The Beginnings of a Very Special Project
In April, participants in The Magnolia’s Artists’ Round Table put their heads together and decided to start building an 1800’s old western town inspired by their own great grandparents’ stories of life shortly after slavery was abolished. The town will be a three-dimensional landscape in miniature made out of polymer clay, wood, paint, and any other materials we can think of along the way to help depict the landscape, buildings, animals and people in a realistic way. We began with a draft drawing on Kraft paper to help us decide where and what we would put in our town, then we tackled making the first shacks with tin roofs and a few outhouses. This month, we will be working on a church/school, a mercantile, a bank and a few other buildings, as well. So far, everyone who has worked on this project is impressed with the results and simply cannot believe how realistic their creations look. They know this project will take a few more months, but they hope to finish it by September so that it can be entered in the Senior Olympics. ~ Alma Wright, Site Leader, The Magnolia at Highland
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