2022

A look back at our 2022 sessions at The Lighthouse of Houston. Every piece here was made to be touched — raised, layered and textured, so it can be explored by hand as well as by eye.

September 2022 — Fall Trees

A fall tree canvas held up close: puzzle pieces in bronze, gold and red form the leafy canopy around a real twig trunk, with cotton-wool clouds, green sprinkled grass and gold glitter suns in the sky.
A fall tree canvas resting on the table, its canopy built from cork-backed puzzle pieces in gold, green and red, with amber gems clustered beside the twig trunk and green sprinkled grass below.
An artist holds up a fall tree canvas with a puzzle-piece canopy in red, yellow and gold, a real twig trunk, gold sequins scattered above and cork circles along the grass line.
An artist holds up a fall tree canvas with a gold glitter canopy made from puzzle pieces, a twig trunk, cotton-wool clouds and a bright yellow glitter sun.
An artist sorts pink, red and green puzzle pieces at a divided tray, working at a table set with paint trays.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers working at a long table covered in paint trays, puzzle pieces and canvases in progress.
A fall tree canvas with a canopy of dark puzzle pieces catching the light, a twig trunk, amber gem clusters and green sprinkled grass below.
An artist holds up a fall tree canvas with a canopy of puzzle pieces in red, orange and gold over a twig trunk, with green sprinkled grass at the base.
An artist sorts puzzle pieces into a divided tray by colour, with an orange paint tray nearby on the table.
An artist holds up a canvas of a lakeside scene with pebble stepping stones leading from a twig dock into blue water, green sprinkled grass along the top and a yellow patch at the shore.
An artist paints a blue-green canvas with a strip of green sprinkled grass and a twig laid across the top, working at a table.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated around a long table covered in paint trays, puzzle pieces and materials for the fall tree canvases.
A volunteer helps an artist press puzzle pieces and small gems into a canvas painted with a twig, sky and grass, at a table with paint trays and dried leaves nearby.
An artist and a volunteer sort puzzle pieces into a divided tray by colour, working together at the table.
A volunteer helps an artist glue puzzle pieces onto a canvas already painted with a green and blue landscape and a twig trunk, with a paint tray of yellow and gold puzzle pieces nearby.
An artist presses a mix of puzzle pieces and small gems into wet glue on a blue canvas at a table set with paint trays and dried magnolia leaves.
A volunteer helps an artist decorate a green and blue canvas with a twig laid across it, at a table with paint bottles and a divided tray nearby.
An artist holds up a canvas showing a tree made from gingerbread-coloured puzzle pieces over a twig trunk, with green sprinkled grass and a yellow sun.
A canvas resting on the table, painted blue and green with a twig laid horizontally and sprinkled rice grass along the top edge.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated around a table stocked with twigs, small bins and craft supplies for the session.
A volunteer helps an artist paint a blue canvas with a paintbrush, with trays of puzzle pieces and a phone recording nearby on the table.
A volunteer and an artist look at a canvas together, the artist's hand resting on a scattering of gingerbread-coloured puzzle pieces near a twig trunk.
An artist glues small charms onto a blue canvas decorated with a green grass strip, a twig, and rows of dark puzzle pieces along one edge, with a yellow glitter sun.
A volunteer looks on as an artist presses puzzle pieces and acorns onto a blue and green canvas with a twig trunk.
An artist scoops white glue onto a blue canvas already dotted with dark puzzle pieces, acorns and small red gems, with green grass strips at each side and a twig trunk across the middle.
A volunteer helps an artist paint blue and gold onto a canvas already decorated with a twig trunk and green sprinkled grass.
A volunteer helps an artist trace fingertips through green paint on a partly finished blue and white canvas.
A volunteer helps an artist arrange puzzle pieces and beads on a fall tree canvas, with a plate of loose pieces set on the table.
An artist scoops green paint from a tray onto a canvas with a twig trunk, tray of colourful pom-poms and a green scrubber nearby on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist press a green textured pom-pom onto a canvas already dotted with painted highlights, with a paint tray beside them.
A volunteer helps an artist press a green textured pom-pom onto a canvas dotted with gold paint, with craft supplies spread on tables in the background.
A volunteer helps an artist arrange gingerbread-coloured puzzle pieces onto a canvas with a twig trunk.
Two volunteers work with an artist at a table set with paint trays and dried leaves; one artist paints a blue and gold canvas with a foam brush.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers gathered around several tables covered in craft supplies for the session.
An artist holds a finished beach scene canvas with a shell path leading from a sandy shore into the water, palm-leaf fronds, seashells and a small round charm at one corner.

