Silver City Museum continued its monthly Saturday morning crafts events to entice younger museum goers to visit. This time, instructor Judy Menefee led the kids and several adults through drawing and painting a Mimbres design on a paper plate, then on a dried coyote gourd and then onto a tile, which she would later glaze for the participants.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
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Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Gabriel Comeaux, 7, concentrates on painting a gourd
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Rebecca Summer works on her design
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Tara McCauley carefully paints a gourd
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Laz McCauley shows off his lizard design
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Alex Comeaux, 10, works on painting a design, which he later washed off and redid it
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Adrian, Alex's twin, 10, carefully paints
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Elizabeth Comeaux, the mother of the Comeaux boys works on her snake design.
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Mary Hokom sketches her design before painting.
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Francie Janson starts painting the sketched design.
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
The group works on their projects. Standing in the white shirt is instructor Judy Menefee.
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
The gourds hanging to dry.
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Adrian sketches out the design for his tile.
Silver City Museum Mimbres Tile Craft July 11 2014
Alex also sketches a design before painting.
