Pocket People

Have you ever wished you could have access to certain people in certain situations?  A parent during a moment of uncertainty?  A best friend in a moment of suffering?  A sibling during a moment of celebration? This project helps us identify the people we count on for support.  Then, we make small sculptures of the people to carry in our pocket.  In this way, we know we have a support system and we're not alone.  

This activity takes 1-3 hours, depending on the amount of reading art, children's literature, and discussions used.  Originally, this project was part of the "Designing The Professional" course at Stanford University and those students use wooden clothes pins as shown at left.  The materials used to represent the people aren't important; they can be stones, sticks, or sculpted from clay, just to name a few possibilities.  The emphasis is on the idea and the feelings involved, not the sculpture skills nor the sculptural outcome. ​
This is the step-by-step lesson.  
​This project can typically be done in 1-3 hours
These are three images to be read for meaning,
​preparing the viewer for discussions of caring and support.
Book recommendations for the project
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