Sampler: Make Your Own Mini Framed Artwork SAT
Sampler | Registration opens 5/6/2025 7:00 AM MDT
In this introductory course students will learn how to make miniature framed works of art using various materials. In the end students will leave with a miniature framed artwork and a better understanding of working with miniatures. Bring your own miniature work of art to frame or make something small day of. Students will learn the basics of working at a small scale, sketching out their ideas and translating it into it's physical form, and how to properly use an X-acto knife to cut clean crisp lines.
Introductions
Materials Overview
Brainstorming and Sketching Plans
Construction of the frames
Framing of the Miniature Works of Art
Required Materials:
X-acto knife with extra blades
Self-healing cutting mat (any size)
Straight edge ruler
Pencil and Eraser
Elmers All Purpose Glue
Small paint brushes
Supplied Materials:
Chip board
Seed Beads
Gold, Silver, Black, and White Acrylic Paint
Various art supplies to make miniature works of art to frame
Optional Materials:
Miniature artwork to frame
Magnets to adhere to the back of your frame if you’d like to display them on a magnetic surface
Becky Wareing-Steele
Becky Wareing Steele is an artist living and working in Denver, Colorado specializing in small scale sculpture and public art. Her work deals with the commonalities that exist in our shared experiences through the examination of scale and environment. Through her sculptural and photographic work with 1:160 scale figures and 1:12 scale objects she explores the impact of scale and how it affects our perception of the world around us. This impact can also be found in the way we perceive ourselves in our environment.
In more recent series she has developed narrative components to accompany the works, allowing the viewer to connect with the piece on a deeper level. Using settings familiar and accessible to everyone is a key component of her work. Through this process she is able to alter the way people view everyday situations, seemingly mundane at times, and invite the viewer to think about their place in the environment by altering the scale.
Wareing Steele holds a BA in Art History from Colorado State University with a focus on Intuit Art.