Ethan's Element Print

Cadmium was first discovered by a German chemist name Friedrich Strohmeyer in 1817. He was studying calamine and when he heated it some of calamine glowed with a yellow color. He did more research and experiments when he determined that he found a new element. Cadmium can be found in Earth's Crust along with zinc so it mined out by humans. The problem with Cadmium is that it is very toxic to humans. Although Cadmium is toxic, it is still used in rechargeable batteries. Cadmium is used in alloys for bearings. Cadmium can be used for control rods for nuclear reactors. Cadmium can also be found in solder with silver.

When I started to do the print, I research about the what Cadmium is use for and the history behind it. When I find out what it does, it made three separate designs in my sketch book. One was batteries inside of a charging station because cadmium it is on of the uses in cadmium. Another design I had was a nuclear plant and then there is an inside view of the control role that have cadmium in it. My final design was drawing a alloy bearing and solder. I decided to do the the recharging station one because I felt like that was my best work out of the three. Then , I trace the drawing over the foam plate with pen. Finally, we got paint and I decided to try out all of the colors. The class we had, I pick out one of the three best prints out of the 8 prints I made. I measure what the matted out and glue the two prints onto my matt.   

What I would want to change if I do this the second time was to try to press hader so there is no white spots on the parts where it should be fill with color. I also felt like I could improve the drawing like drawing the insides of a battery to show it charging. I enjoy printing it because it fun painting over your plate and seeing it being printed on paper.