submitted to CreatIVe Chaos 07/03/08; go Los!
the lovely Melissa Gray-Genter w/ five foot flannel graph Jesus
Easter 2008: The idea – life sized, retro flannel graph/drama of the Resurrection story. Juxtaposed with vignette of a person’s faith journey, questioning it all.
Designed more towards the unincorporated Christian thought process. Also acknowledging that those two-times a year Christians hear the same story, over and over, and over again…
Go to CrossCurrent.org (please ignore how ancient the site looks, we are re-designing) and click to watch…03.28.2008 Easter (Note: Drama Flannel Graph Memories included) Sorry we aren't able to directly link it here...
We are a creative bunch of people in our group. We gather to craft more experiential design into our worship is hysterically fun! That Friday, we were so excited. Our small flannel graph pieces had finally arrived. We carefully cut out the various figures we would need. Five figures in all. The tomb and stone, the guard, Mary, the angel and Jesus. And laid them out lovingly on the dining room table.Then off the garage to built an 8 foot by 8 foot flannel graph board. We used two 8’ x 4’ plywood panels and stretched and stapled lengths of sky blue flannel.Evidently, according the great Wikipedia, it’s the fluffy side (on the board) placed against the fluffy side (of the characters) that provides the traction that holds the figures to the board. We were having a blast, we were slap happy as we were trying to figure out which side of the flannel was nappy (fluffy). When one gal, with her finger held in the air said,
“Wait, I’ll go get Jesus, He’ll know which side is fluffy”.
Problem solved. Jesus to the rescue.Good start, got the board done. Going to paint the green grass later that week.The following week we are blew up the flannel graph set pieces from 6 ½“ up to, oh say, about five feet (life sized, right?).Then all the sudden I realized 5’ tall angel, 8’ x 8’ background. Then we add the other life sized figures of tomb, stone, guard, Je-sus, M-a-r-y…Oh no, how in the world are we going to fit all those pieces onto the board? Literally, can we stop the presses!
Friday, we’re back at it again. We cut the blown-up/high res. figures and hot glued them to poster board, then cut all the flannel graph pieces out. In the end, we figured it all out. But, warning this is what happens when you have a bunch of creative people doing math.
It was a hysterical design element...
Always remember, God gifts the called...
Hot glue guns, cutting out rocks, creating a 5 foot flannel graph Jesus.
Now that’s what I am talking about…
(shout-out to the writers, drama team, tech team and pPod...)
the lovely Melissa Gray-Genter w/ five foot flannel graph Jesus
Easter 2008: The idea – life sized, retro flannel graph/drama of the Resurrection story. Juxtaposed with vignette of a person’s faith journey, questioning it all. Designed more towards the unincorporated Christian thought process. Also acknowledging that those two-times a year Christians hear the same story, over and over, and over again…
Go to CrossCurrent.org (please ignore how ancient the site looks, we are re-designing) and click to watch…03.28.2008 Easter (Note: Drama Flannel Graph Memories included) Sorry we aren't able to directly link it here...
We are a creative bunch of people in our group. We gather to craft more experiential design into our worship is hysterically fun! That Friday, we were so excited. Our small flannel graph pieces had finally arrived. We carefully cut out the various figures we would need. Five figures in all. The tomb and stone, the guard, Mary, the angel and Jesus. And laid them out lovingly on the dining room table.Then off the garage to built an 8 foot by 8 foot flannel graph board. We used two 8’ x 4’ plywood panels and stretched and stapled lengths of sky blue flannel.Evidently, according the great Wikipedia, it’s the fluffy side (on the board) placed against the fluffy side (of the characters) that provides the traction that holds the figures to the board. We were having a blast, we were slap happy as we were trying to figure out which side of the flannel was nappy (fluffy). When one gal, with her finger held in the air said,
“Wait, I’ll go get Jesus, He’ll know which side is fluffy”.
Problem solved. Jesus to the rescue.Good start, got the board done. Going to paint the green grass later that week.The following week we are blew up the flannel graph set pieces from 6 ½“ up to, oh say, about five feet (life sized, right?).Then all the sudden I realized 5’ tall angel, 8’ x 8’ background. Then we add the other life sized figures of tomb, stone, guard, Je-sus, M-a-r-y…Oh no, how in the world are we going to fit all those pieces onto the board? Literally, can we stop the presses!
Friday, we’re back at it again. We cut the blown-up/high res. figures and hot glued them to poster board, then cut all the flannel graph pieces out. In the end, we figured it all out. But, warning this is what happens when you have a bunch of creative people doing math.
It was a hysterical design element...
Always remember, God gifts the called...
Hot glue guns, cutting out rocks, creating a 5 foot flannel graph Jesus.
Now that’s what I am talking about…
(shout-out to the writers, drama team, tech team and pPod...)
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