This past Monday was a Teacher In-Service day and a group of art teachers from the Pine Richland School Distict here in the Pittsburgh area came to SCC to do activities. They spent with the morning with local artist Gerry Florida then got a tour of the Humor In Craft exhibit. I came in to do an activity in the afternoon with them called Junk Joke Jewelry. I was a good chance to laugh, play and create with recycled matereials. Here are a couple of things the teachers made:
They made an variety of pieces. The jokes behind the art were inspired by their own students, teachers they’ve had, their own personalities and the materials available. It was weird instructing teachers… but at first they were kind of like the kids they teach everyday. They were distracted, kept interupting, made me show them how to make rolled up paper beads and were stuck on having a joke with a clear punchline. They settled down and I was able to get away from a classic joke form, no joke is universal, so why restrict yourself with a punchline. Your joke can lie in the form of jewelry, materials or symbols, not just in words.
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