Humanities Portfolio

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What is religion?

“… the believing in something greater than oneself.” 9.23.10 

This year I began with religion and realized more than I ever have with eight years of catholic school. With an unbiased opinion, my eyes were widened to what religion really meant and how an atheists , or undecided, person like myself fits into that category and study. Reflecting on this course I acknowledge that my views have changed since then and there is still I have yet to explore with religion in different cultures and what spirituality really means. An interesting project for this topic was my Keynote on the different views religions had on sex, in this case Pagans vs. Catholics. Through out my research I not only convinced others there has been too many speculations about Paganism but also learned this myself.


Shakespeare Never Met You 

"...Shakespeare knows not about the loving lies and for arguments sake neither do I." 3.6.11

Hands down my favorite and creative project has to be the poetry portfolio I became more than indulged in this assignment. When I was younger I wrote a lot of poetry and I'm the type of person to dabble in different types of activities rather than excel in just one. When I lost interest I moved to something else. The course made me see poetry so much more broad and open, very similar to the religion project. I found a calling in poetry and I enjoyed it so much more than I did when I dabbled when I was younger. I not developed a new found respect for poetry but also an admiration for it. Because of this assignment I discovered my talent for the art form and still continue to write frequently on a personal level if only for the fun of it. 

 Toy Soldiers (Monologue Project)

"...​I mean maybe it's something out of the ordinary for you people to believe in, but there is such thing as mercy and rehabilitation." 2010-2011

My monologue project commanded all of my effort and I willingly put hours into writing this story. In the beginning, writing became difficult because I hadn't fully developed each character or even the entire story plot. For the past few years, I've been working on a book and even with that project I've been running into writers block. This assignment helped me conquer my writers block. My inspirations came floating back over the course of the project. I know that working with a professional such as Kate is a rare opportunity and I am so appreciative that we had her assistance with this project because all the feedback really showed dedication. That dedication must've rubbed off on me because I pushed through it all still not knowing the final outcome until I had published it. There are many things I would do differently with this project but  failing is not one of them. Failing gave me the chance to pick myself back up and eventually succeed to produce something  am really proud of. It's one of my best, so far. 

I have done many projects thesis papers, video diaries, and creative writing pieces and over all, I am very satisfied with all of my work and how much I've learned throughout this year. The religion course made me realize there is always different perspectives and over the course of my life I probably still will not be able to reach full enlightenment. The poetry portfolio helped me unlock my hidden talents and the monologue project showed me the creativity in history as well as the dedication a piece such as this one takes. 

Sophia Henninger - Humanities Portfolio 2011

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Sophia Henninger

English - History

Copper

June 10, 2011


Over the course of the year in english and history we’ve analyzed, discussed, and read about many themes. We learned many truths about the government, economy,   and even people in general. One theme that repeated itself in many of our units is revolutions are never painless. This was shown in many units but also within many assignments. Personally, it was shown in my monologue project, poetry wiki, both trials (Cortes and sweatshop trials), and the revolution written response. All of these assignments demonstrate this concept whether is it very concretely or more abstract. 

The monologue project was one of the longest, yet most interesting projects we completed this year. We could truly turn it into anything we wanted. In my monologue project, a college student goes to Pakistan to research Nike’s labor conditions for his final project. In the end he locates a factory and convinces the workers the revolt against management, resulting in his death. This is a very concrete example of the concept that revolutions are never painless. In the end of the project, the boy causes an uprising in an attempt to restore basic human rights in the situation. Even though he and several others lost their lives, they brought light to the issue, allowing it to be address in court. He lost his life so the revolution could be successful. 

The following example is much less concrete but still illustrates the main concept.   The poetry unit allowed us to be creative and truly express ourselves in anyway we wanted. Some of my poems had some subtle themes of revolution though they were more centered on personal revolutions within one’s self. The poems centered on how I, or the reader, would like to change themselves. The one particular poem, When Did I Become a Ghost? speaks of how drugs trap people’s minds. Though it does not actually speak of overcoming the trap, it speaks of the difficulty that would involve and how that would actually make it impossible to overcome it. Even though no concrete revolution takes place within the poems, the difficulty it would take to change the situations in them would be a personal revolution. 

