I had a great Dear You art workshop today with the Monkeys at Your School in Espoo, Finland! First, I introduced the art of silhouettes and all the different ways we can incorporate that technique into our own practice. We looked at classic Indonesian puppetry and contemporary artists such as Kara Walker, who use silhouettes in their artistry.
After that we jumped right into the creative process and made outlines of our bodies for our own puppets. To incorporate a collective element into this project our friends in Greenland will write their name on our puppet. It was fun choosing how and what we want to tell our friends for their first impression.
We can't wait to see meet our new friends from Nuuk, Greenland!
