Tuesday, January 12, 2010

 

Critters

A while back  my friend Eve also introduced me to the Critter workshop at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds  Ford, PA where I became a Volunteer Critter artist.
Throughout the year some 80 volunteers are busy  gathering, drying and creating figurines made with only naturally  grown materials.

On the first weekend in December the Museum has its annual Critter Sale and people stand in line to get in to buy them as gifts or to add to their private collection. Those Critters have  become beloved collector items often displayed on a Christmas Tree. In 1984 the volunteers were invited to the Reagan White House to decorate the main Christmas Tree.This tradition continues at the Museum where all Christmas Trees are decorated with Critters often using a theme like Angels, or Dr. Seuss figures...They continue to bring joy to the Museum visitiors and collectors alike.

Comments:
Heidi...these critters are absolutely FANTASTIC!!! man!!...the penguin is great...does he have a cape on? They are so loveable...and they look real...Remember ...i went and collected teasel all around my house 2 years ago?! haha..i never did it...it takes a lot of discipline to trim the teasel and turn them into critters! Love Colleen
 
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