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Beginning Hand: I chose my theme because I work and hang out on an International Harvester farm on the weekends, with my friend Kaylie. It represents a big part of my life, a part of my life that I really enjoy. My previous plan was to make a mask that showed how people are "two-faced" and how they keep things inside, but I wanted to do a happier themed mask. So, I thought about where I'm happiest, and thats where the Farm theme came from. Some problems I encountered was that part of my window cracked. I did end up having to use a different part of the window, because it had two windows built into each other. Another problem was figuring out where to place everything and how to attach them. I attached my mask with hot glue on an angle, and decided on neatly placing the pictures in a row. Also, I put crinkled tissue paper on the edges, but modge podge wouldn't hold it, so I had to use hot glue, which worked very well. My other problem was the writing, I had "INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER" neatly written in black paint, but it was too plain. I wanted the words to jump out at people, so I kind of shadowed the words with white paint. I am very happy with my final project, I like how the pictures are straight and in a line and then I have little black and white IH symbols all over the place in the negative spaces, all of them are off to an angle and are randomly placed over the project. To me, it has just enough "randomness" and "seriousness" blended together.

ART 1 REFLECTION: I was attracted to this piece because I like the value of it, the blacks and white and how the girl's body just pops out of the picture. Some problems I encountered were getting the right shades for the value study and getting the right shape for the tissue paper. With patients I figured out how to do it, and I think they look great. I think my value study is the most successful my original piece is actually black and white, and so it looks just like the original. I got all the right shades, and I'm very happy with it. The study of elements helped me understand how much time and effort it takes to make a successful piece of art. It allowed me to step into the artists shoes and really appreciate the work they had done.

file://localhost/Users/makmiller14/Desktop/Photo%20on%202011-09-21%20at%2007.30.jpg My mask is going to be about what people show to everyone else and the things they keep inside. I want one side of the mask to represent dark (black side), with dark colors, hateful words, broken glass, to really represent the darkness people can hold inside. The other side of my mask is going to represent light (yellow side), with light colors, happy symbols, cheerful words, inspirational words, this side will represent the person that everyone else sees. Around the border of the whole piece (not the mask) I want to use some sort of metal wire, as barbed-wire, to represent how people can be guarded.



The reason I did this topic was, because I feel very strongly against domestic abuse. I think that everyone deserves to be free of pain and they shouldn't have to be scared. People should live their lives the way they want, without worrying about something happening to them and keeping them from reaching their goals.

Some problems I endured for this piece was that my pinwheel wasn't spinning, the paint kept getting scratched, and bending the metal into a pinwheel formation. I made the pinwheel spin with a bit more ease by unloosening the screw holding it together and placing some foam like pieces in between the screw and the pinwheel. Instead of "fixing" the paint that was being scratched I used it to my advantage, I made it so it symbolizes the pain people were feeling, cutting and scratching at them. The hardest part was forming the pinwheel with metal. Every time I bent the metal into the formation, it would bounce back up, so I had to have someone else hold a piece, while I bent every piece onto the screw.

I am quite happy with the pinwheel, but I would of liked more time to work on it. I believe I got my point across about domestic violence, but it could of been more decorative on the back and on the stand of the pinwheel. I didn't get to finish the stand of the pinwheel, so it was just painted black

Toni Frissell 1907-1988 "Lady in the Water"

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