Shawnee Mission East High School - Hauberk Yearbook (Prairie Village, KS)

Page 26 text:

W ' endie Chaffee, senior wood chopper, discovers the way to relieve inner tensions during crafts class. CREATION A LA MODE The recipe was simple. Take imagina- tion, enough to stimulate an idea, add gen- erous cups of talent, mix well with ability, patience, and practice; and before long the arts and crafts department was cooking up portfolios canvassing each method and media. The elementary forms of dot drawings served as appetizers for reviving summer- rested wits and unpracticed hands, but they lacked the savor which developed from color theory, lithography, and the experience that came from working with oil mediums. Brew from the crafts kitchens boasted zesty samples of silver jewelry and sculpture while ceramics baked in the kiln. The total picture was one of a well-bal- anced diet of combined techniques learned in both areas of study. Marti Elsen tries to create a cut by number woodblock for her next arts and crafts project. Carol Brient Peter Perdaris With a Dr. Frankenstein countenance, Mr. Perdaris watches his drawings come to life. 22 -

Page 25 text:

Gathering crumbs of knowledge for mental nourishment. Rejecting imperfect expressions. Focusing attention on noteworthy subjects. -21

Page 27 text:

With pens, pencils, and India ink apprentice artists create concrete displays of abstract ideas. Miss Brient and Yvonne Biocchi find cupboard clean- ing a necessary evil for the success of a year in crafts. A crafty ring maker contemplates the problem of get- ting a custom-made class ring without paying for it. Chuck Hecke disregards previously established techniques by attempting to file a fingernail on the emery machine. Mrs. Brient and Judy Redman, performing pseudo sink duty, en- gage in a quest for the hot water among the many faucets. 23-