Pray For Paris

What- Pray for Paris. For the terrorist attacks and the lost of loved ones, a nation that has been loyal and an ally to the United States. Pray for the people and for world peace. 
Why- Terrorist attacks will continue to destroy lives and start war, innocent lives will be lost and important monuments will be destroyed. Pray that Paris, as well as the rest of the world, will find peace and stop terrorizing innocent nations.
How- Prayer!! The whole world needs to pray for peace!!

My hatred towards terrorist attacks have only grown since this project. Hearing the news about Paris, France made me want to contribute in an art piece about how I feel towards the topic. I never got the chance to tell Paris how I feel because I don't live there. Pray for Paris!

These were my favorite pieces in the Museum :) I really liked the painting of Jesus and his followers. The white background makes the paint look clear and 'pop'. I also liked the shape the artist used for this piece. Jesus is the central focus with an even number of two people beside Him. My favorite piece was the "Two Figures" it reminded me of a poem called the road less traveled by because the black "figures" look like two roads in a yellow wood. The next picture is a statue I saw outside... I thought his facial expression and pose looked funny because its almost like he's complaining about something. And finally, my reaction to the last piece was amazement. I love the meaning behind the artwork and how clean and crisp it looks. Using glass and white clothe makes it look so pure and beautiful.

Non-Traditional Material

~If We Burn You Burn With Us~

For my non traditional material I used candle wax and fire. My idea was to make the mocking jay symbol from the famous series, The Hunger Games. My favorite book from the series was the second, Catching Fire. In Catching Fire, Katniss, the main character, is seen as a symbol for winning the Hunger Games. Her symbol is the Mockingjay pin and she is called the girl on fire. I thought making a stencil out of the Mockingjay pin would be an awesome start. Once I got started on that I thought of different materials I could use to "paint" it on. Wax first came to mind because its somewhat easy to work with and it stays packed on. I used orange wax for the entire base but thought it needed more. Then I burned red and yellow crayons and dripped them over the orange base to create a more elaborate look. After all that was done I still thought something was missing..... FIRE. I wanted to burn my piece because of the Catching Fire symbol. After the bottom edges were burned and there were burn marks all up the sides of the board, I thought it was perfect... :)

post modern princicples

For my post modern principles, I used play-doh to demonstrate different ideas/principles. The first picture demonstrates "text". I rolled out different lengths of play-doh and created the words faith and saves. Then I put faith vertically and saves horizontally. Now it reads faith saves in the shape of a cross.
For my second principle, I demonstrated "hybridity".  I made your favorite animal the zonkey!! Which is obviously a hybrid between a zebra and a donkey.
For my third post modern principle, I wanted to incorporate juxtaposition. You didn't capture a picture of it but my idea was to make scissors out of play-doh. This is juxtaposition because everyone knows soft items cannot cut through paper! :)

"The Best Art Supply Store Doesn't Sell Art Supplies"

• What if you didn't need any store for art supplies? Like using juice for watercolor or sticks outside for a sculpture? 

This bear is made out of pine needles.. I love the idea of making animals out of something you can find in the wilderness.

•  Another cool idea is using noodles to sculpt a face. Noodles (when cooked) are smooth and easily bendable. Sculpting something with them would be incredibly easy...

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  • What if a bird could be made out of feathers? That would be interesting because it would look so realistic considering birds have feathers...
    
    • Carving books or burning books to create another aspect of art is so fascinating because it's something unexpected. You wouldn't think destroying a book would have anything to do with art until you see the final piece.  
    
    
    
    
    
    • Using wax is one of my favorites... melting wax can create a sculpture or even be used for paint. Different types of art can be made out of wax, one of my favorites is the melted crayon art, which has become very popular over the years.
      

my favorite post modern principles

Interaction of text and image is one of my favorite post modern principles. The idea of a picture and text coming together to interplay between two elements is great for things like ads, commercials, logos, and banners. It is simple, and to the point where the viewer can understand the meaning and appreciate the combination. 

Hybridity is also another interesting concept where today's artists see the continuity of their bodies of work as the themes they explore, rather than the particular media they use. Two concepts can come together to work as one main idea. Many artists routinely incorporate various media into their pieces, whatever is required to fully investigate the subject.

The term juxtaposition is useful in helping students to discuss the familiar shocks of contemporary life in which images and objects from various realms and sensibilities come together in intentional clashes or in random happenings. I like juxtaposition because it is interesting to see what two opposites can come together to create a different perspective on objects.

What is our purpose?

Before I created a question, I had to think of different significant words that had an underlying meaning. One of the words that came to mind was useless. What makes us useless? Are people born useless? Are there objects in life that are useless? The more I thought about it, the more I realized that everything is useless until given a purpose. I thought of different examples like how a seed turns into a flower or how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly and how they were once nothing special, but now something beautiful and purposeful. My favorite idea was how an ugly, fat pig turns into delicious, beautiful bacon. I decided to create this image by using colored pencils, paper, scissors, and glue. The bacon now demonstrates how the pig's purpose was to make food.

is art without meaning decoration?

I think that not everyone may interpret the meaning of art in the same way. A piece of artwork is different for everyone who encounters it. What is meaningful and purposeful to one person may have no effect on someone else who viewing the same art. Also, someone who is decorating their home can not physically put emotional value in every single aspect of decorating. For example a lamp is a lamp, you simply pick which one looks or works better, not every single object in an household is going to have a purpose other than to function and/or look pretty. Things like paint, pattern, pictures, paintings, and signs on the wall could have a significant meaning and emotional connection. The picture of the Nana's Kitchen is a sign my Nana has in her kitchen. This decoration has an emotional connection because it was a gift to her from my mother.

The missing piece

For my project, I used shape. I wanted an interesting shape so I cut out a cardboard square and cut triangles out of the sides. I then pasted the cut outs to the other side of the square to make the unique shape I repeated over and over again. The media I used was paint. I wanted to use paint because it was the quickest way to complete this project. Coloring with marker or colored pencils would have taken wayyy too long. Lastly, the subject is the missing piece. I left this piece out manly because Sands told me to, but I realized that it made this piece more unique, the missing piece could make people question why it wasn't included. Different ideas could form about the missing piece. Definitely made this project a little more interesting. :)