August 2022 — Beach Scene on Canvas

A volunteer helps an artist press their hands into a sand-textured area on a blue canvas, with a plate of shells and blue gravel on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist press their hands into a sand-textured area on a blue canvas, with shells and blue gravel in a tray on the table.
An artist holds a finished beach scene: a two-tone pink and turquoise sky over sand, decorated with a palm tree made from feathers, seashells along the shoreline and a round charm at one side.
A volunteer and an artist hold up a finished canvas together, decorated with a feather palm tree, a twig trunk, seashells and sand along the base.
A volunteer helps an artist press their hands into sand on a blue canvas, with shells and blue gravel in a tray on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist glue small shells onto a cream-coloured canvas, with a tray of shells, netting and beaded strands on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist press their hands into sand on a blue canvas, with a tray of shells and green feathers on the table.
An artist glues shells onto a canvas already dotted with a cluster of small rhinestones, with a tacky glue bottle and scissors on the table.
An artist paints a two-tone blue ocean scene on a canvas, with a tray of beaded strands, shells and paint supplies on the table.
An artist glues green feathers and small rhinestones onto a pink and turquoise canvas, with tacky glue and scissors on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist paint a blue canvas with sand texture, with beaded strands and shells laid out on a tray on the table.
An artist paints a white canvas with a foam brush, starting a blue horizon line, with beaded strands and shells set out on a tray.
An artist arranges beaded strands and shells on a blank canvas at a table, with a tray of small pearl and turquoise items nearby.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated at several tables working on beach-themed canvases.
A volunteer helps an artist trace lines of blue paint dots on a canvas, forming letters that spell a word, with green feathers and shells nearby on the table.
A volunteer holds up a finished blue and white ocean canvas with a textured sandy shoreline, while an artist presses their hand into a sand-filled tray on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist spread white paint powder over their hands, with a finished blue canvas resting on the table between them.
A volunteer wraps an arm around an artist as they both look closely at a finished blue and white canvas, with a tray of shells and green feathers on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist blend white paint powder onto their hands, with a finished blue canvas on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist blend white paint powder onto their hands over a finished blue canvas.
A volunteer helps an artist paint a row of light blue dots above a dark blue painted band on a canvas, with a green pom-pom charm nearby.
A volunteer works with an artist at a table set with beaded strands, shells and craft supplies in trays.
An artist stands for a photo holding a finished canvas of a green feather palm tree on a beach with shells along the shoreline.
A finished beach canvas with a green feather and cork palm tree, a shell trunk base, and rows of white glue tracing wave patterns on a cream background.
A volunteer and an artist lean close together over a finished dark blue ocean canvas, with a tray of green feathers, shells and beaded strands nearby.
A volunteer helps an artist trace fingers across a finished dark blue canvas, with a tray of shells and green feathers on the table.
A volunteer helps an artist spread blue paint over their hands, with a textured blue and brown canvas on the table.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated at tables working on blank and painted canvases, with craft supplies in trays.
A volunteer helps an artist look closely at a finished canvas with a tray of sand nearby, in a room with rows of chairs in the background.
A volunteer helps an artist paint a row of blue dots above a dark blue painted band on a canvas.
An artist and a volunteer hold up a finished blue and brown textured canvas together, with a tray of shells nearby.
A volunteer helps an artist hold up a finished dark blue canvas, with a tray of shells and beads on the table.
A framed pebble-art beach scene shown on a phone screen, with a shell-and-cloth figure, tiny shell sailboat, sea glass butterflies and a mermaid's purse charm on a sandy shore, used as inspiration for the day's craft.
A volunteer helps an artist paint a row of blue dots above a dark blue painted band on a white canvas, with paint trays and a beaded tray nearby.