This year in our history class we had several trials, both demonstrating, quite blatantly, how painful and destructive revolutions can be but even though they’re not bloodless, they can still be successful. We had two trials, one was debating who had the most guilt in the slaughter of the Aztec people and this was called the Cortes trial. We had another trial called the sweatshop trial. This trial debated who held the most blame for the mistreatment of workers in the third world. Evidence of both of these wrong-doings involved blood. In both cases many people were murdered needlessly. This is a good example of how just because a revolution does have pain, does not mean it will be successful and this is shown by the Aztecs. The sweatshop workers are still in the midst of the this revolution. This shows that though revolutions are never painless, sadly, they are not always effective. 

In the revolution written response, we had to answer the question, “What separates revolutions from social change?” I argued that they’re not separate but social change is only the effect of revolution. Within it I used the examples of the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the recent Egyptian conflict. All of these examples were bloody but all of them were successful. Millions of people died in these wars and, though this is sad, without those deaths they may not have achieved what each of them wanted. All of these revolutions whether concrete or abstract, personal or social, ineffective or triumphant, all had pain and for some of them, that fact is what allowed them to be victorious. 


Humanities Portfolio 2011

My Monologue project
My Op-Ed!
My Language Autobiography!
My History Benchmark, Q4!
English Benchmark!

This year has been life changing for me. In History and English we have learned about lots. Like, Change, freedom, religion, fight, struggle, hope, and victory. I’m going to tell you about something’s I’ve discovered in these yearlong courses. The first thing we learned about on History was religion. Me personally thought this was something that was boring and uninteresting, but later on I found it quite fun. We first got to look at our own religions and how they affect us. I am not a religious person, but my parents are Muslim and strong Muslims at that. Throughout the Religion unit, I found out that Religion isn’t one set thing that is controlled by a group of people. Religion is something that one person and his mindset can control. Jumping through a couple months ahead. Another topic we discussed was the revolution of industry around the world and how it has affected us. We watched Movies, had trials, and read about all the hardships that this has put on people and the world. A trial we did were, there were the multi national corporations, the factories, the workers, the elite, and the countrymen. We had a trial to see who is at fault. And, the general understanding I got from this until and that trial is that: The rise of industries ultimately helped the world, but with it’s help brought the rise of Super-Powers, like the US and Russia, that ultimately brought upon a lot of Modern Times problems. Another Topic that we came across was freedom. A project we did for that unit was our Monologue projects. We had to choose a specific point in History and do Monologues about them. The event I chose were the events of tieneman square Protests of 1989. A specific event that happened was the historic events of Tank Man. A lone Chinese man stood in front of 4 tanks that were heading for the square. Pedestrians ultimately took him away, but from his actions brought a global up roar and helped the Chinese take freedom. A more recent event that took place was the events that happened in a small country of Tunisia. A fruit vender lit himself on fire because he couldn’t get a job when he wants to school. This opened the eyes of the world the small country. And, the horrible conditions that the people had to live in. This small act by on person triggered a huge uproar from countries like, Egypt, Syria and Libya. The one thing I learned is: Any actions big or small can lead to huge changes in the world. Another small thing we covered in the larger, Freedom unit is the Psion System is the United States. After going to The Eastern State pennetantry, and researching about prisons. I realized that: The current Prison System does that work and is flawed. A system we should incorporate is that of a rehabilitation so past offenders do not come back.

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Element Print Project 2011

Questions:
- What is your element?
- What are some things your element are used for?
- How did you come up with the idea for your print?
- What steps did you take from your idea for the print to the final print?
- What are your thoughts on the project?
- What would you do differently if you did this project again?

Answers:
My element is called cobalt.

My element is use to make phones, parts of cars, for teeth and bullets.

My idea was that I would draw a poisonous frog and a skull and crossbones since this element is know to be poisonous this will tell them just that.

The steps I took to get to my Idea of a poisonous frog and a skull and crossbones was that at first I started to think that the it a German name means evil spirit. Then I thought about bullets but then it came to me since it is a poisonous metal I might as well make have something to do with poison.

This project was very fun we had to do a lot but I liked it a more then the other projects that we had.

What I would have do differently is that I would have thought of something more then just a
poisonous frog and a skull and crossbones I would have look into the project more and I might have fun something that I like more then what I had.

