Buttons

May 25, 2013

For the past few weeks I have been making buttons. I started out making buttons for my school's diversity day but I was having a lot of fun making buttons that I decided to continue making more buttons after diversity day was over. It is a long process and I had to learn how to use a new program. The website I got all the images from is http://icons.mysitemyway.com/

There are so many icons it was kind of overwhelming but I was able to find all the ones I wanted with only a bit of trouble.

Then there is the machine used to make buttons. It took a bit of work to figure out how it works but with my art teacher's help I was able to figure out how it works. The rest was cutting out the images using a machine that cuts them the right shape and size to make the buttons. The rest was repetitive work and was easy once I got the hang of it. I just had to make sure I addd all the right pieces to the button.
 
 
 

Emily Carr University

May 25, 2013

Our art class went to see the art exhibit at Emily Carr university on Granville Island. It was a really cool exhibit with a lot of variety. We were asked by our art teacher to answer a series of questions. Here are the questions along with pictures from the exhibit.

Piece that seems unfinished

‘Thugs that can be seen only if you stop’ by Mira Song seemed unfinished Because in the first two sections the work flows and is connected between the two sections but in the third section the work does not flow and is not connected except for the same colors were used. 

 

What did you see that you wish you could make?

There was a piece that was multiple sheets with designs that when placed over each other and seen from a distance you could see a map of the world. The piece looked really hard to make and must have taken a long time to make.

 

What genre captivated you most?

I liked the a lot of the digital pieces like "a mall for bunnies" by Nicole Dunn and "I want #$@!?%..." By Hannah (Girim) Han and "Rapunzel: the happiness of solitude" by Soo Jin Kim. Because they caught my eye and made me want to spend a long time looking at them. 

A Mall for Bunnies Rapunzel: The Happiness of Solitude

 I Want #$@!?%...

Describe a piece you never imagined possible 

The piece that I never imagined possible was the one where a guy was able to make signs move. I have never seen anything like that before. 

 

Describe a piece that seems accomplished 

‘A Mall for some Bunnies’ by Nicole Dunn seemed accomplished because it was well done and looks like a lot of work was put in to making the piece. It wasn’t just something thrown together in a few minutes.

What piece knocked your socks off?  

The piece that the guy did where he made signs move. I have never seen that before and I thought it was really cool. Having a ‘beware of cliff’ sign where a guy was falling down through the clouds was my favorite.

Found Poems and Ink

April 19, 2013

A few classes ago we went to the library and photocopied a page from a book. Using the photocopied  page we covered most of the words and left a few words as a found poem. I chose the first three pages from The Maze Runner. For the first page I covered most of the words in black sharpie and then went over the sharpie in gold ink. For the second and third pages I covered most of the words in blue ink and when that dried I went over the blue parts with silver ink.

I really liked this project because it gave me another way to look at a page in a novel. I also liked messing around with the colored ink both before I did the main piece as practice and after doing the main piece just for fun.

Pictures will follow when I upload them to my computer.

Turtle and Lost Piece

March 19, 2013

Using the teal plastic bag I cut the strips into tiny pieces of plastic and used the tiny pieces to make the turtle shell. I am really happy with the end result!

My canvas piece has gone missing but I do know that it is somewhere safe in the art room. I spend a lot of the class trying to find the piece with no luck. Hopefully I find it soon.

Pictures from Term 2

Feb 28, 2013

Here are some pictures from Term two:

The first three are from my artist project on Andy Goldsworthy. I made them based off of Andy's work and am very happy with how they turned out.

 The last three are from my plastic piece. They are cut out pieces of plastic bags and am still not sure what I am going to do with them.

I am now working on a small canvas piece where I am taking the left over bits of plastic and glueing them onto the plastic.

Plastic String

Feb 19, 2013

I did more work on my plastic sting and I am having fun with it. I have decided not to turn the plastic into yarn and make something useful. I want to play around with the patters the string makes.

Creative Passport Term Two

Feb 17, 2013

Over the family day weekend my parents, brother and I took a trip to visit my grandparents in Arizona. At YVR there were a few displays of Ken Stephens's collection of Mickey Mouse figures. They were displayed in a pyramid shape and had figures from as far back as 1928 to as recently as last year. My favorite ones were the Pluto figures because Pluto is my favorite of all the Mickey Mouse characters. I also learned what animal Goofy is supposed to be which is something I have always wanted to know. I always thought he was a hippo but turns out he is actually a dog. Of all of the figures the really old ones were some of my favorites too. The colors were fading or the material was falling apart but what I loved was the person who put the collection together didn't just use newer figures. The figures also gave me something to look at while waiting for the plane to start boarding.