June 2022 — Dad Cork Art

Three artists hold up their finished frames side by side: one with cork letters spelling DAD in a blue frame, one with a bottle-cap design in a blue frame, and one with a heart made from painted corks in a red frame.
An artist holds up a framed piece spelling DAD in red corks on a blue background, decorated with small white and gold beads around the border.
Two framed cork pieces side by side: the top in a red frame shows a cork airplane with beaded accents and the number 2025 spelled in cork, the bottom in a blue frame shows a fish shape made from corks on painted blue.
A framed piece covered edge to edge with bottle caps in red, white, blue and green, nestled among colourful pony beads.
A volunteer glues a cork onto a small wooden piece at the table, with a tray of loose corks nearby.
A framed cork piece in a blue frame showing the letter Q formed from wine corks standing upright against a painted blue background.
Artists and volunteers seated around a table covered in trays of corks and beads, gluing pieces onto framed boards.
A wide view of the cork art table, with artists and volunteers arranging corks, pull-tabs and beads on framed boards, tacky glue bottles within reach.
A finished cork art piece: a large number formed from corks and beer bottle caps arranged inside a blue frame, with loose silver beads scattered nearby.
Three artists hold up their finished frames side by side: one with cork letters spelling DAD, one with a cork airplane design, and one with a heart made from painted corks.
A wide view of the cork art table, with artists and volunteers gluing corks and beads onto framed boards, craft supplies spread across the tabletop.
A framed piece with three flower shapes made from red-painted cork slices in a row, bordered by gold beads and small shells on a blue background.
A wide view of the studio near a window overlooking a fountain, with artists and volunteers gathered around a table working on framed cork pieces.
A framed cork art piece shaped like a Christmas tree, with pull-tabs arranged as a star on top and corks stacked below, one marked with the year 2012.
An artist holds up a framed piece densely covered in bottle caps in red, white and blue, arranged among craft foam and small pull-tab accents.
A framed cork piece shaped like a bird, with pull-tabs forming the head and beads scattered at the base against a foam backing.
An artist uses a wood-burning tool to trace a design on a small wooden board clamped to a tray at a table by a window.
A framed cork piece in the shape of a heart, made from cork slices with red bead centres and a rhinestone border, resting on a table.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated around a table covered in trays of corks, beads and craft supplies.
An artist holds up a framed piece spelling DAD in red cork slices on a blue background with a beaded border.
An artist holds a framed piece densely covered in bottle caps arranged in a colourful pattern, standing near a doorway.

May 2022 — Mom’s Paper Flower in Vase

A framed cork art piece with three flowers made from red-painted cork slices in a row, bordered with gold beads on a blue background, held near a doorway.
An artist holds up a small blue bottle decorated with a paper flower on a wire stem, standing in the studio.
An artist holds up a purple-painted bottle decorated with a paper flower and button centre, with a red bowl in the other hand.
An artist and a volunteer work together at a table covered in wire stems, paper flower cutouts and paint bottles for the bottle-and-flower craft.
A volunteer helps an artist glue paper petals onto a wire stem at a table set with floral paper, scissors and paint.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated around several tables working on painted bottles and paper flowers.
An artist holds up a blue-painted bottle with a paper flower and small charm on a wire stem, standing in the studio.
A volunteer helps an artist trace a wire stem onto floral paper at a table set with scissors and paint bottles, with a white cane resting against the chair.
An artist holds a pink-painted bottle with a purple paper flower on a wire stem, smiling for the photo.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated around several tables working on painted bottles decorated with paper flowers.
A volunteer shows a small purple charm to an artist, with tables of sock bunnies, glue and craft supplies around them.
Two volunteers each hold a finished sock bunny wearing wire dragonfly antennae, one pink and one blue, standing near a table of craft supplies.
A young artist wearing sunglasses and a red bandanna sits with a boy at a table, a whiteboard and a support cane visible behind them.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated at tables making sock bunnies from white socks stuffed with rice and cotton.
A volunteer helps a young artist fill a white sock with rice at a table set with trays of rice, glue and ribbon.

