Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band — Science Leadership Academy @ Center City

Copper Print/Matt

Posted by Cristina Valenzo in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:59 am

My element was copper, it has an atomic number of 29. Copper is a really old element and has been around since the beginning of times. It was thought to be used in the middle east sometime around 9000 B.C. Now days copper is used to make electrical equipment. Copper is a good conductor of electricity and heat, therefore copper is mainly used to make wires.Back then copper was also used to make pennies before it was replaced with zinc. Since I knew cooper was really old I wanted something to represent that. I knew that a timeline is used to represent time and the words B.C (before christ) and A.D (anno Domini) means era’s that are really old and new. So, I decided to make a timeline with the words B.C and A.D on the ends and the symbol of copper in the center to represent how old Copper is. When it actually came to making my print, it was fairly simple. First I sketched out my drawing, then I transferred it to tracing paper. After, I transfered it to the actual stamp board and outlined my sketch, then we put the ink over and transferred it to paper and set it to dry. After, we placed our print on a matt. If I could do this print a second time, something I would do differently would be adding more detail to my actual drawing. I feel like my drawing was fairly simple and I would want to elaborate more on it. In conclusion, the part I enjoyed most about this was inking my print, when we rolled the ink on it and then transferred it to another page. I liked putting color to my sketch and making it come to life.

Printing/Matting

Posted by Horace Ryans in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:59 am

My element is Silver. Its atomic number is 47 and chemical symbol is Ag. Silver is one of the first metals to be discovered alongside gold and copper. It wasn't commonly used in the past other than being used as currency besides gold. Now it's more commonly used in jewelry and and in metallic sculptures. The image I chose to print is a sculpture. It's a upside down arc with a heart in the middle. There weren't a lot of unique things I could make with silver, drawing a coin would've been expected and boring so instead, I chose to do something pretty and unique. To make my print I had transfer my drawing to a plate by carving it with a dull pencil making an outline. Next time, I'd choose a different design because I think there could've been more designs that I could made with silver. The part I enjoyed the most was actually printing my design because it came out better than I thought it would. I'm very proud of it.

Element print and Mat reflection

Posted by Charles Langley in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:52 am

My element is called Argon and the atomic number of Argon is 18.

Agron Sir William Ramsay(a scottish chemist) and Lord Rayleigh( an english chemist) discovered this element. It’s name comes from a greek word which means lazy. It’s odorless and colorless noble gas. It can be used to fill light bulbs which prevents oxygen from destroying the hot filament.I got the idea because of it's use which prevents oxygen from breaking the hot filament in a light bulb.First I had to brainstorm an idea which became this light bulb. Next I copied my final drawing on a 4 by 6 card, but I had to flip the paper over backwards, so when I apply the ink to the card it would print right when I lay it on a piece of paper. I would try to apply the right amount ink so I could get a clean print. Also the cracks are there because this was like my fifth print so my printing card was kind of ware down with each print.What I liked the most about this project is the fact that I got to make art in such a creative way and I just wish next time in didn't have to be about the periodic table. Overall though this was a really cool project, and I wouldn't mind at all if I had to do it again.

Day 1 & 2 Print/Matt Jack Eagen

Posted by John Eagen in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:50 am

My element was Cobalt, it´s abbreviation was Co and atomic number was 27. My element was discovered in 1735. It has been and still is used to turn vases blue. To make this print first we had to create three different designs that we wanted to use for our prints. I choose the one that I thought was the best and made the final design. Then I put my design on a plate backwards so it would print out correctly. Finally I rolled ink on it and then printed it on paper. Then for one of my prints I created a paper background. If I was to do this a second time I think all I would do different was be more consistent with the paint. Other than that I think I did a good job. But that was still the best part of the project. I had a lot of fun painting everything and then pasting it on paper. It was fun because it was very relaxing and very cool to see the final product.

Print/Matt -- Derek Jordan

Posted by Derek Jordan in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:38 am

My element is named sulfur and the atomic number is 16. It is a nonmetal and the atomic symbol is S. Sulfur is in the bible with the name brimstone and it is mentioned in the Odyssey. It was discovered in 1777 by Antoine Lavoisier. He discovered that it was an element and not a compound. Sulfur takes up 3% of the earth’s mass, so I included an earth and with a “3%” on it. I did this because I thought it was the best way to represent that sulfur is 3% of the earth’s mass. I first brainstormed ideas for my print, and chose a final idea. Once we had our final design on paper, we traced it onto tracing paper. After that, we carved our design onto a plate. We then rolled paint onto the plates and then pasted them on a piece of paper. After one week, the paint dried and we cut out the pictures and pasted them onto a paper with a one inch frame. I would have made my design a little less complicated if I were to do it again. It is difficult to completely understand the idea of my print/matt at first glance. I enjoyed making the design for our print. It was fun researching our element and brainstorming possible ideas for our print.

