{"id":1321,"date":"2014-05-15T19:42:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T02:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alleyartstudio.com\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2017-05-01T22:44:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T22:44:55","slug":"trifecta-of-classes-and-a-bit-of-sightseeing-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=1321","title":{"rendered":"Trifecta of Classes. . . . and a bit of sightseeing, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-clocks1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1323 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-clocks1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blog clocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>I recently returned from a ten-day road trip with my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/coppercrowstudio.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tory Brokenshire<\/a>. On the first leg of our trip, we were in Cleveland where Tory was teaching three classes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallstudioproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Small Studio<\/em><\/a>. The classes were all found object assemblage classes with a big dose of sculpture. I&#8217;m good with the found object part, not so much with the sculpture, but I gave it my best effort.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Story Tellers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From a pile of junk and a flurry of arms and legs, I created <em>Mr. Songbird<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Pile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1320 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Pile-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Pile\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-clay-man-partial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1308 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-clay-man-partial-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog clay man partial\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-clay-man-head-unfinished.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1306 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-clay-man-head-unfinished-162x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog clay man head unfinished\" width=\"162\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-clay-man-head.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1307 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-clay-man-head-175x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog clay man head\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Tin-Can-Man.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1301 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Tin-Can-Man-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tin Can Man\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sail Away<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Day two was titled <em>Sail Away <\/em>and involved sculpting an entire body AND making a little wire boat. Tory was a great and patient teacher and I managed to create a companion for <em>Mr. Songbird<\/em>, but her boat, well, it sunk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Tory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1318 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Tory-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tory\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-body-parts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1304 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-body-parts-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog body parts\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Lady-in-bits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1331 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Lady-in-bits-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Lady in bits\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Dayna-working.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1330 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Dayna-working-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Dayna working\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please meet <em>Miss Pennington<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Clay-Lady.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1305 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Clay-Lady-148x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Clay Lady\" width=\"148\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that <em>Mr. Songbird<\/em> and <em>Miss Pennington<\/em> hooked up at the end of the second day, although <em>Mr. Songbird&#8217;s<\/em> nose put out <em>Miss Pennington&#8217;s<\/em> right eye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Lady-and-Man.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1313 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Lady-and-Man-144x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Lady and Man\" width=\"144\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Santos<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On our final day, we created a Santos. Fortunately, we only had to sculpt the head!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Doll-Head.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1311 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Doll-Head-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Doll Head\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Heads-in-oven.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1312 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Heads-in-oven-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Heads in oven\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Then we got to dress our Santos, which was great fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Dayna-working-on-Santos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1310 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Dayna-working-on-Santos-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Dayna working on Santos\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Santos-head.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1316 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Santos-head-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Santos head\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The finished crew of Santos (mine is on the far right).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Santos-in-a-row.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1329 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Santos-in-a-row-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Santos in a row\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><em>Post Script: After three days of classes, we spent a couple of days in Cleveland sightseeing, then we rented a car and drove to Chicago, where we spent a few more days. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Rock-and-Roll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1340 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Rock-and-Roll-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Rock and Roll\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Garfield.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1339 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Garfield-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Garfield\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-cenetery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1338 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-cenetery-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog cenetery\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Amish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1337 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Amish-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Amish\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Lion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1314 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Lion-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Lion\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Skelton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1317 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Skelton-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Skelton\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Locks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1315 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Locks-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Locks\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Bean.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1303 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Bean-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Bean\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the ten days I was away, I spent an entire 30 minutes in my travel journal. A whole 30 minutes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Art-Journal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1302 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blog-Art-Journal-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Art Journal\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently returned from a ten-day road trip with my friend Tory Brokenshire. On the first leg of our trip, we were in Cleveland where Tory was teaching three classes at Small Studio. The classes were all found object assemblage classes with a big dose of sculpture. I&#8217;m good with the found object part, not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=1321\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trifecta of Classes. . . . and a bit of sightseeing, too<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,65,80,1,24],"tags":[66,45,81,112,113],"class_list":["post-1321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-work","category-art-workshops","category-found-object-art","category-uncategorized","category-workshops","tag-art-workshops","tag-dayna-j-collins","tag-found-object-art","tag-small-studio","tag-tory-brokenshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8070,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions\/8070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}