1. Artists
create original art.
-think
creatively
-develop
original ideas
How did
you use your own unique ideas in your work?
When I was planning this
project, I didn’t have a really good idea that came to me first, but I liked
the idea of a foul ball. The ball could be a literal foul ball, a fowl (aka a
bird) ball or a ball in a foul mood. So many options! Next thought was to carve
a base ball and make it look like a bird with angry eyes… if you can’t tell I don’t
know much about a baseball! My art teacher had a base ball and he cut it open. I think I can safely say we were both pretty surprised about
the content of a baseball! The inside of a baseball is pretty cool, and I soon
realized that you can’t carve a baseball very well. Needless to say I still
wanted to go ahead with the baseball and make it into a cute yet angry bird.
2. Artists
take risks.
- try new
things
-
experiment
Did you
try something that you weren’t sure about as part of this project?
I can safely say that I hardly
ever do 3D projects, let alone carving up baseballs! I have played a lot of
sports and I know that basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, tennis balls, ping
pongs and figure skates are all hollow on the inside… but what’s in a baseball?
It is one thing to Google it and a whole other thing to cut it open for yourself.
I will stop ranting and get to the point, Mr. Sands cut open the base ball, I
cut the strings off and then slipped the inside of the base ball out. The
center of the baseball is cork… can cork get moldy? (EWW) Any way as soon as
that was out of the way I hot glued the ball back together and it looked almost
as good as new. Then I drew and then cut wings and a beak out of the ball and
now I had a fowl ball!
Did you
pick a material or technique that was new or different over something that was
familiar?
The material that I picked
out was not as familiar to me as paint or pencil was, I usually don’t carve out
baseballs. The other materials that I am using is glue, (Elmer’s and hot) felt,
and canvas. The goal is to create a baseball field with the base ball bird sitting
outside of the line.
fowl/foul ball |
5. Artists collaborate.
- share ideas and knowledge
- teach
- help
Did you ask another student for feedback
during your work process?
I asked two students for help/feedback during my
project. You can go and explore their art blogs at this link, http://ahs-ariel-2015.blogspot.com/
and http://apex-2016-hannahs.blogspot.com/
. Hannah helped with deciding on that
the bird and the base ball should be the same object. We were thinking about
making a nest out of the inside of the ball but since it would kind of distract
the audience from the piece we kept that out. Ariel helped me with the sand on
the base ball field. So on the picture on the left you can see that there is a
green “field” and a “home base”. I then glued sand all around the base and was concerned
about the glue falling off of the base.( sand not in this picture) So Ariel told me to just put glue all
over the sand again so it would create a seal, I am really excited to see how
it turned out on Monday!
Did someone help you understand important
information or inspire you?
My dad helped me come up with the idea
of a foul ball, a foul mood and a fowl ball (Bird Ball). It was pretty exciting
to realize all the different “foul” attitudes the ball could have!
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