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Element Print Project 2011

Cool, isn't it? I would say so! This picture had so many steps. Types of art like this are called linoleum block printing. This was on of the hardest projects I did all year because it involved so many steps and time. And even a few bandages. Yes, I said bandages. 

Anyway, my element in called indium, also known as In on the periodic table. The atomic number of this element is 49. Indium is usually seen in solid wiring form and is very rare. It is used in many things such as film coatings for motor materials and used to make LCD lights. But don't think that indium is all cool because of the low amount of radiation it carries.

My inspiration for this picture is because of the high pitch sound the element gives off when it is places into a fire. Henceforth,y the scientist holding the indium over the Bunsen burner. 

Doing this project was quite hard. There were many steps even before the carving. Our teacher, Ms. Hull wanted us to draw three 6 by 6 inch draft prints. The first draft which was just the symbol and the atomic number. Then came a coil of indium. The last picture was the one I chose, which was the scientist experimenting with indium. After choosing the draft I wanted to copy onto the block, I let Ms. Hull take a look on my block and she gave me the thumbs up to go with carving my block. In the midst of carving my block, I cut myself with the carver. Instead of crying, I was laughing. I laughed my way over to Ms. Hull and she told me to wash it off. When I was done carving we poured paint on to the table and and painted our blocks with it.

To me, this project was awesome. I started off first with rough edges and then in the end you see some clear, clean cuts on my block. That was where I finally learned how to carve a linoleum block. That is also one of the things I would change in the project. Take away all of my rough edges. 


 
Print Making
Print Making

Element Print Project 2011.

For this project I had the element Yttrium, it is the 39th element on the product table with a symbol of "Y".  Yttrium is used to make the red coloring in T.V sets  and can be used to make synthesized diamond. I came up with the idea for my print by looking up pictures of what yttrium makes. When I made the final print the chain of the neckless was shorter then the new one. I thought this project was fun and kind of easy. If I did this project again I would take all of my prints home with me rather than leave them in the class.

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this is my draft all of my other prints went missing in the class room.
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Element Print Project 2011

The element that I am doing is Manganese, the symbol is Mn and it is number 25 on the periodic table. Some uses of this element are that the dioxide is used in drying paints and it is used in steel, batteries, axles, and rail switches. The way I came up with the idea was that I chose three ideas and then thought that batteries would be cool to do because I didn't know what was in them.

When I first had my idea for my print I was going to have five batteries; three standing and two laying down, that was going to have every detail that a battery have. Then when I was moving forward to putting it on paper and trying to find my negative and positive space, I had came to a problem. The problem was some of the line for the print shouldn't have been there and that some of the picture wasn't going to be able to be seen because of the negative space. So I did it over and had some out and had some line thicker. After getting the perfect picture that I wanted I transferred it to the linoleum block and then printed it by putting paint on it then putting it on paper. Then I did the final touches by ripping the edges off.

When I was working on this project, I thought that it was going to be super easy but I was wrong, there was some difficulties. One was cutting out the picture in the linoleum block. Another thought was that it was going to be fun  and it was. If I was to do it different I would choose another idea because I wouldn't mind going through that experience again since now I know what i am doing.
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Element Print Project 2011

Fluorine Erupts
Fluorine Erupts
​My element is Fluorine. Fluorine and its compounds are used in producing uranium. Fluorochlorohydrocarbons are used in refrigeration applications. Fluorine is used to produce many chemicals, including several high-temperature plastics. The presence of sodium fluoride in drinking water at the level of 2 ppm may cause mottled enamel in teeth, skeletal fluorosis, and may be associated with cancer and other diseases. However, topically applied fluoride (toothpaste, dental rinses) has been shown to help reduce dental caries.

Since fluoride is explosive and reacts to all of the other elements, I figured I would do a print of the symbol "F9" exploding. 

We had to brainstorm and think of why our element is special, then sketch out three ideas that we possible wanted to use. We had to decide the best one and trace it on tracing paper. Next, we transferred the drawing via the tracing onto the 
linoleum block. Finally we cut the block and printed it onto good paper. 

To show off our elements, we pasted them all on a big periodic table on the 2nd floor
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I think that this was a fun, but challenging project that took some skills to accomplish. If I had to do this project again, I would pick a different drawing that I wanted to print.

