MY EARLY ART PROJECTS

AS I WAS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL I USED TO MAKE SKETCHES WITH COLORED PENCILS AND CHARCOAL. I ALSO MADE SOME LEATHER ITEMS FROM TANDY LEATHER COMPANY AND DESIGNED AND SEWED SOM LEATHER MOCASSINS. I TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO KNIT AN CHROCHET, AND MADE MY BARBIE DOLL A LOT OF CLOTHES DURING MY SUMMERS SPENT AT A YARN DEPARTMENT IN A LARGE STORE IN DAYTON. MY MOM HAD AN OLD SEWING MACHINE AND SHE TAUGHT ME TO SEW. ONCE IN GRADE SCHOOL I TOOK MORE SEWING CLASSES AT THE YWCA. AND IN HIGH SCHOOL I MADE MACRAME HANGINGS. I MADE AN INDOOR TERRARIUM. I THEN BEGAN PLAYING WITH ART PROJECTS AT HOME. SOME WERE: I MADE MY DULCIMER FROM A KIT AND LEARNED HOW TO PLAY IT. I BEGAN MAKING INDOOR CACTUS GARDENS FOR MY ROOM. I LEARNED HOW TO PLAY A GUITAR WITH MY BEST FRIEND IN JUNIOR HIGH. ONCE IN 6TH GRADE I ENJOYED METAL SCULPTURE; I MADE LARGE PAPER MACHE PROJECTS; LINOLEUM PRINTS; AND CERAMIC TILE PICTURES. I BOUGHT SOME FOR MY SON T6O EXPERIMENT WITH, BUT HE NEVER HAD TIME. I ALSO HAD CARVED STONE AND MADE SCULPTURES OF OF CLAY DURING HIGH SCHOOL. DURING THE SUMMER I TOOK CLASSES AT THE DAYTON ART MUSEUM AND LEARNED ABOUT LOST WAX SCULPTURES AND OTHER TYPES OF WAYS TO SHAPE AND HAVE FUN WITH CLAY.