Last week, students spent their time working with objects. They used the theme "Objects, Artifacts, and Things You Leave Behind" to explore media and ways to use symbols to represent a whole host of ideas. It was fun to see students go outside of their comfort zone and try new ways of working (one of the criteria was that they were not allowed to use a material previously used).
The results were both exciting and insightful. You can view some of the highlights below.
The results were both exciting and insightful. You can view some of the highlights below.
My T.: For my art work I used water color with salt, regular paint, and made origami swans/birds. Some techniques i used was when I painted water color on my paper was that I put salt on it to add more detail to make it look more in the daylight time. Art can show the concept of the theme because the artist Mitchell Feinberg uses objects and and things you leave behind in the theme. This artist uses this because in one of their artwork they had cigarettes in it and that is an object you leave behind because once you are done with it you throw it away and don't use it again. In another artwork of theirs they had pills in it and that is an object you use that is also part of the theme.
Samantha K.: For this art piece I used the option of creating your own scratch paper. I drew the actual picture on the original paper with oil pastels and once I was done with that I added paint to the surface of my oil pastel picture. Then I used different designs like circles, crosshatching, and just different lines to make patterns as I scratched of the paint. This picture follows the theme because the two clocks are the times of birth that my brother and I were born at, the water running down off the clocks resemble the tears that were shed during that moment of birth for me and my brother. I was inspired by Mitchell Feinberg because my brothers name is mitchell and I was also inspired by the clocks that he used in two of his pictures. That is my artwork and how I made it.
Matt M.: For this project I chose to use paper golden venture origami to create this American flag. I chose to use this material because I thought it was a really cool thing to make stuff with and we also were not able to use materials that we used in prior projects which left me with little options. I chose to make an American flag out of this because our baseball chose to honor fallen soldiers\police officers so our country has a totally new meaning to me and means a lot. This artwork can show the artists that we studied as well because all the artists used simple objects to make their art and made things with meaning to them or to other people as well. This can show the artist Jim Dine because Jim also chose to use very simple objects to make his unique pieces of artwork like I did in my project.
Sydney C.: The Bubble Gum Movement piece that I have made really fits the project theme, Objects, Artifacts, and Things You Leave Behind because of the materials I have used. Using gum wrappers symbolizes how many just throw away gum wrappers and leave them behind when I decided to change that and make it into a really awesome piece. Then I realized that I had to use a different material and decided that print making was the way to go. Print making is a still life that I can create into my own using a block print. First I took a side shot of my face and then I put into photoshop and traced it on a piece of paper. Then, I rubbed the trace onto the block and then carved it out using the carving tools. I then got inspiration from Andy Warhol to use pop art colors and add the word pop onto the block print. I wanted this piece to be still life and not 3 dimensional. This piece was inspired by Andy Warhol and the idea of leaving bubble gum wrappers behind.
Ella P.: My donut hat that I made for this project show how you can take anting you want and make it into something extraordinary. What I did was take socks and turned them into a donut. I used felt and beads to create frosting and springs to decorate the donuts. Hopefully my artwork and inspire other people to make ordinary object into something cool.
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