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.

 

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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Name: Einsteinium, Origin: After Albert Einstein

Symbol: Es

Atomic Number of Protons/ Electrons: 99, Mass: (252.0) amu

Valence: It goes up by 2 each shell. 

Discovery: Bec, 1952 by Albert Ghiorso. Universirty of California, Berkely, Argronne, and Los Almos.

Uses:

Classification: Rare Earth

Something Interesting: This was man made.

1) My element is Rubidium.

2) As seen in the picture below, my element can be used for atomic clocks, use in medical procedures. This element is more of a side element and can be highly reactive to other elements. Rubidium is also used as the purple firework.


3) For my print, the idea of an atomic clock seems liked an easy concept so I stuck with it. It was either an atomic clock or fireworks. 


4) For my final print, I basically stuck with my atomic clock idea and made it pretty. 


5) I think that my final print is good in my standards, because I am not very good artistically. But I believe that it could be better.

6) If I were to do this project again, I would draw better and maybe do a different design.
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A. Negative Space is the space behind the object. By that I mean if you are drawing an object inside a room the space behind that object is negative space.

B. In my drawing: In my cut out the way I found the negative space was by making the opposite side of the actual drawing. So opposite and opposite equals the whole drawing. I know this is hard to comprehend but thats how I did it.

In my stool drawing: In my drawing I found the negative space behind the object. This is including the holes and spaces through the object that does't count as the object itself.

C. To know the surroundings and how to fill space in that is not included in the object, that you are drawing.

D. Yes It makes the person focus on that actual drawing.