QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY "Creative Aging: Virtual Family Album Pop-Up Bookmaking" Tuesday May 23, 2023

 QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY

"Creative Aging: Virtual Family Album Pop-Up Bookmaking"

Tuesday May 23, 2023


Our class today focused on making the portrait page, which signifies the author of the pop-up book., or to whom the book is dedicated. In Beth’s case she is making a pop-up book for her grandson, so she brought in a school photo of him. We warmed up by thinking of a word that described us and presenting a facial and body gesture which suggested this word. Sonia’s word was “shy”, depicted by fiddling with her hands and looking down from the camera, Beth used large hand gestures to show her creativity while a new class member, Marilyn, smiled broadly depicting her happy disposition. 

 

Spica and I shared our portrait pop-up pages and explained our choices of background shapes and colors to symbolize our chosen personality word. I also demonstrated the pocket and how the word is placed in it and can be pulled out to help describe the page when sharing your book. 

 

Spica reviewed how to make the Base page, the V-Fold Stand and the Background using the V-Fold technique. Before gluing into place in the Base page, she used complimentary textured paper to create a colorful background which helped frame her photo. Participants were encouraged to cut out their photo to display it more effectively in the foreground of their page.

 

A pocket is a wonderful device to hold a Key Word for the page or a surprise element. Spica demonstrated how to make a pocket using the same textured paper she chose for her background, although cardstock can also be employed. Once participants finished their pocket they decided which side of the page, behind the background to glue it in. Next, they wrote the Key Word which described their personality on a piece of light colored card and placed it in the pocket. 

 

Sonia shared her portrait page which featured a sparkly pink background complete with tiny hearts and in the foreground a photo of her family. On the opposite side she intends to place a portrait of her mother to honor her.

 

As next week is our last class, we encourage our students to bring 4 pieces of card stock, and a ribbon as the materials necessary to complete making their pop-up family album and its cover.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

FAMILY ALBUM POP-UP BOOK MAKING @ QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY.7 8/23/2021

Image
  QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY - CREATIVE AGING PROGRAM FAMILY ALBUM POP-UP BOOK MAKING Blog 7 8/23/21 As Madlyn was out today she arranged for Kathy and Willie to moderate our program in her place. Thanks very much Kathy and Willie! We had fun warming up our imaginations by thinking of words that best describe us then using gestures to express the word. The final page of the pop-up book is a self-portrait, so this activity helped fire up our brains. Once the base page was folded, we reviewed how to make V Fold Stands. Students made two V Fold Stands and glued them into the base page. Next, they learned a new skill - pocket making. Thinking about the word or words they used to describe themselves, they drew a reflective shape and with a sharpie, wrote the word inside. The word, decorated if desired, was placed in the pocket. Once the page is opened, this word is revealed to help in storytelling.  Another technique learned in an earlier class and reviewed was making the background. O...
Read more

Bensonhurst Senior Center Holiday Party 12/30/2020

Image
Celebrating with our students is a perfect way to see out the old year and welcome in the new. 6am New Year’s Eve I logged onto zoom to smiling faces and a very warm welcome from everyone. Thank you to Hong for organizing our holiday party and a huge shout out to Chip Ma, Winnie Don Lee, and Karen Zhou for all their support and encouragement during this most difficult of years.    This is the season when we traditionally give gifts but separated as we are because of COVID-19 restrictions, we can still share the greatest gift of all, togetherness via technology. We shared stories of family.   Lao Yu inspired us with the story of how her family has spent their quarantine by documenting their footprint in the USA back to her great-grandfather. Original documents such as passports and birth certificates, family belongings and research at City Hall helped them trace their family tree. Lao Yu used her drawing skills to sketch two grinding machines from her hometown where grains...
Read more

LMCC - Creative Learning Grant Book of Home.8 6/15/2021

Image
  LMCC - Creative Learning Grant Book of Home  Blog 8 6/15/2021 Happy Dragon Boat Festival! Tuen Ng is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. It commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and minister known for his patriotism and contribution to classical poetry who eventually became a national hero. People make zongzi and share them with family and friends. In order to honor the day, we warmed up by paddling our imaginary dragon boat in a battle to win. Then we waved our winning flag! Chi had recently visited the High Line to see the flower show and shared her beautiful photos on WeChat. It is a great medium for not only posting the recording of the day’s class but also for asking questions and sharing homework. It was great to welcome Bobo back to our class. We hope she enjoyed the experience and will log on for future classes.  Some of our students posted the 2nd page they completed at home, and we honored their achievements by sharing photos of their...
Read more