2nd Visit

This visit was fantastic. Tanner and Sadie were able to make great progress with their stories. I taught them about the different things that global is warming is causing our environment to change. Like change in water temp, etc. We were able to taylor this into our stories to allow it to be educational yet still very creative. It has been a very rewarding experience so far, and am looking forward to seeing what they have created over the week. We were able to write the stories, but they are now capturing the visuals, and they seem very engadged and feel comfortable around me. Now to begin brainstorming on how i want to capture this in the studio.

PHA

Today I had the privilege of going to park house academy. I worked with Tanner and Sadie. They were both wonderful students, and were really easy to communicate with. Sadie was much more quiet, but she felt comfortable and opened up and began sharing. It was great to hear the interests that they have, and the creativity that they can put forward in this project. They seemed very excited about the idea. I hope to inspire them to become more interested in the arts and being able to be creative in a school system that limits creativity as you get older. My challenges are going to be keeping Tanner focused, and to have sadie express herself and not feel shy or intimidated by the situation. I am going to constantly keep them on task and ask questions to find the creativity that i know they have inside. Just asking a few ideas about future bear they were getting creative and thinking about wonderful and silly ideas of what happens. Its going to be very rewarding, and I always enjoy working with younger students to inspire them.

Screenprint artist

While researching screen print artists, i came across a company called lovenskate. Since i love to skateboard, it stood out to me. They use screen print to make create designs for their skateboards, shirts, and other goods. It really stood out to me because of the colors, and interesting designs that they were able to create and capture on mediums such as wooden skateboard decks. They have been around since 2001, and specialize in skateboard gear. They are based in East-London, so they do not get much attention in the U.S, as i have never heard of the company. Their different screen prints focus on the visuals of a skateboarder, and use old style screen printing methods to apply the ink to the board. Overseas, they have become a beloved company where they can create art, and products that people can skate with all the time. I hope they get popular in the US.

Second Project

For this piece, I focused on the arts within the city of Philadelphia. I wanted to capture the unique cultural spirit of the arts, following my theme of understanding what makes Philadelphia so special to me. I chose to use the Philadelphia Art museum in the background, as it is a central point of art and culture within the city. It is visited by millions of people yearly, and holds great pieces of work. I then chose to use the Oldenburg Clothespin, with famous south Philly musician Jim Croce, to capture the sculptural aspect and musical aspect of the city. I used a transfer to create the faded background, then wanted to use a dark image to capture jim and oldenburgs clothespin on the front. I hope that this captured the arts in the beautiful city of Philadelphia.