Explore your creativity in a workshop making masks, figures, puppets and whimsical objects. Workshops are designed for adults and children of all ages.

 These masks were completed in a 4 week (8 hour) workshop.

 

Marlene Pyykkö, artist and workshop facilitator at Manatee Studio, offers sculpture workshops in the Greater Vancouver area.

 

ARTIST COLLABORATIONS    -    GROUP CLASSES    -    INDIVIDUAL MENTORING     -    PERSONAL CREATIVE EXPLORATION

Finnwest 2011 - Finnish-Canadian Grand Festival

Marlene and her puppet, Mareku, will be meandering and mingling with the crowds at the Finnish cultural event where there will be Finnish music of all genres, lectures, a market and Finnish delicacies to enjoy. It all takes place Friday to Sunday, July 29-31, 2011 at the Scandinavian Centre in Burnaby, BC.  For details, follow this link: http://www.finnwest2011.com/

 

 

Creative collaborations with Artists and  performers

Available on contract or collaboration with artists and organizations

Props, masks, sets and a wide variety of creative problem-solving in  collaboration with artists of all stripes. Anything that requires a three dimensional solution. Design, play, crafting, brain-storming.

 

PRIVATE and  group WORKSHOPS CAN BE BOOKED

Mask-Making or Whimsical Figures

You can arrange a mask-making (or other sculpture) workshop for yourself or a group of friends -- children ages 7 and up and adults of all ages. 

For more information or to design a package to suit your needs, please contact Marlene by telephone at 778-834-9943 or email.

Creative play takes our minds to places we have never been, pioneering new paths that the real world can follow. --Dr. Stuart Brown in Play, How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul