I finish my doodle.For the future, I see us harnessing hydrothermal vents for their energy. There are ideas and theories being produced of how it could be done, which I hope to be developed further into conventional use. Hydrothermal vents are natural energy, which is renewable. It should also be much safer to harvest then oil, or by fracking. Since it’s so deep down, most of the creatures that live around the area are hardy enough to survive what we set up, especially if we are smart about what we do. I’m excited to see where renewable energy goes in the future.
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...I doodle for google!Doodle for Google is a competition that came up, which Mrs. Schumann has gotten all of us to participate in. The point is to develop a design following the theme of the competition and incorporate "google" somewhere into it. First thing we had to do was create a Mind Map. The theme is "What I see for the future..."I was given some prompts of technological advances that I might want to see in the future. Transportation, communication, renewable energy, etc. I decided on renewable energy, since that's always been something important to me. I toyed with the idea of energy from wasted food, but wondered how I could represent that in the doodle. There were lots of pretty ones featuring landscapes and oceans, then just like lightning, I had an idea. Hydro-thermal energy! That would be my inspiration.
...I solved creative problems to create my own 3D art choice.I showed my development of skill to make art that shows my knowledge of tools, techniques, and concepts.
reason. As I cut and sculpted more and more of the clay, I got better and quicker at doing it. Whether it was small details or shaping it to what I want. I definitely enjoyed how I could mix the clay and paper mache together to make it look layered. That was something I experimented with and really enjoyed. I explored new mediums through trial and error. The basis of this project was working to overcome a problem. To solve one, or overcome a disability/challenge. For me, I chose to not use paint. I really enjoy use paint, and I'd like to say I'm pretty good at it. Yet, to force myself to use some different mediums, that was my challenge. Leading to that, when it came to needing to put the colors for the bottom of the pond, I wasn't sure of what to do. Mrs. Schumann and I tossed around some ideas, and the colored tissue paper seemed like a good idea. I layered it down as one would do paper mache, and I also added it to the lid. It added really nice color, and I liked the way it dried. I also added some of the paper mache to the clay rocks (as mentioned above). I set and work towards achieving personal goals. My self set challenge was to use no paint. So, I had to be careful with all the details I wanted to make with sculpey. I also had to brainstorm other ways in which to add additional color. Doing everything with sculpey would take too long and would've probably driven me crazy. I ended up just adding paper mache to the lid, and then it got over the top where the "ALTOIDS" logo was. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted it there, but now I know I'm going to cover it completely, then carve out the logo with a different color around it.
I created styrogamiI developed new skills on working with new mediums. As the name suggests, styrogami art is created with Styrofoam. My whole experience with Styrofoam before this project was in boxes and throwing it at my siblings until my mom got mad at the mess. Styrofoam was to me just a mess to deal with it. Even so, I got my exacto-knife ready and some hot glue, and just chopped it up. I really didn't know for sure what I want to do. I at first just wanted to get a feel for cutting up Styrofoam. It's pretty fun, as long as you do it right. When the Styrofoam is thicker, saw through it. If it's thin, slice it. If not, it can catch and mess it up. Also, Styrofoam doesn't bend very pretty. So try to be smart when you need to flatten out a cup, and try to work it out to your advantage. I created my own original art. I love flowers! Have you figured that out in my artwork yet? A classmate of mine named Emmerson was making flowers, and I just really wanted to do some too. At first I was going to try and make a soup bowl but I can't run away from flowers. I just enjoy making them, painting them, drawing them... But I really liked how it turned out. It's supposed to be a lily, and I just used whatever ideas I had in my mind of what a lily looked like. It was pretty straight-forward work on this project. I explored new things to create and pursued my ideas. For my base, I wanted something huge. The sculpture was small, but I wanted a framing landscape. Searching through Mrs. Schumann's pile of styrofoam, I basically just got the biggest piece I could. A huge hunk of it. Then I just went gung-ho and covered all the holes and painted it blue. I love to paint, so I just had fun with different colors and mixing new shades. Mrs. Schumann has so much paint, I go crazy with excitement. I finally realized I should take a moment and look at it, and from then I added little details to make sure I liked it all. |
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