An idea for Cork N Creations: text art workshops
I love doing text art--grabbing a quote I love and setting it against a cool background or image that compliments the idea expressed in the quote. The few times Matt and I have done a social painting experience, we came home with our two paintings and then I did a text piece in the same colors with one of our favorite quotes that brought them together.
I wonder if we could get this to work at CnC...bring in your favorite quote and image, and we’ll make a piece that combines the two! It could be marketed to teachers (take a sick day and come to make a motivational poster for your classroom!) or moms (make a wall hanging for your house or kid’s room that communicates something important about your relationship or your family philosophy), or coaches/athletes (a cool team-bonding activity, too!...make a motivational statement about your sport/team’s beliefs or goals) ...good gift idea for a significant other (a favorite lyric from a song that is meaningful to you).
What would we need? Stamp sets for lettering? I like to letter mine free-hand. I could teach how to count characters and center each word, how to vary the fonts, how to split up the available space into blocks for each phrase or idea. I sometimes have to look at lettering guides online or in books...I could make up posters for some of the major font styles...but it would be really cool to be able to project different fonts or lettering styles on the wall. *How much do those laptop projectors cost?*
And then, would there be any legal hurdles as far as copy-written material? I always try to use my own photographs or images to avoid stealing other people’s artwork...it can be tricky online. And as long as quotes are cited to the proper source, it wouldn’t be plagiarism....but would we require that the quotes be cited and that the photographs be public domain? How could we be sure? It would be difficult to check each and every one. I suppose we could have a bank of images and quotes that we’d gathered responsibly...
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