La Catrina - and her Flowered Hat! In-Store Class Sept 24

La Catrina - and her Flowered Hat! In-Store Class 
Sunday, September 24, 11:30am-4:30pm 
Instructor: Jone Hallmark
Limit: 7 students. All participants must be 15 years or older. 

Class Details:

Dia de los Muertos is an annual, high-spirited Mexican holiday that literally explodes with color! It celebrates the annual return of the spirits of the departed, and is a time for food, drink, lively music, parties, and activities the spirits enjoyed in life. This colorful little character from Santa Fe artist Jone Hallmark is dressed for the occasion. She’s Jone’s interpretation of Catrina, the iconic symbol of the holiday. Her dress is covered in painted flowers, which are composed of simple lines and dots. The designs are easy to learn from the small booklet Jone provides, even if you’ve never held a paint brush before. Catrina’s smiling skull face is even easier. (Jone made her, so of course she’s smiling!)

Catrina wouldn’t be Catrina without a wildly decorated hat. The one on Jone’s Catrina has a hat covered with miniature flowers. Jone cleverly crafts them from scraps of decorative paper, book pages, small millenary items, and fake flowers she’s taken apart and repurposed. She’s delighted to show you her tricks.  

Part of the fun of working with Jone is learning her ingenious methods and seeing the unusual tools she makes from commonplace objects. Plus, you never know what whimsical touch she might dream up during class!

COVID Safety
Due to the limited size of the classroom, social distancing will not be possible. Attendees of the class are welcome to wear masks. Help keep community members and our staff safe, please do not attend the class if you are feeling sick. Please contact twohandsclasses@gmail.com ahead of time if you have specific questions regarding class covid safety.

Class Materials

Please bring the following materials:

• Optional: scissors for fine cutting
• Optional: apron
• Optional: a brown bag lunch for the short lunch break
• Optional: tweezers for working with small things

Class Materials Include:

• J one’s signature booklet of charming designs and instructions.
• Peg doll and forms
• Set of acrylic paint and brushes, water jars, paper towels etc for painting
• Wooden skewer, craft glue, black pen, and other tools
• Hat template plus lots of this and that to make the flowers for Catrina’s hat
• Tissue paper for a tiny Paper Picado banner

Note that Jone will bring some of her small wonders to sell directly to students. Payment directly to her.

Class Refund/Cancellation Policy

Cancellations made up to 14 days prior to the first class meeting will be refunded or, at the participant's option, used to pay for another class. Two Hands Paperie will retain a $10 processing fee for EACH class cancelled by a participant. After 14 days, there is no refund or credit. In addition, the fee for a class cancelled within this 14-day timeframe by a participant cannot be transferred to pay for another class. These policies are to ensure that teachers are compensated for their investment in materials and in time spent preparing for the class. We reserve the right to cancel a class if fewer than 3 students enroll 48 hours prior to the scheduled class time. If for any reason Two Hands Paperie cancels a class, students will be called at the phone number on file and refunded the FULL class fee.

Instructor Bio

Santa Fe artist Jone Hallmark, who says of herself, “I tend to work in a two-inch square!”, has created her own little world of magical delights. Each tiny wonder – from the cleverest fox or hedgehog to a charming parade of flower-bearing young girls – is handcrafted from paper clay, wire, wood, and other tiny bits and pieces. Her sophisticated yet simple designs show the influence of both her father’s Scandinavian heritage and the intricate painted miniatures she collected when living in Switzerland. Her affinity for using small, ordinary objects comes from her mom, also a graphic designer and artist. She taught Jone that you can make just about anything you want instead of going to a store to buy it. Jone’s creative life started on the floor of her father’s studio, where she sat as a child surrounded by brushes, paints, and a treasure of paper. Her passion for design eventually led to work developing store displays, award-winning lines of decorated papers, and the beloved Bryce and Madeline stickers. One day, after twenty years of licensing her artwork for other people’s products, Jone realized that she needed to get back to basics and simplify. In that moment, her tiny little world was born. Now she spends her time teaching, drawing, painting, and making huge messes on every available flat surface. Visit Jone's Instagram: @jonehallmark