Aamir Abdulla
Hannah Baltz
My artwork is of mount Fuji in japan. I used light shades of yellow and pink so the colors wouldn't override the print of the carving. To create my artwork I started with sketching what I wanted to print, then I carved the piece of wood and printed my work. My idea behind the art was that nature changes over time and so do we, so the mountain shows change. When I started this project I really wanted to experiment with the layout of the prints. Overall, I am happy with these pieces.
Zara Dania Farook
My artwork is three different panels of a girl, slowly lowering a mask in which shes pretending to be happy. I call this piece fake smile. To make this, I went through a series of printing out, tracing over, then screen printing with all three of the layers. I first printed out a picture from google to save time, then I went over it using tracing papers and sharpie, once I did that I made three different screens of the three layers I wanted to print. I struggled a bit in this part, because when I traced I didn’t make the lines dark enough which didn’t let the screens completely wash out so only a few of the lines were visible. After that, I printed the first two of the screens the same on each paper but for the third one, I tilted the paper a little bit to make it seem like the girl was lowering her mask. The main idea I wanted the express was the fact that you don’t have to hide your feelings. It’s a social issue that people who have depression pretend to be perfectly happy. I am happy with how this piece turned out, however it wasn’t as I imagined I wanted it to be.
Sohyun Kim
My artwork is etching, and I also drew a mountain. First, I drew the mountain on the paper. Secondly, I did etching. Third, put the ink on the paper and dried it, and put the ink on the etching. Next is water spray on a piece of paper which forced the ink to penetrate the paper. I don’t know the big idea behind my artwork. It just looks cool and beautiful. So I chose this mountain. I am very satisfied. Also, my goal for this artwork is just making good artwork. I think it is very in harmony.
Jack Van oosten and Akkrawin(Keshi) Kovitchindachai
Our project describes different numbers that describe time. Our work has different numbers from different languages and a clock. We created our artwork with spray paint and screen printing. The colossal idea behind our work is of time.
Yanrun(Alex) Li
Lukas Marinos
"My artwork looks like graffiti because I have small graffiti like circles. I used the screen printing as my media. One thing that inspired my work is memories. My photos are funny photos with me and my friends. My goals are to use just the right amount of paint. My final piece is just as I imagined it to be. "
Mikayel Melkonyan
"It is a simple etched clock design with different fonts of numbers every 3 digits. I searched up stylized numbers and I found 4 designs. The idea behind the artwork was that writing has changed it's style over the years. My original goals was to use woodblock, linoleum and print with the etching to create a huge piece. But due to problems I just settled on etching It’s a nice design that easily can be understood."
Leah Miller
In my artwork, I drew a caterpillar that is eating a leaf on a tree sapling. Then it turns into a chrysalis. Then it grows into a beautiful butterfly. I called this artwork evolution. To make this piece I took a picture I already had and used the light table to draw it backward. Then I etched it into the acrylic. Once I finished etching it, I added black etching ink. Then I pressed it onto the paper. My mother inspired this artwork because she made it for me and she always wanted what’s best for me. This piece is about evolving, changing, and growing. I think I did reach my goals because I didn’t have a lot of time to work on this, but it turned out well.
Chloe Mousseau
"My work is of a flower blooming into a big flower. I etched all of it and then printed it in a dark green. My artwork is called ""Hunter Green"" because that’s the shade of green I used to print my work. I think it’s a basic name but then when you find out what it means it connects with my work. I created my work by cutting 6 pieces of the same size of acrylic then I found a video of a flower blooming and took screenshots. After I took the photos, I printed the screenshots then I traced it and started etching it. The big idea for my art is that it shows how you grow over time. The flower starts out as a “baby” and then it evolves over time into a big flower. My goals were to make my art look more relaxed. I didn’t like how it turned out, I wasn’t expecting it to look like that. My overall thoughts are that I wish I changed my project idea because I don’t like how it turned out really weird looking and when you want to flip through the book it’s really hard to look through cause it was tied weirdly. "
Ronja O’Connor
Pasika(Mimie) Pinpakornkul
Nichapa (Min) Rungsinaporn
Lynn Kaye Tan
Sania Tanveer
"My final artwork looks like a timeline of a sunflower. My idea of the artwork is time, as a sunflower grows up and dies at the end of the timeline. The name of my artwork is “grows”. I created my art by acrylic etching and spraying watercolor onto the paper. I used etching because i can create fine lines and make my print detailed. The main idea of my artwork is ‘growing up’. My goal for these series of printing was to show a clear idea, and for the details to be very simple. I think I was able to achieve my goal but I would have been more satisfied if I added more details. Although I think I was able to convey my message. "
Ariel Van Oosten Slingeland
My art is quite detailed with all the lines and textures in the etching. The title of this art piece is Selling All of Life. The main idea of this artwork was about life. Selling All of Life is a dry-point etching colored with colored pencils. The matrix is made of Acrylic so there is a limited amount of prints that someone could make before the print doesn’t look good. I made two prints and chose the better one to color. I try expressing a social issue through my artwork- Humanity and Nature. In the picture, a man is making a deal with Death with a scythe that has a blade made of plants- a symbol of life. My art piece didn’t turn out as I expected, but overall I am quite happy with this artwork.
Zican(Melissa) Zhou
My artwork is about the changes of horses over the course of the generations.Our topic is time, so I thought maybe I could do human’s changes, but I realised it is too common, so I searched up animal changes and it popped up horses. Then my artwork was born. My big idea was all things change over time, it changes to get better, just like animals it change by how time shapes it, to make it live better. I think my artwork turned out not the way I wanted it to be. But I was happy with the etching though. I think I should discover more about printing, like adding textures or layers.
