Instructional/Demonstration

Animation in the Classroom – VHS

Crystal Productions. 14 minutes. Grades K-12. Explores simple ways to create animation without a camera. Shows how to make basic devices to illustrate “persistence of vision”, which allows the eye to blend images and create an ill... More.

Tessellations: How to Create Them – VHS

20 minutes. Grade 6 to adult. Jim McNeill introduces basic tessellation concepts and examples of historic tessellations as well as examples of his own work. He then presents a step-by-step demonstration creating simple tessellations with ... More.

Mobiles: How to Create Them – VHS

Crystal Productions. 34 minutes. Grades 7-12. Demonstrates how to create dynamic mobiles with easily obtained materials. Introduces the history of mobiles developed by Alexander Calder. Shows construction of three types of mobiles: articulate... More.

Sculpting with Paper – VHS

Crystal Productions. 34 minutes. Grades K-8. Inspire students to create innovative sculptures with basic materials. Peggy Flores demonstrates the sculpting processes of scoring, cutting, folding, and curling paper. She then shows how students... More.

Paper Mosaics – VHS

Crystal Productions. 21 minutes. Grades K-8. Peggy Flores is the host of this great introduction to the art of creating mosaics with cut paper shapes. She demonstrates how to make a mosaic portrait by selecting different colored papers for th... More.

Optical Illusions: How to Create Them – VHS

Crystal Productions. 24 minutes. Grades K-8. Optical illusions play tricks with the eye and is an abstract art based on mathematics. This program will show students how to make optical illusions by demonstrating “moving lines”, sh... More.

Peggy Flores Videos – Set of 10

Grade K to adult. Peggy Flores has taught art for 16 years and has been a presenter at numerous art education conferences. These videos present projects that encourage experimentation to maintain a high level of craftsmanship. Set includes Tis... More.