April 2022 — Sock Bunnies

A volunteer wearing a shirt reading See the ABILITY works with two young artists at a table covered in trays of rice and cotton for the sock bunny craft.
A volunteer looks on as a young artist holds a small blue jar of beads, with bowls of craft supplies and twine spools on the table.
A finished white sock bunny decorated with a bow of lace and burlap, standing on a table beside a partly finished bunny and a glue bottle.
An artist holds a white sock bunny decorated with a blue glitter butterfly and a pink pom-pom nose, seated at a table.
An artist blows on a tissue to dry glue on a finished sock bunny decorated with buttons and a pink and green ribbon bow.
Artists and a volunteer at a table gluing charms onto sock bunnies, with a cotton-stuffed lavender charm and craft supplies spread across the table.
An artist holds up a finished sock bunny decorated with a blue glitter butterfly, pastel bead bracelet and pink ribbon collar, standing near a storage door.
A row of finished sock bunnies lined up on a windowsill, decorated with butterfly wings, ribbon bows and pom-pom noses, alongside a set of small painted bunny figurines.
An artist sits smiling at a table with a finished white sock bunny decorated with a blue glitter butterfly and a small bunny figurine beside it.
An artist wipes their face with a tissue at a table, a partly finished sock bunny decorated with a pink ribbon bow resting in front of them.
An artist dries a finished sock bunny with a tissue at a table, with a volunteer and another artist working nearby.
A volunteer speaks to a group of artists and volunteers gathered around a long table with sock bunnies, rice and glue supplies.
A volunteer helps an artist tie a ribbon onto a partly finished sock bunny at a table set with bowls of beads.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers gathered around several tables making sock bunnies, rice and cotton spread across the tabletops.
A finished pair of sock bunnies on a table, one with a pink butterfly and ribbon collar, the other with a blue bow, alongside two small bunny figurines.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated at tables making sock bunnies, rows of stacked chairs along the windows behind them.
An artist sits at a table with a finished white sock bunny decorated with a purple glitter butterfly and a pink pom-pom nose.
An artist holds a cotton-wool ball near a finished sock bunny decorated with a button face and ribbon bow, a volunteer helping alongside them.
A volunteer talks with a young artist at a table set with a finished sock bunny, glue and a bowl of rice, other artists working nearby.
A young artist threads a green bead onto a pipe cleaner at a table, seated among other artists and a volunteer.
A volunteer helps two young artists at a table covered in green pipe cleaners and bowls of beads for a craft.
An artist threads red beads onto a wire, working closely at the table with a volunteer nearby.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated at a long table making sock bunnies, rows of empty chairs along the windows.
An artist looks closely at a finished sock bunny decorated with buttons and a ribbon bow, resting on the table in front of them.
An artist holds a finished sock bunny with big googly eyes, a pink pom-pom nose and an orange button, smiling for the camera.
An artist holds a finished sock bunny with ribbon ears and a butterfly charm close to their face.
An artist smiles while holding a finished sock bunny with googly eyes, a pink pom-pom nose and an orange button on its body.
A wide view of the studio, with artists and volunteers seated at a long table making sock bunnies, cotton and craft supplies spread across the tabletop.
An artist sits at a table with a finished sock bunny decorated with a purple butterfly and green ribbon bow, a volunteer smiling beside them.
A young artist smiles while holding a finished sock bunny with a purple butterfly, googly eyes and a pink pom-pom nose.
An artist presses their hands into a partly finished sock shape at the table, a volunteer looking on and another sock bunny visible nearby.
A volunteer sits with two artists at a table set with green pipe cleaners and a finished sock bunny with a ribbon bow.

We meet once a month on a Saturday from 1–3 PM at The Lighthouse of Houston, 3602 W Dallas St, Houston, TX 77019. The program is free to all participants and no experience is needed. Phone: 713-824-8424 · Email: Creatingwithblindabandon@gmail.com