What went well with my project was the collaboration aspect of it and working together with my team. My group members and I worked together very well and our ideas combined quite nicely. This project was definitely difficult, because it wasn’t like anything we had ever done before. Another reason why it was so difficult was the project was issued at the very beginning of the year and students (including myself) had a lot on their plate. I think my team and I could definitely improve on time management in this project because sometimes we procrastinated a bit and ended up having to do a lot of the work at once. I learned a lot from this project such as how to make an animation on google slides, how to create backgrounds and scenes with photopea, and how to create a visual representation of a written story. I would say this was a pretty successful project, but if I was the teacher, I would’ve suggested we do it at a later date so that students wouldn’t get overwhelmed.
In chemistry, we have been discussing the different types of bonds. These bonds include ionic, covalent, and metallic. Covalent bonding is responsible for the bonding of dyes and paints to papers, fabric, etc. My art above shows the covalent molecule of water, but more specifically water vapor. I chose to do this because I wanted to do a covalent bond that can exist in all three states of matter, and water was the perfect example. My art includes a pot of boiling water with a visual of covalent molecules of water vapor evaporating from the pot. I created this by drawing a sketch of a boiling pot of water and a stove burner.
I made a koozie for cold canned drinks. It is related to chemistry because it contains a paper weave, which signifies a bond, but more specifically a covalent bond. It also benefits the environment by recycling old paper, cardboard, and plastic bags rather than using new materials. I used the principle of pattern in my koozie with the colored pattern of blue and green paper squares (the weave) for the outside curved surface. I made it using cardboard, a paper weave, plastic bags turned into plarn, twine, and a rubber band. Making the koozie adjustable using recycled twine and rubber band was quite difficult because I had to tie a certain knot. I could improve it for next time by maybe adding something in between the gap of the koozie where the twine holding it together is. I could also reduce some of the clutter of the twine knot. I learned how to properly weave paper and made how to make plarn out of plastic bags.
For my molecule artwork, I created a classroom in the middle of a lesson about H2O. The principle of design I used was pattern, and the model represents pattern through the students at the desks. I used Tinkercad to create this 3D model and I also learned valuable information during this project. I learned how to navigate and utilize tools in Tinkercad, learned about the chemical makeup of molecules (specifically H2O), and expanded my creative thinking to create a unique model. I am content with the result of my model, but for future reference, I think I could improve on the color aspect of the model because it could be more vibrant to make it more visually attractive.
It was a commissioned artwork deal in which Picasso accepted
it contains a variety of shapes and lines
It combines cubist art structures with a monochrome color palette.