On this last day of 2013, I wanted to re-cap my first year-long online class, “Year of the Giraffe.” The “creativity experiment” was to spend the year approaching the giraffe in many different creative media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, writing, and sewing. Here are just a few samples of the wonderful work created this year!
Thank you to each and every one of you who participated in the class — and those of you who cheered from the sidelines. It was a really special class. Sandra Moreano said, “Carla, I consider you a life time friend and know you feel the same about all of us.” (She’s right!)
This year, the assignments were:
January – “Draw the Giraffe”
February – “The Mixed-Media Giraffe”
March – “Sew the Giraffe”
April – “Once Upon a Giraffe”
May – “Color Me Giraffe” (collage)
June – “Paint the Giraffe”
July – “Sculpt the Giraffe”
August – “Photograph the Giraffe”
September – “Animate the Giraffe”
October – “Multi-Giraffing (various assignments)
November – “NaGirWrMo” (writing)
December – “Timeline Journal the Giraffe”
Please enjoy the following artwork created by participants in the class; click the photos to take you to the flickr listings. (Also, there were SO MANY to choose from… this is just a tiny, tiny sampling. If you would like to see more, go here and here!)
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January - “Draw the Giraffe”
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walyerina
Serena Mira Asta
Joan Louise
Lisa Firke
Cheryl Ann
Erin Ibbertson
Planet Dyann
Amber Church
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February - “The Mixed-Media Giraffe”
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Stacey Replinger
Lianne Evers
Lynn
Arlene Horvath
lenelave
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March - “Sew the Giraffe”
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Sophie Qandil
Catherine
P. McVay
Sasha DeWitt
Hélène Villeneuve
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April – “Once Upon a Giraffe”
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Jay Worling
eva-ucgatwork
Carollwc
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May – “Color Me Giraffe”
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Carol
Currie Silver
Jutta Müller
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June – “Paint the Giraffe”
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Cheryl Razmus
gmvh1
Corrine Bekker
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July – “Sculpt the Giraffe”
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Jogglers
Lynn
SJ Willis
Currie Silver
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August – “Photograph the Giraffe”
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Crimson43
Sandra Moreano
Anne
Susan Hartl
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September – “Animate the Giraffe”
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Click below to watch our collaborative animation!
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October – “Multi-Giraffing”
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Jill Kuhn
Deb Nichol
Marlene
becuzilikeit
Lilydendron
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November – “NaGirWrMo”
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Birthe
Deb
Corrine
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December – “Timeline Journal the Giraffe”
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Jutta
Jill Kuhn
And I’ll end this post with…
… some shrinky-dink giraffes…
Martina
… a belated Christmas Giraffe by Eva…
… and the Tallest Giraffe in the World! (becuzilikeit):
Thank you, everyone, for a super fun giraffe-y year!
xoxo, Carla
This is absolutely wonderful! Thanks Carla!
It brings back so many warm memories. Such a gift to be apart of this special creative journey!
xoxo
Jill K
I’m very impressed. What an amazing adventure!
Thank you Carla, this is a wonderful recap, and I loved how the animation came out.
wow, what stunning, beautiful and incredible variety of giraffes! I loved looking at all of these. I think all the people who participated did a FANTASTIC job!!
You had some wonderfully inventive participants — so much fun! — thanks for sharing.
Wow, thanks for sharing, It is a great pleasure to look to all these giraffe’s. Sooooo creative! All love all the work!
Thank you Carla for a great project and for the inspiring idea that’s triggered off such great work. I agree with Sandra , you have become my friend for life. I also want to congratulate all the people that have taken part in this adventure.
I’m looking forward to participating in The Year of the Fairy Tale!
Wonderful to see it all together, thanks for that Carla!
(And a great incentive to start putting together my own favorites!).
Thank you Carla!!!! It was an awesome experience. To share it with a bunch of great people was even better. This class turned 2013 into my most creative year since I was a student…and I am 60 now!
Can’t way for the fairies….
eva
Thank you Carla for sharing , and congratulations to the artists !
Happy new year !
Thank you Carla! It has been an amazing year! Love, love love this year!
Amazing talent! Now I am jealous that I missed out! :D
Carla, you are an amazing teacher! I love seeing all of the diversity and creative works of your students. I finally finished up all of my Blobimal books, but have not posted all the results. I am planning to take your 2014 Fairytale class…a Christmas gift from my husband…can’t wait…so excited!
It has been an amazing year. I can’t believe how many talented artists were in that group! :) T’was such a fun!!! Thanks Carla for sharing all those images. :D
What a fascinating collection of inspired work from my co giraffees. I had a great year! Thanks so much Carla for all you brought forth from us
you are truly wonderful barbara
A lovely selection! It was a joy being a participant (well, at least before I embarked on “The Year I Was Unwell”), as well as watching everyone else’s wonderful work unfold.
Thanks for sharing the Year of the Giraffe with all of us!! Some of these giraffes are soooo amazing and I salute those who were able to finish the full year of creativity.
Beautiful work, thank you for sharing. Your students really worked hard.
I adore these!!! so wonderful!!
FANTABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! Visual delights.
These works of art are so amazing and wonderful! I am very happy that my husband surprised me this christmas with the online class “Year of the Fairy Tale”.
Best wishes
Elis
I want to thank you for this year of the giraffe! I learned so much, and it was so fun to share this year with all those creative and wonderful women! It was a very unique kind of meeting and sharing experiences for a wohle year!