
Clay faces and clay decorations
Match boxes
Glue guns
Faces of Saints and Icons
seeds
Beads, charms
Wood blocks
small plastic animals
Decorative mages
Milagros ribbons
Glue sticks
Collage papers
Hammer & nails
Ephemera
Extension cords
stencils
                          

Material suggestions but not required:

-2” photos or Xerox photos of someone if you would like to honor, a particular person, animal, place or thing
 - old paper goods
- postage stamps
- feathers
- old photographs
- lace
- bark
- decorative papers
- rubber stamps
- twigs
- sheet music
- buttons
- reeds
- post cards
- bones
- small spoons
- maps
- shells
- beads
- coins/medals
- keys
- charms
- tin foil
- jewelry
- games pieces
- pencils
- small figurines
-small paint brushes
*If you do not have room for many of these items, I will be bringing lots of things you can work with.