Johnstown Albertsons: Mar 16, 2008

Sunday, March 16, 2008

J-M Homeschooler's Sculpture Day in Loveland

March 13, the Johnstown-Milliken Homeschoolers had a Sculpture Field Trip Day. It started at 8 am at Bronze Services in Loveland. It was very interesting to learn what the bronzing process involves from the artist's clay to the finished bronze product. It is quite a complicated procedure! We all have a better understanding of why a bronze statue is so expensive (valuable)! This picture was taken outside of Bronze Services. It is an elephant in progress.

Next we went to George Lundeen's studio. We got to see some of his work on display and were privileged to meet him and learn about his current projects. George is a very kind person to allow our group to interrupt his work. We appreciate all he taught us! This is the group, except for Emily, who took the picture, listening to George.

Here George is explaining the use of calipers to us.

George is working on a sculpture of a man and his father.

These pictures were used to create the sculptures.

An example of George Lundeen's sculptures. He specializes in people statues.

These kids were on the early tours: Jeff, Jason, Emily, Celeste, Beth, A.J., Sydney, Brianna, and Blair.

Our friends, Tatiana and Sunshine, with George Lundeen. Tatiana missed getting in the above group picture. After this, we went to the Master's Fine Art Gallery and were joined by 3 other families who had children who were too young to go on the other parts of the field trip. We always enjoy Linda King and her explanations of the art in her gallery, especially her Christian testimony and salvation messages through the art displays. God is honored as Creator and the giver of all creativity and talents! Here Linda is telling the gospel story with the tapestry of Jesus' life.

This was a cute picture of Phoebe and "a new friend!"

This pottery is called Raku. It is a Japanese kind of pottery technique. It is made by Jan Rowen, a potter who lives in Louisville, CO. I had to buy something because of the name of the potter being mine and Rowen's name. She even spells Rowen "correctly" like we do!! The piece I bought is the large bowl in the middle of the table.

Victorian Tea Party

On Wednesday, March 12, we girls were invited to a Victorian Tea Party at Nicole Hinkle's house. We were to dress up as "Victorian" as we could and prepare a pre-1900 prose, poem, or hymn reading to share with the other guests. Our friends, the Nolts, Metiens, and Cross girls were also there. Nicole and Phoebe were our hostesses. We enjoyed various teas, cookies, the visiting, and all the readings. It was a delightful afternoon. The dress Brenda has on was a bridesmaid dress I wore 26 years ago; the dress Beth has on I made 24 years ago!!