Artist: Mary Cassatt
Portraiture: Printmaking
Portraiture: Printmaking
Artist: Rene Magritte
Surreal Journey Postcards: Collage
Surreal Journey Postcards: Collage
Artist: Do Ho Suh
Pop-Up Homes and Habitats: Mixed Media
Pop-Up Homes and Habitats: Mixed Media
Reflection:
The BIG idea for Unit 2 was relationships. The studios created for this theme made their own relationships between each other. The first, my collage inspired by Mary Cassatt, showed my relationship between my hometown and where I live now. Even though the two are only 13 miles apart, they could not be more different. But they both share a part of my identity and are related in that way. Bang (2000) states “I had read a lot and thought a lot about what went on in pictures, but largely things seemed to either ‘work’ or ‘not work’ for unrelated reasons.” (pg. 42). That quote describes how I felt about the second studio’s relationship with my life, in that they just seem to work. The “float” is related to a hometown friend who is now in the Army and jumps out of planes regularly. The theme for that postcard related to her career, and the distance we have between us. The second postcard is my relationship to myself, and shares many common characteristics with Rene Magritte. The relationship of who I want to be or not be by the covering and exposing of the faces. Sometimes I am outgoing and other times I am shy and reserved. The last studio showed relationships between my school, and home, and family. The black building and heart represented my school, and the 405 was my house number, and the butterflies were symbolic of my late grandmother. All three relationships were within a half-mile radius from each other. I was close to my grandmother and school and all the relationships were instrumental in my development.
I feel that these studios required vast amounts of design and creativity to portray the complex relationships we have on that one piece of paper. As written in Pink (2006), “But most important, cultivating a design sensibility can make our small planet a better place for us all.” (pg. 86). Allowing the students design and express themselves will make them more comfortable and confident with each other, creating a community in the classroom. Having a community in the classroom will allow the class to work together better and allowing more meaningful learning overall.
References:
Pink, D. H. (2006). A Whole New Mind (p. 86). New York, NY: Penguin Group.
Bang, M. (1991). Picture This How Pictures Work (p. 42). Boston, MA: Bullfinch
Press/Little, Brown and Company.
The BIG idea for Unit 2 was relationships. The studios created for this theme made their own relationships between each other. The first, my collage inspired by Mary Cassatt, showed my relationship between my hometown and where I live now. Even though the two are only 13 miles apart, they could not be more different. But they both share a part of my identity and are related in that way. Bang (2000) states “I had read a lot and thought a lot about what went on in pictures, but largely things seemed to either ‘work’ or ‘not work’ for unrelated reasons.” (pg. 42). That quote describes how I felt about the second studio’s relationship with my life, in that they just seem to work. The “float” is related to a hometown friend who is now in the Army and jumps out of planes regularly. The theme for that postcard related to her career, and the distance we have between us. The second postcard is my relationship to myself, and shares many common characteristics with Rene Magritte. The relationship of who I want to be or not be by the covering and exposing of the faces. Sometimes I am outgoing and other times I am shy and reserved. The last studio showed relationships between my school, and home, and family. The black building and heart represented my school, and the 405 was my house number, and the butterflies were symbolic of my late grandmother. All three relationships were within a half-mile radius from each other. I was close to my grandmother and school and all the relationships were instrumental in my development.
I feel that these studios required vast amounts of design and creativity to portray the complex relationships we have on that one piece of paper. As written in Pink (2006), “But most important, cultivating a design sensibility can make our small planet a better place for us all.” (pg. 86). Allowing the students design and express themselves will make them more comfortable and confident with each other, creating a community in the classroom. Having a community in the classroom will allow the class to work together better and allowing more meaningful learning overall.
References:
Pink, D. H. (2006). A Whole New Mind (p. 86). New York, NY: Penguin Group.
Bang, M. (1991). Picture This How Pictures Work (p. 42). Boston, MA: Bullfinch
Press/Little, Brown and Company.