I researched Maxime Maufra for the project. He was born May 17th, 1861 in Nantes, France. In 1890, he moved to Pont-Aven, where he met Paul Gauguin and Paul Sérusier. This region inspired much of his work. He is a scenic painter, which is why I chose him, as I enjoy landscape painting. I also enjoy painting water and clouds which is why I was inspired 

The goal is this project was to create a table setting that represents the Columbian Exchange. We sought to connect all of our core classes, and as we were learning about the Americas, Europe, and Africa in World History, we chose to interpret it through pottery. For this class, we decided to make a bowl using the pinch pot technique, incorporating traditional Colombian colors and designs. To relate it specifically to the Columbian Exchange, we created a tomato to adorn the plate, which was a crop commonly exchanged from the Americas to Europe along with others like maize and potatoes. I believe that our work turned out pretty well, but if I could do it again I would watch more tutorials to improve my skills, as I was not as inclined to making bowls and failed a lot, which wasted time I could’ve been using to make more food for the plate, etc.

For this project, we were tasked with creating a typographical version of the name of our class, ChemVAS. We had to incorporate and modify different aspects of Chemistry and Visual Arts to create a unique typograph. My work used many colors, and I made sure to keep the letters proportionate. 

For this dual project, we started by studying the works of Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Pojavec as they mailed postcards of their daily life as visualizations. Then, in Chemistry, we did a lab and collected data on the number of skittles and colors in a pack. We did 3 visualizations of our data, and created a final draft, as seen here.