July Paper Marbling with Tapas! Join Cristina Hajosy for an art workshop exploring the decorative art of paper marbling. We’ll focus on Turkish-style marbling. This method, “Ebru”, can produce lovely figurative designs of fish, flowers, birds, and abstract shapes or go with the traditional combed patterns. Your floating designs may be free-form, combed, or even blown. Marbling with Spanish-inspired Tapas dinner from 6-10pm on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Hajosy Arts, Canton, Mass.
Read the rest of this post...Photo-based Mixed Media Workshop – Hajosy Arts – Wednesday, July 10
Summertime creativity on Wednesdays throughout July at Hajosy Arts! Photo-based Mixed Media Workshop on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 from 10am to 4pm with artist Cristina Hajosy in her home studio. Photo-based imagery within mixed media has become very popular. Along side other collage materials, image transfers give the artist an ability to layer and control the transparency of the ingredients in their artworks. This workshop will focus on the use of photographic images in non-traditional ways, especially image transfers and surface treatments. Adhesive, acrylic gel medium, solvent, and encaustic transfers will be introduced, as well as, several small projects.
Read the rest of this post...Fabric Marbling Workshop – Saturday, June 15, 2019 – Hajosy Arts
Marbling on fabrics! Come join Cristina in her studio for a full day of Marbling. Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 10am to 4pm. Includes all the materials, technique handouts, and lunch! Pre-made silk scarves in several sizes, silk handkerchiefs, ribbons, and a wide variety of cut yardage in cotton, linen, rayon, polyester and blends. You choose the materials, colors and designs. Explore the process with both traditional and contemporary approaches to this fascinating art form.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling with Tapas – Friday night, May 31 – at Hajosy Arts, Canton
May Art Playdate: Yeah, adult can have playdates, too! Join Cristina Hajosy for an art workshop exploring the decorative art of paper marbling. We’ll focus on Turkish-style marbling. This method, “Ebru”, can produce lovely figurative designs of fish, flowers, birds, and abstract shapes or go with the traditional combed patterns. Your floating designs may be free-form, combed, or even blown. Marbling with Tapas from 6-10pm on Friday, May 31, 2019 at Hajosy Arts, Canton, Mass.
Read the rest of this post...JP Spring Fair – First Church Jamaica Plain – Saturday, June 1st
Perfect day to score great Father’s Day, wedding, baby shower or graduation gifts while supporting artists and crafts folks in this area. Hajosy Arts will be there! JP Spring Fair, Saturday, June 1 from 11am to 4pm at the First Church of Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot St. and Centre St. Rain or shine!
Read the rest of this post...Paste Paper Workshop – May 19 – Eliot School
Paste paper is traditionally used for endpapers and book covers, offering a textural and colorful alternative to marbling. See some historical and contemporary approaches, then create your own. Start with a traditional method, then learn ways to make more creative and painterly versions. Join book artist, Cristina Hajosy in this messy, creative exploration on Sunday, May 19, 2019 from 9am to 1pm at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain, Boston.
Read the rest of this post...Marbling Fabric – Sunday, May 12 – Eliot School
Marbling Fabrics as a one-day Sunday workshop at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain, Boston with marbler Cristina Hajosy. Explore Turkish-style marbling on textiles such as ribbon, cotton, linen and silk. Combine beautiful swirls and mottling colors to create lovely, unique designs on pre-sewn scarves or on a fabric you can then use for clothing or other projects. Sunday, May 12, 2019 from 10am to 4pm.
Read the rest of this post...Taking Better Pictures, Beginning Photo – Eliot School – Spring 2019
Understanding photography’s basics is essential to making great images. This 6-week intensive will start with basic photographic principles and camera controls and expand to composition, color theory and issues of visual perception. Exciting homework assignments will focus on your specific shooting subjects, gaining familiarity with all the camera’s buttons, and expanding your personal vision. Join photographer, Cristina Hajosy for this Tuesday evening adult workshop. April 23 – May 28, 2019 at The Eliot School’s Annex classroom, 253 Armory St., Jamaica Plain, Boston.
Read the rest of this post...Newton Art Association – Spring Art Fling – April 27, 2019
You are cordially invited to attend the Spring ART Fling, an Open House to benefit the Newton Art Association. Select from some 100 works of art made by NAA members including jewelry, sculpture, paintings, drawings, prints, fiber and more. Saturday, April 27, 2019 from 3-6pm at Newton Community Farm.
Read the rest of this post...Flag Books Workshop – April 20 – Eliot School
Flag books have wonderful sculptural possibilities. With multiple angles of view, they provide interesting double narrative potentials, contrasting viewpoints, or “yin and yang”, if you will. Viewers enjoy the visual movement and performative qualities of flag books. They beg the viewer to play and to keep interacting with the artwork. There so many approaches to content. Excellent for creative poetry, wish lists, sweet nothings, photographs, abstract designs, and more! Saturday, April 20, 2019 from 2-5pm with Cristina Hajosy at The Eliot School, Annex classroom, 253 Amory St., JP, Boston.
Read the rest of this post...Marbleized Shallow Wooden Bowl – April 20 and 28 – Eliot School
This combo class includes turning a wooden shallow bowl or plate and then decorating it afterward using Turkish-style marbling techniques. Start with pieces of tree limbs and trunks, make them round and take off from there. Beginners will learn basic lathe techniques while experienced students advance to the next level at their own pace. Wood will be provided in class; advanced turners may bring their own. Then decorate the bowls, creating beautiful swirls and mottling colors with marbling. Wood turning with Ken Lindgren and Marbling with Cristina Hajosy at the Eliot School. 2 sessions: Saturday, April 20 & Sunday, April 28, 2019.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling -Eliot School, JP – Sunday, April 14, 2019
Paper Marbling workshop at the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts in Jamaica Plain, Boston with Cristina Hajosy. Create beautiful swirls and mottling colors on paper with marbling. Learn “ebru”, the Turkish-style of marbling, on water thickened with carrageenan (Irish moss). Experiment with a range of materials, colors and papers to create lovely, unique designs. Sunday, April 14, 2019 from 9am to 1:30pm
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