Art - Freshman - Hull — Science Leadership Academy @ Center City

Cesium

Posted by Aaron Block in Art - Freshman - Hull on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 8:53 pm

Inquiry
In the beginning, I had no idea what Cesium was. It is not an element that people hear of everyday.

Research
In order to produce a good, informed design, I needed to do some research on what Cesium was used for, when it was discovered etc.

Collaboration
To make a good design and generate ideas, I worked with others and asked about others designs. This helped to improve my design.

Presentation
For this project, I had to matt to of the prints on a background paper. I also had to take a good picture as part of presentation.

Reflection
Now, I reflect on my project. I look at my project and see how it connects to the five SLA core values.

Element Project

Posted by Milahn Shurelds in Art - Freshman - Hull on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 5:03 pm

Inquiry: There were many questions that I had about the project but didn’t ask. These questions weren’t asked because they were eventually answered during the process.

Research: Because I had questions the best way to answer them was with research. Through research I was able to answer all of my questions.

Collaboration: During this project I had to collaborate with others for help and to help. Helping them with painting and them helping me with carving.

Presentation: This print will be on the school walls and on this blog below the reflection. The print was made with effort and creativity.

Reflection: Even though I find my design interesting if I did this project again it would be different. I would think of something else that has to do with fluorine.

Prints

Posted by Jasmin Gilliam in Art - Freshman - Hull on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 12:30 am

The presentation wasn't very formal but throughout the process and going through it together my classmates and I saw what each other did and what they could do better and throughout the period of time working on the project we figured out best methods for everything. Reflection When I reflect on this I love it more and more and I never love my art sothroughout this I have learned that printmaking may be the way to go.

Negative Space

Posted by Jasmin Gilliam in Art - Freshman - Hull on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 12:19 am

Negative Space is basically the part that is not the object. If you outline the object and color it in the part that is not colored in is the negative space. In the cut out the negative space is the paper I did not quit. The drawings have negative space in the part not drawn on. To see negative space the artist can see what they need to take out or draw on.This technique helps most of the time because of the way your eye can pick up on the shapes found in the negative or positive space.

Element Print

Posted by William Derry in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 11:05 pm

Inquiry: This project made us think about different ways to carve our block of linoleum. We all had to choose what we wanted are drawing to be on our block of linoleum.

Research: For this project we had to research the element that we were given and find information that could be turned into a drawing. Furthermore we had to find the atomic number and the symbol for our element.

Collaboration: Throughout this project we all talked about what we thought would be cool for our drawing for our print. We also talked about the different ways to print our drawings on the final piece of paper.

Presentation: For this project we had to print our drawings on a final piece of paper. We also had to take a picture of our final print and had to make sure that the photo had the proper lighting.

Reflection: At the end of the project I thought about what I could have done differently for this project. Furthermore I looked at my final product and made sure that it was the product that I wanted.

Chlorine

Posted by Leo Levy in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 10:50 pm

Inquiry
While I understood a few uses of chlorine, I was not clear on the widespread application of the element. It took some inquiry to push beyond the stereotypical clorox bottle, and discover uses of chlorine from public sanitation and the production of plastics to chemical warfare. Many of these were truly shocking.

Research
Inquiry provides the drive for research. With my questions as to chlorine's real world applications in mind, I hit the web. My perusing led me from the CDC website to that of CNN, and allowed me to achieve a fuller understanding of chlorine's history. Fact: Chlorine bombs were used by insurgent forces against United States forces and Iraqis alike during the Iraq War. Fact: The german scientist who began using chlorine solutions to deodorize the hands of surgeons, had the wonderful name of Ignaz Semmelweis.

Collaboration
Most of the collaboration of this project was during the printing period, in spite of a few of my classmate's pestering. I was impressed by our efficient and coordinated cleaning routine afterwards.

Presentation
I tried to incorporate the lettering and numbering of my design into the visual image, as opposed to having it overlayed, out of context. This method was hindered slightly by my issues representing differences in value and texture in the linoleum.

Reflection
While I don't see this piece as my best work, or even close to my best work, it provided an opportunity for some interesting reflection. The project allowed me an opportunity to consider the ways in which we can convey information visually, and how juxtaposition of different forms of communication (visual and written) can display more complete messages than these forms on their own.

Josh Berg Indium Print

Posted by Joshua Berg in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 10:20 pm

I inquired about my element Indium. I had to figure out what exactly it was that I wanted to figure out about my element.

I did a lot of research to figure out key things about my element. I had to find out something to highlight in my printed piece.

I collaborated with my peers to figure out the best ways to print. We collaborated on what color combinations looked appealing and which didn't. We also figured out the best ways to have the prints come out clearer.

For presentation we all showed each other our prints and our carvings. We will eventually hang up our art in various placed.

I am reflecting right now on this moodle post. I am looking at what I liked that I did and what I did not like that I did or created.

Manganese Print

Posted by Michelle Friedman in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 9:34 pm

Inquiry: I wondered about what my element does in the world and how I can interpret that to make it into a print.

Research: I did online research to find answers to my inquiry.

Collaboration: My friends helped me by offering their opinions and I also worked with Ms. Hull to finalize this project.

Presentation: After printing the linoleum block I created 2 frames in order to decorate the school with them.

Reflection: I have created a blog post recalling what I did and how it relates to the core values.

Below is one framed print and one unframed.

Element Block Print: Lanthanum

Posted by Tobi Hahn in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 8:20 pm

Inquiry: We had to find out what our element was in order to make a print out of it.

Research: We had to research our element, then create a print that had something to do with our element. Upon finding that vacuum tubes contained lanthanum, I decided to have my print be of a vacuum tube.

Collaboration: We collaborated with our classmates when printing. We shared ink and tools.

Presentation: The prints will be hung up in the halls. We are also posting a picture of them here on the blog.

Reflection: We are reflecting on the prints here on SLATE.

Vanadium print (August Polite)

Posted by August Polite in Art - Freshman - Hull on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 8:13 pm

inquiry
I researched a little bit about my element (vanadium) and its properties. The most interesting thing I found was an image of a small bit of vanadium in a strange circular interlacing pattern, which was the inspiration for my print.
research
I did some minor research on the topic, learning about the purpose and uses of vanadium. I eventually just settled with the image I had found before, since vanadium's practical uses were not that interesting.
collaboration
I helped my friends decide on their final designs, learning about their element, while they gave me input on my design.
presentation
I tried to make my design look as nice as possible while keeping it simple. I lost a large part of the aesthetic in the printing process, underestimating how difficult it would be to convey shading on the linoleum.
Reflection
I am fairly happy with the end result I obtained, however in the future (since I now have a better understanding of the medium) I will try to take a more reasonable approach.

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