Assemblage with Found Objects 1F25
Old wooden boxes, paper ephemera, sewing notions, and family snapshots and keepsakes; these are just some of the materials that can be used, with a little creativity, ingenuity, and glue, to make an assemblage. This class will teach students how to make their own assemblages with found objects from their home and second-hand shops. Whether it be a photo of a great aunt, a collection of buttons, or parts of a old kitchen gadget, students will find new meaning and (re)purpose in all things both cherished and banal.
Through demonstrations students will learn about assemblage making in both practical and aesthetic terms. Students will have the chance to talk about the items they would like to use for their work and possible themes for their assemblage.
Skip (no class): 10/16/25
Skip (no class): 11/30/25 (Thanksgiving weekend)
Amy Hitchcock
Amy can usually be found in second hand-shops collecting. She loves vintage bisque doll parts, sewing notions, old photos of strangers and rusty nails.
Along the way her assemblages and collages have been shown in various open studio events, businesses, museums and galleries in Greater Boston.
Amy studied anthropology and art history in college and has a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree from Harvard University Extension School. She has taught at the Eliot School since 2009, and finds great joy showing others the ins and outs of mixed media art.
- Wooden box to create assemblage in (for example: wooden cigar boxes, small wooden drawers, vintage jewelry boxes)
- Found objects from your home or second hand shops. Etsy and ebay are also good sources. See Amy's website to see the kind of found objects she uses in her assemblages: https://www.amyhitchcock.com
- Photographs - you can use originals or copies
- Assorted papers. For example: decorative papers, maps, vintage ephemera
- x-acto knife
- 8 oz acrylic gel medium, matte finish (liquitex or golden). Make sure its not "ultra matte" or "heavy". Example: https://www.dickblick.com/items/liquitex-gel-medium-matte-8-oz-jar/
- 1 ½” or 2" plastic putty knife
- Small sketchbook
- Nylon flat brushes. Recommended size 1 ½’ and ½” wide.
OPTIONAL (Instructor will go over these in the first class.)
- Acrylic paints
- Balsa Wood sheets ⅛” thick and ¼” thick