Andi Thea has done it again!  The creativity continues as she transforms her Wavos design into a coloring sheet for the fifth installation of Translation is Dialogue.

This time her work is reaching the people of Helsinki in far away Finland for the unKontained Translations show at Lasipalatsin aukio.  The kids from Little English Kindergarten in Kallio came to make art with us at the container space to bring alive their own color combinations for Andi’s ‘Wavos’ coloring sheet.  As we look at pictures, hear sounds, touch, smell, and taste we are actually having a conversation with our senses and communicating with the world!  It sounds funny, but don’t think too hard and just make whatever comes into your head!  The idea is to do and enjoy the process of making art.

Here’s something for you to try at home.  Look at this picture titled ‘Drifting’ created by Sari Toivola and draw what will happen next.

Will the girl in the picture swing so high in to the sky or will she jump into new lands or oceans?  What is she dreaming of?  I’d love to see what you think!  Please draw, sculpt, paint, or make a piece of music to however the story will continue.  You can email your art to me at arlenehtucker@yahoo.com.  Looking forward to it!

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Hi Scribblers,

What a blast I had at the Translation Is Dialogue workshop on Friday night.

It was the night before the opening of the TID show in NY at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and we were all gathered and working together to create our translations of the original art that was shown earlier this year at the TID show in in Estonia.

Wavos, by Andi Thea

It’s interesting how the collective mind works to help transform ideas.  My plan was to make cubes from my original art and hang them to create a mobile.  There was a table filled with pristine little boxes and when I asked what they were, Arlene said she found them and hoped that people would be able to use them for their translations.

My mind was racing – how can I use these boxes?   So I switched gears and decided to make my mobile into a sculpture instead.

Wavos Translated, Phase 2

Have you ever created something that looked like it wanted to be transformed into something else?  Think about how you can transform something that you have by changing a little something about it.  A dress in your closet, an old handbag or a pair of shoes – they can all be transformed and have a new life with a little imagination.  It’s time to get scribbley, so go find something to transform- and remember, we’d love to see your finished scribbles!

Wavos and Me

Thanks, Arlene! TID was super fun!!

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