Copper Element

 Element: Copper
Symbol: CU
Atomic Number: 29
# of Protons: 29
# of Electrons: 29
Atomic Mass: 63.546

Discovery:
Copper was one of the earliest elements that were known to man. It has been around for more than 10,000 years. Copper is an excellent conductor of heat and electricty Copper's normal color is red which is made easier to identify. The symbol of copper, CU, comes from the Latin word Cuprum. Like aluminum, is 100% recyclable.

Some of the uses for copper are:
  • used for electrical wiring, pipe water supplies,
  • vacuum tubes use copper
  • some structures such as the statue of liberty, are made with copper
  • many musical instruments are made out of copper. 
  • cookware
 
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Element Print Project 2011


  • My element for this project was Bromine 35.
  • It is used in industrial applications and it is also a strong oxidizing agent
  • It can be used to purify water.
  • First i had to make several draft drawings after doing research, then sketch it on special paper, the draw it backwards on the template, after that I scraped out the positive space so I could paint the template and make the stamp.
  • I think it was fun, especially because we got to make several different stamps.
  •  I would make the stamps clearer to understand
Bromine 35
Bromine 35

Element Print Project 2011

The element ​I was assigned for my element project was potassium.Two things my element is used for is fertilizer and it is in bananas.I came up with this print idea by researching and I found out that if you mix potassium with water it explodes.The first step I took in order to make this a final print was to draw my sketch in my sketch book. The second step I was to trace my sketch onto the tracing paper. The third step was to Trace it onto the linoleum block and cut out the positive or the negative space. I chose positive space. Then I just printed my linoleum block. I thought that this project was very fun. If I were to do this project over again I would spend more time making my prints look nice. 
print for art potassium
print for art potassium

Element Print Project 2011

1.) My element is Boron.
2.) It is used in things such as fiberglass insulation as well as a containment or nuclear rods. These are the primary uses

3.) I had realized that boron can create a green flame and is also kept in capsule like I had drawn. Therefore placing a bunch of capsules falling into green fire with the atomic number and name seemed like a cool idea.

4.) I tried to make the fire as detailed as I could and based it off of an image I had found. For the capsules I used a basic pill shape.

5.) It's alright. I think that the picture already shown o the periodic table we had seen looked much better in comparison.

6.) If I could do this project over,  I would focus more on making the pills detailed. I might actually not have put the pills in but kept the fire without a doubt.

Element Print Project 2011

For the project, the element that as chosen for was chlorine. 

The steps that I took form making my idea for the print into a final print h
were drawing different possible ways that my idea could be portrayed. I looked up different uses for my element and the harms that can it can have on people. Then, I drew two of the uses and one of the harms. I picked the best one of those three drawings. I traced the one I wanted to become my final print on tracing paper. I used the tracing paper to draw the print on the linoleum block. For the linoleum block, I decide that I wanted the body, the liquid, and the can of chlorine to be the positive space. Then, everything else to be the negative space.
I think I would chose a different drawing, if I could anything different because I would want to carve out more things. 
I thought that the project was really because I never worked with a linoleum block before and it was cool carving the drawing out. 


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Element Print Project 2011

​My element was antimony.  It is a toxic metal used in the making of batteries, ammunition, and it was used as eyeliner in ancient egypt.  I came up for this idea for my print by looking up toxic signs on google and seeing this sad face, I thought it would be cool to adapt this image to suit my needs.  My idea for the starting print and the final print are exactly the same, my mind didn't change at all.  My thoughts on this project are that it was well worth the time that it took.  The only thing that I would change about it would be that I would start it earlier to give us more work time.
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Element Print Project 2011

I was asked to make a print about sodium. This is the 11th element on the periodic table. When I first started I had to think of things that sodium is used for. The biggest thing that I could find was in salt. From my first design to my final design I had to change a few things. One thing I had to change was to move the salt over and to make the letters bigger.

