Instructional/Demonstration

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 illus... More.

Self-Portraits – VHS

Crystal Productions. 25 minutes. Grades K-8. Art educator Peggy Flores shows how to make a self-portrait from a mirror image with correct placement of facial features. She also demonstrates ... More.

Paper Mosaics – VHS

Crystal Productions. 24 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 p... More.

Sculpting with Paper – VHS

Crystal Productions. 24 minutes. Grades K-8. Inspire students to create innovative sculptures with basic materials. Peggy Flores demonstrates the sculpting processes of scoring, cutting, fol... 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. Show... 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 d... More.

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”, wh... More.