Lion/Cow

Feminine growth

Elandi van Jaarsveld

Finished Wed, June 22, 2022

Paper mache, acrylic paint, rocks.

I like the simplicity of this project as well as the meaning. I feel like I could’ve done a bit more but I like how it turned out. It is not my proudest piece since it was my first time trying out paper mache.

This week I fixed the ears and added some layers while working on my inquiry project. I let it dry over the weekend and this week I am planning to start adding its features of it and I had an idea to make it double-sided because when I turn it upside down it looks like a cow. The cow represents my relationship with my mom because I think cows resemble motherhood and I have a close friendship with my mother.

this week I want to get the base covered in some color or fur.

This week I started making my paper mache, I decided to make a lioness head. I started forming it with Mx. Vittie’s help, then I attached the ears.  It is kind of difficult to make the perfect shape head for my lioness. I used painter’s tape, newspaper, and glue(gooey stuff).

The ears are a bit long so I will cut it down to shape later, My goal for this week is to find all the mediums I want to use for my lioness head, like what I want to use for the fur, the eyes, the whiskers, etc… as well as fix the ears.

I have to make an award out of paper mache. It has to resemble something to you. My trophy is going to resemble self-growth. This year I realized just how far I’ve come. I have been working so hard in all “categories”, school, sport, career, family, maturing, Having a positive mindset and attitude, etc…

First here are some examples of your basic trophies we can see.

Here are some ideas I have for trophies that best resemble self-growth.

This one Is kind of like growing wings and growing up, and then one day moving out of the house, graduating from school/college. I think this one is a trophy you would get when you get there though. I like the simplicity of this trophy as well as the clean look of it. I also have a few trophies like this one at home(in south Africa) for running, so i don’t want to make another one but i love how it looks.

This one resembles growth by adding the plants and how plants grow. I think you can add flowers and different kinds of plants to resemble different parts of your growth. I like how it looks simple and how it looks more like decor and I don’t like when there’s a trophy in your house and people think you are bragging and like think you are the best. I don’t listen to that stuff but, I watched these organizers on youtube and someone hid a grammy award in their closet. I was like what are you doing, own it. You worked hard for it. Anyway, I like this one a lot and I think I might choose this one.

This one is like a baby deer growing its antlers and growing up. This one I think is good because the antlers can keep growing, I think you could add some fun colors and it would look cool. I like how simple but also not at the same time it looks.

I am very proud of who I am today and I grew so much in these two past years. I like to think and believe I am a very self-aware person, at least I try to be. I own up to my mistakes, I learn from people and the lessons they give me. I love getting advice and feedback from people, it helps me be more self awareand work on my imperfections. I think it is good to appreciate yourself sometimes and how far you have come. Alwyas count your blessing before looking at the negative side of things.

I want my trophy to be simple but not too simple to make it look like it took me 5 minutes to make it.

I will now start sketching my ideas out and seeing which one I like more.