 I believe that my final project turned out pretty good. If I were to do it again, I would have carved less of it away. This is because it makes it difficult to tell the difference between the numbers and the random lines.
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Element Print Project 2011

  What is your element? My element is Iodine. It is used for many reasons, mostly for health reason/
I know that a lot of salt contains Iodine, so I figured a salt shaker would be nice to do. 
At first I was confused on how I can make the negative and positive  space within this, but eventually i figured out how I can make it
Even though this was very confusing I had fun doing this project. I would be more creative if I was to do this again. 
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Victoria Yarbrough- Art 9 Hull- Element Print Project

 

Element: Cesium

Uses: It is in used in atomic clocks, and thermometers

I came up with the idea for my print by researching the history behind Cesium, which was it being named after the sky blue color it has in the spectrum.

I had first draw an idea, and then I traced that onto a linoleum block (Backwards), which I then carved out. After that, I swabbed some paint on it and printed a few pictures.

I think this project was a good learning experience. I was taught something I never knew and I had fun with the painting part.

 

If I was to do this project again, I would use a different element and experiment with all the things the element is used in. So I could have more than just one print.

 

Element: Cesium

Uses: It is in used in atomic clocks, and thermometers

I came up with the idea for my print by researching the history behind Cesium, which was it being named after the sky blue color it has in the spectrum.

I had first draw an idea, and then I traced that onto a linoleum block (Backwards), which I then carved out. After that, I swabbed some paint on it and printed a few pictures.

I think this project was a good learning experience. I was taught something I never knew and I had fun with the painting part.

 

If I was to do this project again, I would use a different element and experiment with all the things the element is used in. So I could have more than just one print.

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Element Print Project 2011 (Smith)



 ​Rhodium is the name of the element
 Symbol: Rh
 Atomic number: 45 
 Atomic weight: 102.905
 Item used in picture. A One Gram Coin.

 Used for Jewelry.

 

 There were many different ways in which I came up with this project. One of the most 

 important ways was doing research for the project. I had got a lot of information about this
 specific element. While researching I had decided to pick three different items I might do for 

 this project. The three items I picked for this project were earrings, a coin and a metal cell 

 phone. I thought that the coin was more useful because there was a lot of negative and positive 

 space in it. I also thought it would be fun to carve and matt the picture on a piece of paper. It 
 actually turned out to be good.

  In order to craft such a great project it required a lot of steps. First I had get a piece of Lanolium 

  block and carefully carve the coin in it. After that I had to carve out the positive and negative spaces. 
  After this step I had to paint and paste the coin on four different sheets of paper that measured 6 by 6. Next I      had to wait until all four of the sheets of paper are dry and then tear a piece of the paper off to make ridges on    the sides of the paper. After that I had to matt each picture to a 8 by 8 black piece of paper. Then take a picture  of one picture and upload it to the SLA blog. If you met these requirements then you had success with this  project.

 Overall I thought that this project was very fun and I really enjoyed doing it. I would really enjoy doing it        again for future references.


  If I would have to do this project over again I would make sure that I work in class and out of class. Also I    would make sure that I complete everything on time and be more discipline so that I can get the job done. 

~Background Information~
 Metalloid

 Was found by William Hyde Wollaston in 1803.

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Element Print Project 2011

​My element is aluminum.  My element is used for many thing some of these things are wiring, mirrors, aluminum foil, and containers.  I made several sketches to see which of my ideas would look best and then chose.  First I looked up common uses for aluminum then I made my sketches, after that I traced it onto tracing paper then I put that onto the the linoleum and carved it out after I did that I made prints with it and finally I matted the prints on paper.  The project was fun and interesting.  I would try and make sure that i did my ripping of my prints slower so that I wouldn't have to redo one of them.
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Spencer Element Prints-Art

Name: Silver derived from Silvbar
Symbol: Ag 
Atomic #: 47
Valence: 11 bonding electrons on teh outer shell.
Silver was discovered when we learned how to separate it from lead in 3000 BC.
Silver is mostly used in pistols and in jewelry.
Silver is Metal.
Silver is derived from the Old English Anglo-Saxon word 'seolfor' meaning silver.p
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Jessica Hinton Marking Period 4

The art project's for this quarter weren't as bad as the previous ones. I feel that I was a little bit more engaged in these pieces of art. I took my time, and made sure that each one was completed and looked the way I wanted them to. However, I feel that there were a few art pieces that I wish I would have spent more time on.  I enjoyed doing the sculpture, because I took my time to make these flowers look like actual flowers, and I was learning a new skill while doing so. I enjoyed copying a piece of art by an artist, because I think I really impressed myself with how diligent I was with making my drawing look like the original drawing.  I wasn't really fond of doing the bike drawings, because there were many parts of the bike, that should be included in the drawing, but were difficult to draw. If I was to improve on anything this quarter, I would perfect my pieces of art. Sometimes I feel that what I consider "complete", may not exactly be completed. 

