Join Cristina on Sunday, September 30th from noon to 5pm in the yard of the Eliot School for the JP Flea. This semi-annual marketplace has an exciting array of vendors with art, artisan goods for the home, gifts, and antiques for creative souls. Hajosy Arts will feature hand-marbled designs on paper, books, art supplies, home decor, and apparel. Special selection of Mid-Century Modern dishes and serving pieces from her Dansk collection will be available, as well.
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My favorite time of year! The end of summer warmth combined with the crisp morning welcome of the fall. This weekend starts my open studio/art fair/craft market season. Get an early start to your holiday and gift shopping. Find the perfect art work for your home. Jamaica Plain Open Studios. Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23, 2018 from 11am to 6pm. I’ll be inside the Eliot School with my fellow faculty artists. Drop by for a visit!
Read the rest of this post...Taking Better Pictures – Beginning Photography Workshop – Eliot School – Fall 2018
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. The Eliot School, 253 Armory St., Jamaica Plain, Boston.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling workshops at Eliot School – Fall 2018 Winter 2019
Paper Marbling workshops 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.
Read the rest of this post...Paste Paper Designs – Art Workshop Hajosy Arts – Thursday, August 30, 2018
It’s the last day of August art camp! Paste Paper Designs Workshop with Cristina Hajosy in her home studio. Thursday, August 30, 2018 from 11am to 3:30pm. All materials and lunch included. Paste Paper, one of the earliest forms of decorative papers, is commonly used for bookbinding, as well as calligraphy, printmaking, collage, stamping, and origami. Paste Paper is created using acrylic paint or similar pigments mixed in a suspension of paste. After being applied to a dampened sheet of paper, the colored paste can be patterned by pulling various utensils across the paste. Design your own paper patterns!
Read the rest of this post...Friday Night Paper Marbling with Tapas – Hajosy Arts – August 17, 2018
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, August 17, 2018 at Hajosy Arts, Canton, Mass. August Art Playdate!
Read the rest of this post...New Members Show – Newton Art Association – June 2018
Happy to be featured on the show postcard! Even more happy to be a new member of the Newton Art Association! Come see my new mixed media piece, Elevator Up, in the New Members Show at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in West Newton for the month of June. Public Reception: Saturday, June 2, 2018 from 3-4:30pm at the Nordic Hall, Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham Street, West Newton, MA.
Read the rest of this post...Friday Night Marbling with Tapas – Hajosy Arts – June 22, 2018
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, June 22, 2018 at Hajosy Arts, Canton, Mass.
Read the rest of this post...Paste Paper Workshop – The Eliot School – Saturday, June 30, 2018
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 Saturday, June 30 from 1:30- 5:30pm at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain, Boston.
Read the rest of this post...Hajosy Arts at JP Spring Fair – Saturday, June 2, 2018 – Jamaica Plain, MA
Perfect day to score great Mother’s Day, wedding, baby shower or graduation gifts while supporting artists and crafts folks in this area. JP Spring Fair, Saturday, June 2 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...Fabric Marbling Workshop – Sunday, June 3 – Hajosy Arts
Marbling on fabrics! Come join Cristina in her studio for a full day of Marbling. Sunday, June 3, 2018 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. Explore the process with both traditional and contemporary approaches to this fascinating art form.
Read the rest of this post...Bookmaking Workshop – Flag Books – The Eliot School – Sunday, June 24, 2018
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!
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