On Saturday, September 13th, Snug Harbor hosted a fence show and open house for their Art Lab. The open house had many different demo classes that were open to the public and free to take. They had a class for you to paint still-life, sculpt ceramics, learn about dark room photography, and lots more.
When I got there, I saw many others from my group. We all walked in together, signed up, and went to take our first class, ceramics. The teacher was really nice. He walked us through every step that we needed to do. He taught us how to work with clay and create a base which can be used for many different projects. I really enjoyed this becuase it was fun molding the clay and creating something from my hands. It didn’t turn out the best but I didn’t care. Below is a picture of a bowl I made.
After ceramics, I went into a class that taught us about dark room photography. The room seemed empty whenever I passed it but then when me and a couple others from our group went in another group entered and it was crowded. The instructor taught us that the photo is created by exposure to light so you create a negative which is a film with the photo inverted and expose it to light, the time that the photo is exposed to the light varies from photo. Then you put the photo in a chemical bath and stop solution that will develop the photo. At the end, we were able to create our own photos with wooden sencil of butterflies.
After the open house was over, I walked around the fence show. I was amazed seeing all of the art hanging up and the different pieces and styles that people had created.
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