Week 1
Inspiring images of awards :
I like these awards because of their simplicity. I like the gold colour that they each have and appreciate the small details that they each have such as on the sides and the body of the awards..
My rough draft sketch :
Week 2
Last week I worked on creating my paper mache project. My challenge of the week was having to test different forms of media on my project, after having difficulties with the original form of media that I planned on using. I planned on using wire as the main form of media on my project, but was re directed to using cardboard instead. My success of the week was using cardboard to construct the centre piece of my paper machet award and successfully covering the armature chop stick of my project in paper mache. My goals for next week are to paper mache the cardboard centre piece of my project as well as to begin the painting process.
Week 3
Last week I completed working on my inquiry project and finished paper maching my project. My challenge of the week was working with the paper machet because I had a hard time smoothing it down against my project. My success was making the machet smooth and flat to my project, and getting the final pictures of my inquiry project taken. My goals for this week are to paint my paper machet project and to dedicate it to someone.
Week 4
This week I continued the process of my paper mache award. My successes of the week was painting my award, and decided who I am dedicating my project to. I decided that the project would be dedicated to myself because of how subjective and personal it is to me. The yellow represents the energy, happiness, and joy that make up my personality. The dark teal represent the tranqiulity and meloncholic side to my personality. My challenge of the week was having my paint run transparent even after several coats. My goals for next week are to continue adding more media and dimensions to my project.
Week 5
This week I added a new media, gilter, to compliment the yellow. My success of the week was adding more dimension to my project by adding different shade and colour variations to the award. Where I had painted yellow, I painted in an orange colour, and where the teal is, I added in a deeper blue. My challenge of the week was trying to add more dimension to my project, which I ended up solving. My goals for this week is to write the purpose of my award.
Week 6
This week I completed my award. My success of the week was succesfully adding the name plaque onto my project and writing my artist statement. My challenge of the week was figuring out how I wanted to create the plaque where I was going to write the name of my award. My goal for the future is to better my abilities at writing artist statements.
