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Element Print - Strontium

Posted by Ethan Friedman in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 9:15 pm

My element is Strontium which has the atomic symbol of Sr and has the atomic number 38. It was discovered in 1970 by Adair Crawford accidentally. He even confused it with barium and left it be for 20 years. He later went back in 1810 and found that it was different than Barium and declared that he had found a new element. Strontium is mostly used in fireworks and is a substitute for calcium. Strontium is important because you get double the nutrients from meats and milk because they have more strontium than calcium. My idea came from the most popular use of strontium which is in fireworks. When it reacts with zinc, it causes it to change to red creating the red firework effect. To create this print, I drew my drawing in my notebook and wrote the letters and numbers backwards so they would be printed upright at the end. I then traced it on trace paper. I used a popsicle stick to press the artwork on the tracing paper onto the printing plate. Then I painted the plate over, placed another piece of paper on top, and pressed down with the back of a spoon to make it stick. If I could do this project again, I would have practiced printing on prototypes so that I wouldn't make a mistake with my final print. My favorite part of this project was spending time in Ms. Hull's classroom AND printing onto my plate.

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iron.

Posted by Awa Diakite in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 8:13 pm

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               ​My element is iron (Fe), atomic number 26. Iron was discovered in Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt, dating back to about 3000 BC. It had been smelted and used for ceremonial purposes at this time and was way too expensive to be used in everyday life. Iron is mostly known for being used to make steel. But, it is also used to make tools, frying pans, railroad tracks, bolts, horseshoe, and even weapons like guns and knives. The most important thing about iron is that it forms a lot of Earth’s outer and inner core.

I got the idea for my imagery from searching uncommon things iron is used for. A long time ago, the body of cars were actually made from Iron before car designers decided that it was too heavy and resulted to something lighter. If I had to do this differently, I would've actually put the atomic number on my image. I enjoyed printing in general, I feel like if one of our assignments in art didn't include paint, it would beat the purpose of the entire class.
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Tristan Atoms and Art- Cobalt

Posted by Tristan Dini in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 7:39 pm

​Cobalt is an element with an atomic number of 27. The element was discovered in 1735 by a man named Georg Brandt. During a little background research I found that Cobalt is a major part of electric cars and for companies like Tesla. The market for Cobalt surged as Tesla was on the rise. It was worth more than many other ores for a while and still is worth more than most. That' what gave me the idea to put the Tesla logo on my print.

The process itself was me first making out a drawn to scale sketch of what I wanted of the print. The next step was to take some tracing paper and trace over what I did on the sketch. After that the last step before printing is to flip the tracing paper and make that indentation into the plate. Once I did that I was ready to print. All printing was to roll paint over the plate and then press it to a piece of paper where you wanted to make the print. To change color just wash the plate and roll a different color.
If I had another go at it I'd make the indentations on my plate as best I could because I feel like that's a really important factor in making your final result come out as you intended it to. Other than that though I don't think I would change anything. I liked my design and how everything was spaced out. So overall pretty good I guess.
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Oxygen holds up life

Posted by Hayden Myers in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 7:03 pm

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My element is oxygen and its atomic number is 8. Oxygen is a gas which although it sounds silly, was discovered in 1772 by Joseph priestly. Oxygen lets us breathe, is the backbone to evolution, and it helps keep long lasting fires. All of these things are interesting, but what my print is based off of is that oxygen holds up life itself. Think of everything that I just said oxygen does, and it will become obvious that oxygen is holding energy and life. I wanted to acknowledge this by making both the periodic number for oxygen(O), and it's atomic number(8) in a position where it looks like it is holding up the earth. I also do understand that there are many other elements that are necessities to these things, but I am simply stating that oxygen is a very big factor in life and energy.

I also had many other ideas like making a print of a lizard growing into a dinosaur, because there was an insane amount of oxygen in prehistoric times, which let lizards grow into dinosaurs. I also thought of doing something with fire, but I thought that that would be very bland and boring, just because oxygen makes fire last long. Because of these reasons, I decided to go with my design. One thing that I wished I did was make it more obvious that oxygen is the backbone by drawing a spine or even simply positioning the period symbol and atomic number better. Making this print was very fun and it opened up my mind to all that elements do.
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Printmaking Blog Post-Nickell Caesar

Posted by Nickell Caesar in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 6:25 pm

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My element was Caesium, it's atomic number is 55. Caesium was discovered in 1860, by german chemists Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff. Caesium was named after the blue lines that was observed in its spectrum. The most common use for Caesium is as drilling fluid, but it is also used for atomic clocks, which is an important part of the internet and mobile phone networks. I made a drill for my imagery, because caesium is used as the drilling fluid within drills, and used blue paint because the element got its name for the blue lines within its spectrum. I decided that making a drill would be the best option because it wouldn't be hard for people to understand what I was trying to make and it would be interesting ways to show this by using positive and negative space. If I was to print a second time, I'd use some more paint on my paper, because, there was some white spots still left on the matted print. I enjoyed the actual printing part, because it was cool seeing the reversed image coming out the correct way, it was so satisfying.
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Antonia Solar- Printmaking Post

Posted by Antonia Solar in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 5:08 pm

