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Plasticine -The Spirit of Matter, Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics Modeling clay is a flexible plastic sculpturing material that comes in the shape of blocks in all colors. It has...
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Gouache - The Spirit of Matter -Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics Gouache is a soluble pigmented liquid or paste. It offers many creative options, as different colors blend well...
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The Atelier and the 100 Languages - Roberta Pucci
The identity of the space called atelier , within the educational field, originates from the theory of the Hundred Languages, which...
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Markers’ Explorations - Roberta Pucci
Roberta Pucci, markers They are in almost every home, school and backpack. They are attractive and easy to use. It is not necessary to...
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Charcoal - The Spirit of Matter, Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics Vine charcoal is a black, dark natural material produced from partially burned trees. It is fragile and brittle....
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Wax Crayons - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics These crayons are made of wax, which bonds the pigments. Significant pressure will result in intense colors, and...
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Aquarelle- The Spirit of Matter, Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Aquarell by Nona Orbach, 2020 12X18 cm. Medium Characteristics Watercolors can be found as solid cakes in a pan or as an ointment in tiny...
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Pencils - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics A pencil is a simple linear medium. The graphite lead (indicated by a number marked on the pencil) and the...
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Markers - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics Colored markers give a very clear line while applying only light pressure. The colorful line of the marker is...
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Ink and Sumi - The Spirit of Matter - Orbach and Galkin, 1997
Medium Characteristics The Western black ink - Indian ink - comes in small bottles and is diluted in water. It can produce many rich...
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Needle Felting - Tova Goren
A Therapeutic Process with Evacuees in the "Safe Studio,” Israel, 2024 After the October 7th attack and the subsequent war that broke out...
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Journals, Notebooks, and Ledgers - Amira Or
In recent years, many art therapists have begun to use art journals. Unlike conventional art surfaces, ledgers or journals are readily...
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Junk - Roni Gonen Simchoni
She enters the studio, closes the door behind her, and immediately goes to the table. Beside the table, there is a large box with...
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Healing through Impermanence – Nomi Tannhauser
Plasticine as a means of dealing with life’s passages My journey with plasticine began when I was teaching the art of color mixing to my...
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A wave of a hand - Anat Schreiber
When I was nine years old, during the languid days of summer vacation, my mother enrolled me in a painting workshop just a short walk...
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An art & sandplay therapist's creative origins - Lenore F. Steinhardt
PHILOSOPHY OF SPONTANEOUS IMAGE-MAKING WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT A wide sandy beach off the Atlantic Ocean was my first studio. Throughout my childhood, I played there, sculpting and drawing in the sand. I was unaware that countless generations of children before me, even centuries ago, had played on this same beach with this same sand, and created forms, mounds, tunnels and holes, that probably resembled my own. The children of my generation had limited art materials and often p
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Babe - Ron Geva
It’s Monday. Gali appears at the doorway in her pyjamas. “Slime!” The glue cap is stuck, it has been fused to its body since last Monday....
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Dancing with Clay - Ron Geva
You have to go down the emergency stairs to get to the shelter. The ceramics studio is located in the basement. Each step descends into...
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Magic, Mystery, and Spells - Amira Or, 1998
Turmoil in the room – wet sand, a pool of glue, newspapers, hammer and nails. Paint stains on the carpet and on my skirt. I’m on the...
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In the protected room - Amira Or
Crammed in the protected room with my partner, my patient, my son and my grandchildren My partner, my patient, and I lean on the concrete...
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