Sculpture


Duct Tape Flowers

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Copy a piece of art work by a famous artist


Original By: Alex Katz

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My Drawing:

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Draw the Bike three times (Sorry for bad quality pics)

1. all line

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2. just shading

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3. just negative space

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Draw from observation OUTSIDE


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Printmaking

I choose to use corn/bomb design to represent my element because it is uses in both crops, and bombs. I also added flames because my elements ability to burst into flames when it is exposed to air.
Based on its properties the backgrounds range from a sunny farm land to a fire in the dead of night. I am very happy with my plates, mostly negative appearance. However in the future I want to use a less labor intensive process.  

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Poemas de la guerra Civil de Espana: BM Q4 Espanol 5

Natalie Sanchez 
Aquí está el link a mi proyecto final del cuarto final. 

La experiencia de la guerra Civil en España era una de horror. Todo el mundo vivía con miedo todos los días. Franco gobernaba a España usando la intimidación, entonces todos  ciudadanos tenían miedo de vivir por miedo de desplacer a Franco o a sus soldados. Sabían que Franco era un dictador muy violento, y que iba a castigar a la gente que se oponían a él. Mi proyecto es una serie de poemas que explican la vida horrible durante  la guerra civil en la perspectiva de dos niños (Ofelia de "El Laberinto de Fauno" y Moncho de "La lengua de la mariposa"). Quería enseñar que Franco usaba la intimidación para controlar los ciudadanos de España. Los niños expresa que viven en terror en la España de Franco, entonces hacen todo lo que están supuesta hacer, para no caer en manos de Franco o de los soldados. 
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El proceso de escribir estos poemas no fue difícil para mi porque escribía dos poemas por clase de español. Me dio tiempo de terminar el proyecto porque la Srta. G nos dio tres días en su clase para terminar nuestros proyectos. Usé las películas y las escenas de violencia y de terrorismo de parte de Franco oh sus soldados para escribir mis poemas. incorporé una escena de las películas en cada uno de mis poemas. Al fin, me gustó el proyecto. Me ayudó entender mejor cuan difícil era vivir durante la guerra civil en España. Me gustó la libertad que tenía de escribir lo que quería y de escoger en cual perspectiva escribía mis poemas. Me gustó el detalle que usé en mis poemas. cambiaría la presentación de mis poemas. me gustaría hacerlos más atractivos físicamente. 

La Vida De Jenny

Reflection 

My project is a story book, but it was put in a video format. 

I like the whole story i feel as if it was really good, and also explanatory. 

I think i should've added some type of music something calming and like i guess childish sounding 

Element Print Project 2011

​The element that was given to me was Copper. Copper is a red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29. It's used in cellphones, homes computers, jewelries, coinage, etc. Coppers are also a good conductive of heat and electricity. 


This project was the same as "negative space drawing." Negative space is a space around a subject of an mage. This part of the drawing is usually neglected, or filled with scribbles. Negative space involves with concentrating on shading in the background and leaving the object white.
 

As for this art Printmaking project, I chose to draw a coin with with an atomic number, mass and boiling point of the element of copper and placed it inside and around the coin area. Coinage is made out of copper and I thought it would be fairly easy to use this as my printmaking project. There were many mistakes going on when carving the block. I accidentally carved the block way too deep which makes it seems rusty. The atomic numbers, mass numbers, and boiling point numbers did not really showed up. Only the the symbol (Cu) of the element did. When it comes to carving, I only carved the inside of the numbers, the coin, and leave the negative space as it is on the block. 


I would have used other bright colors to bring out the drawing, but since copper has the color silver in it's product, I just wanted the color of the background to go with the element. There have been a lot of mistakes, but if  I could go back to redo it, I would definitely try to be careful with the cravings. 
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