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My element that I had to create a print of was the transition metal, iridium. It is number 77 on the periodic table. Iridium got its name from the goddess Iris for its colourful salts. Iridium was originally discovered by Smithson Tennant in 1803 in London. It was found in the residue of platinum that had been dissolved in aqua regia. It is usually used as a hardening agent for platinum alloys. It is also used in the tips of pens and in equipment that has to withstand high temperatures.
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For my print, I got the idea to do the skeleton of a dinosaur. The reason why I picked this was because of the Alvarez Hypothesis. This said that an object collided with the earth 65 million years ago, making many species extinct (dinosaur's being an example.) During the time when this object is said to have collided with the Earth there are high levels of iridium in the Earth's layer. Because of this, I decided to do a print of a dinosaur skeleton to symbolize the hypothesis of the extinction of dinosaurs. To create my print, I really tried to create a drawing that would be easy to see but eye-catching at the same time. I really tried to make the lines deep so that they would stand out in my print. After, I had to trace my drawing so that it would be backwards on the foam but forwards in the end. We then rolled a layer of paint over our foam and put a piece of paper on top to smooth it onto the paper. If I could do my prints gain I would take more time making sure that the lines didn't have paint in them and that they are bold so that people can really tell what my print is of. I would also add the atomic number of my element way bigger because it was really hard to make a print in which you could see the number clearly. A step that I really enjoyed was the actual printmaking process because it was really fun to be trying to create a good print and testing different paint colours.
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Atoms + Art//Beryllium//Sam Friedman

Posted by Samuel Friedman in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 2:39 pm

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My element's name is beryllium and beryllium's atomic number is 4. It was first discovered by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, a chemist and pharmacist from the late 18th century. Vauquelin discovered beryllium in its oxide form in beryl and emerald. The metal was isolated in the early 19th century by two other scientists separately,Wohler and Bussy.

I got the idea to make this the imagery for my element from my research. The only things that used beryllium were machines for rocket science and adjustable wrenches. I thought that ajustable wrenches were something that the class and I can relate to better. I also thought that a wrench is something that we have more of chance of using the a spaceship.

The process that I went through making this print was first sketching and perfecting my design. Then I copied my design onto tracing paper. After that, I got my put my tracing paper and pit it backwards over my plate and carved my backwards design into my plate. I rolled my plate with paint and firmly pressed it onto a blank piece of paper.

If I were to do printmaking again, I would make sure my design was properly carved out onto my plate. I would also wish to spread my horizons and mix some colors for some unique results. Looking back on it, I would also treat my plate with more care and take my time while printing, so that the result does not look rushed. Overall, this was a fun project that gave me new knowledge and a new ability.
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Justine Koffi/ Indium in Phones

Posted by Akossiwa Koffi in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 9:51 am




My element is Indium and the atomic number is 49. Indium was discovered in Germany by german scientists. Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymus Theodor Richter founded it in 1863. The scientists were actually looking for thallium in zinc ores, but they found an indigo line in the samples spectrum. That is why they named the element indium.


Indium can now be found in transistors in a lot of technology, It can be found in phones, computers, televisions, and more. That is why i chose a cell phone to be my image for this project. Indium isn’t that abundant and it isn’t found in that many things, but a cell phone is one of them. I was going to do a television at first, but I thought a phone would be more interesting.


I made three sketches, a phone, a tv, and a computer. All of them looked pretty basic, but I chose a phone so I can decorate the lock screen and make it more interesting. I made four prints, surprisingly, all of them turned out great. I’m keeping two to myself and two to Ms.Hull. I should've made it more colorful, I wanted to do like an ombre, but I didn’t.


Overall, I liked this project and how hands on it was.


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Printmaking- Arsenic

Posted by Zachary Sanders in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 11:29 pm

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My element for this project was Arsenic. It's name on the periodic table is As and the atomic number is 33. It's compounds were mined up by early Chinese, Greek, and Egyptian civilizations. A man named Albertus Magnus was even able to make the element by heating soap with orpiment.
I got the idea for my project by finding out what my element is and does. Since my element was a type of poison the first thing that came to my mind was death, and for the poison I had an idea of a somewhat toxic substance. So with that knowledge in mind I was able to create a skull with toxic coming out from it being represented by the gas and the leaking of the eyes. 
If I could do this project again I would add more detail to my picture. While I did like what I had and was proud of it, I feel like there could have been more to do with it. The part of the project I enjoyed the most was putting the color onto the paper with the rollers. I just liked getting to get a little messy with paint and having to do it again multiple times. 

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Printmaking By: Gabriella Torres

Posted by Gabriella Torres in Art - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 9:17 pm

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My element is Germanium and the atomic number is 32. Germanium has been known as one of the useful elements known to be used for semiconductor industries. Germanium is used long during metals in compression pumps and fluorescent lamps.I first searched up compression pump levers which were very basic so I dug a little deeper and didn't go with something that is made from this element on a daily. From here, I decided to do a wide angle camera len that germanium is used in for the lens. I was able to   distinguish a way to show this by using negative and positive space. If I could print this a second time, I would like to try and experiment with mixed colors because I feel like it would of made the out lining pop more. I enjoyed the printing part because you were able to see the outcome of what you had created. 
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