Idealy i made this to make a point. Here in America, 98% of all iguanas imported into the united states die before their first birthday. They die because of they were either malnourshed, lack of lights, heating rock burns, lack of vitamins, and much much more. The sculpture isnt completly done, due to the maticulousness of my mind. It was made out of super sculpty, tape, aluminum wire, paint, paper, and random party things...=^_^=
I created two pairs of shoes. One is covered in newspaper to represent an average person. The newspaper text and pictures are just of everyday things. Like who won a game or running a marathon. The more dressy shoes are covered in celebrity magazines. This basically represents how it would be to "walk a mile in a celebrity's shoe". There are some glamor shots as well as candid shots. The text display the gossip of the celebrities' lives. The shoes covered in the magazine are also a more open toe shoe, representing a celebrity's life. It is more open to the public.
The Grim Reaper is a common personification of death. He is a reminder that because life is fleeting, and death can come at any time, we should live each day to the fullest. With the day-to-day stress of school and work, it is easy to forget what is truly important in life: friend, family, and making time to relax. In my photo, the Reaper (with traditional black cloak and scythe) overlooks the scene of a murder. This sculpture is made of bake-it-yourself clay, cardboard, scotch tape, metal wire, aluminum foil, two kinds of black paper, glue, black hemp string, bristle board, black acrylic paint, fine black thread, and three small black metal keys.
The beautiful thing about instruments is that they can evoke such strong emotions in people while being, in themselves, lifeless and inanimate. In the hands of a good musician, an instrument sings as though it were truly alive. In a sense, if you’ve never heard a musical instrument before, there is little to no indication from appearance alone that suggests what an instrument is capable of. In my art project, I tried to hint at the deeper possibility of the violin, as well as revel in the natural beauty of this instrument. The different colors of construction paper inside the violin’s cavity represent the broad range of emotions that this instrument can portray. I made this violin using construction paper, poster board paper, and tooth floss (for the strings).
My piece, entitled "I'll never fit into this," is a dress made out the covers of magazines. These covers were chosen, many from my own collection of magazines I buy or have a subscription to, to show how even magazines geared towards women often have these unattainable standards of beauty. The dress is about 6 sizes too small for me, which is representative of how large I feel if I compare myself to these models, movie stars and other cover girls. I used sewing for the main technique of the piece, I first sewed a large "quilt" of covers, then cut this up using a dress pattern. Next, I sewed together the dress and used black vinyl tape on the back (to reinforce it and also to hide the back images which were not important to my design). So in all the materials used were; magazine covers, thread, vinyl electrical tape and rubber cement.
On the second day of class we worked in groups to create a cardboard structure. The structure had to hold the weight of 3 people for at least 1 minute, and stand at least 8" tall. It was a blast!
Groups had to work together to brainstorm ideas about how to connect parts of the cardboard without using any tape.
It wasn't long before they got to work!
Each group created a unique structure that they thought would be strong enough to hold their weight. 
Then came the moment of truth...
And the moment of getting to know eachother REALLY well!
Not all of the structures passed the test, but all in all it was fun and the groups did a great job working together!
On the first day of class we did a team building exercise and had a newspaper pageant! Small groups worked together to create a creative costume using only newspaper and tape for one of their teamates (in only 15 minutes!). It was a good time!
The teams worked together well and got to know eachother.
Melissa, Sarah and Tiffany turned Zee into a Samurai/Pirate complete with a pet bird!
Alex, Tiera, Amanda, and Matt created Abe Lincon/Zombie. Hmm...definitely a combo I never would have come up with!
Sean, Julia, Melissa, and Cheri turned Jenn into a little Teapot complete with teacup!
Just look at those pageant contestants!
Winners all the way around!
Hello All! You should be thinking about what you want to work on for the first project. See artist links and the assignment sheet handout on the sidebar menus. 