Final Stamp Design

Posted by Emmett Tsai-McCarthy in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:32 am

The name of my element is Chromium and it's Atomic Number is 24. It was first discovered by Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin in 1797. While experimenting on something called Siberian red lead (crocoite), he mixed it with hydrochloric acid to create Chromium. Chromium's main use is for making vehicle parts for cars and bicycles. It's most interesting use, however, is that it's used in the making of many pigments. A form of Chromium was also used on Terracotta Warrior's weapons to keep them from rusting.

The reason I chose to make my stamp resemble a pile of pigment was because that use of Chromium was so interesting to me. Making a car or bike stamp seemed too boring to me and making a pigment pile was rather simplistic to draw so I decided to go with the second idea. Then I had to make a final design on another piece of paper, which would be used to trace onto a piece of foam (it's easy to create divots in it so when painted over lines will appear) which would be used for the actual stamp. During the process I had to redraw it because it was too small and I never got a really smooth looking print so that was a bit annoying.

If I could do the print all over again, I would probably make the design a bit more complex. After finishing this project, and looking at everybody else's, it made me think I did too little. I would also probably want to try making the prints again. The prints all had some imperfection about them and were never covered completely in a smooth layer of red paint. It was all rather problematic to me. What I DID enjoy about the project was creating the designs for the print. It was fun to make creative ways to convey what your element was.

Aluminium Print/Matte

Posted by Assirem Hosni in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:22 am

My element is Aluminum AL, the atomic number is 13. Sir Humphry in 1809 named the element aluminum and then Britain editor in 1812 wrote it as aluminum due to it harmonizing with many other element names like sodium and potassium. The way I got the idea for the imagery I chose was due to the history of the use of aluminum, I found out that the Apollo 11 spacecraft was made out of aluminum. so I thought that was a good idea to design a space ship landing on the moon. The process I went through to make this print was drawing out the image on a normal piece of paper then I copied it on tracing paper and then I copied it backward on the plate foam paper and identified the negative space by denting the foam on the plate paper. Something I would do differently is not shaded in the negative space and should just outline stuff just so it could look neater. The part of the project that I liked the most was the printing process when we were adding the paint on the image. The steps to complete this process is taking the brayer and dipping it in the printing ink and then rolled it evenly in it and then rolled it evenly again against the foam paper.

Element print

Posted by Nhu Lai in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:17 am

Week 9 - Day 1 & 2 print/matt

Posted by Simone Cruice-Barnett in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:17 am

My element was zinc and its atomic number is 30.

Zinc has been around since the 16th century and it is used in many ways including pennies and medicines. All living things need zinc to survive.

I was interested in the fact that all living things need zinc, so I settled on a nature themed print. I made the N attached to the Z like roots and both letters have leaves coming off of them.

I knew that I wanted to make it nature themed, so I didn’t go through many iterations before I had my final design.

If I did this again, I would probably make the lines deeper so there was more contrast.

I enjoyed matting the print because it was very satisfying to rip the excess paper around the print.

Week 9 - Day 1 & 2 Print/Matt

Posted by Serenity Baruzzini in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:15 am

My element is Vanadium. Its symbol is "V", and its atomic number is 23. Vanadium is a metal that is found in space, but very rarely. It can be isolated artificially, which causes it to become oxidized. A man discovered it in Mexico in 1801. He found it in a metal that also had lead with it and discovered that it was new. It wasn't until 1867 that the element was gotten alone in its purest form. By reducing vanadium chloride, the metal could be produced in mass amounts. It was used in building race cars and metal tools. It is sometimes also found in meteorites with a lot of different mineral forms.

The fact that it is found in meteorites caught my attention. I knew I wanted to surround my print's focus on a meteorite. I also learned though that they are found by using a spectrometer, a tool that bends light to see metals. They're often used in astronomy to analyze the makeup of stars and spot these meteorites. Light coming from the sun and other stars aids this process. That is why there is a lens around my meteorite.

My original sketch looked a lot like the final here. I started with the lens so I could have a centered and balanced print. Then, I made the shape of a meteorite to show it. The whole thing felt a bit empty, so I added more detail in the lens, including stars to symbolize their light that is used in the identification of the vanadium meteorites. Since I had to include its symbol and atomic number, I thought that the number could sit on the outside of the lens. That was fine, so I tried doing the same with the letter. The symmetry was a little cluttered and unnerving. I found that having the symbol taking up a larger space and going into the lens brought the whole thing together.

If I did this again, I would make the atomic number a little smaller. I may have paid more attention to the detail within the details too. This could result in a more realistic meteorite.

My favorite part of this whole thing was identifying the positive and negative space. Originally, there was more negative space. Since we are in space though, hence the meteorite theme, I wanted it to be darker. Having so much darkness in the image was satisfying.

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