STUDENT WORK
2020-2021
2017-2018
Bella W. '21
Digital Design & Fabrication
Art at Foxcroft, 2018
Laser cut on wood
I created this piece of artwork to represent the diversity and beauty of art. The design was created using Adobe Illustrator, then cut by the laser cutter. Each piece was cut individually then assembled to create my project. This artwork expresses some of the different ways that students here at Foxcroft create art, which demonstrates how diverse art is. Art is not just painting or drawing, but also music, dance, and more.
Bella W. '21
Digital Design and Fabrication
Limitless, 2018
Stencil on Cardboard
24” x 40”
This artwork, inspired by Banksy, was created to express a message that applies to our world today. My project was created with stencils, which I created in Photoshop. Each individual color was spray painted onto the cardboard using the stencil. I created this artwork to express that girls should not feel limited in the workplace because of their gender, but are still just as capable as boys to become military officers, scientists, and more. Since I have been encouraged my whole life to pursue my dreams and not be discouraged by challenges or opposition, I wanted to show others that they could do the same.
Ellen B. '21
Digital Design and Fabrication
Split Second, 2018
Laser cut on black acrylic and plexiglass
6" x 7.5" x 5"
I created this piece using a laser cutter on black acrylic and plexiglass. It is meant to look like a camera, and it has a quote on it from Matt Hardy. This piece is meant to keep people mindful of the pictures they take. Instead of taking a quick picture, I wanted this piece to inspire people to think before they take a shot and try to make it a real photograph.
Kenzie G. '20 "Hamilton" 2016-2017
"Hamilton" is the first piece in the series. In 2016, I was lucky enough to receive tickets to see Hamilton, and I wanted to bring a gift to the cast. I knew that the gifts fans usually brought were art pieces, but I wan't to find a way to have my work stand out. I had the idea to use the laser cutter, and I used Adobe Illustrator (AI) to design the art. At the time, I was unfamiliar with AI, and it took me about a month to create the final product. After I was satisfied with the design, I stained a wood board, and printed the piece using a laser cutter at a MakerSpace in DC. I painted the outline gold, wrote a message on the back of the board for the cast of Hamilton, and brought it with me to New York City. The cast was so impressed that each cast member asked for their own copy, and less than a year later, I had delivered over thirty boards to the theater.
Kenzie G. '20
"The Raven Cycle" 2017
"The inspiration for "The Raven Cycle" came when I received the news that one of my favorite authors, Maggie Stiefvater, who wrote The Raven Cycle, was speaking in my hometown. I wanted to bring her a gift, so I began working on The Raven Cycle Board, the second piece in the series. I had gained a lot of experience in Adobe Illustrator since I had started working on the Hamilton board, so I had a much clearer vision in my mind on what I wanted to create, and how to create it. I used the prologue to each of the four books of The Raven Cycle as a background, and the image of a raven, the logo of the series, as the main image. After printing the piece, I hand painted the raven using acrylics, a process that took about 10 hours."
Kenzie G. '20
"Six of Crows" 2017
"Over the summer, with the help of Foxcroft's Inspired Learning Summer Grant, I was able to complete Six of Crows, which is a popular YA book. I wanted the piece to be a reflection of my artistic style, so I utilized the skills I had gained throughout my past projects to create a piece that incorporated words and images to create a seamless design. After I printed the piece, I filled all the background words in with red acrylic paint, and created contrast by using silver on the words "Six of Crows," as well as the windows in the design."
Myth-Maker Project
Course: Literature and Expository Writing I
Instructors: Anne Burridge and Lindsay O'Connor
Description: Students examined why cultures create myths, what messages they convey, and what techniques they use to convey those messages. In groups, they explored the evolution of one Greek myth, and then completed an imaginative and analytical project responding to and reimagining that myth. The following roles were defined in each group:
Project manager: makes decisions, settles disagreements, keeps things on track, leads in-class presentation.
Tech director: recommends which Innovation Lab technology to use and the necessary materials. Obtains required knowledge, instructions, and training for that technology.
Imagineer: Conceives of how to translate or convey an important aspect of the myth in a three-dimensional object that you create.
Engineer: Primary maker. This person might operate the laser cutter, paint the wood, or sew the buttons. In groups of three, there will not be an engineer, so you will spread this work out.
Chessa B. '21, Brianna M. '20, Bella W. '21
Jacky A. '21, Ellen B. '21, Teagan S. '21, Leslie W. '21
"Atalanta" 2017
Atalanta is a girl raised by a bear who grew up to be a great hunter and athlete. She refused to marry unless the suitor beat her in a race, and when suitors lost to her (even with a head start!), she would kill them.
Harriet B. '21, Julia G. '21, Chanler J. '21, Eunice Y. '21
Bellerophon is a strong man who captures and rides Pegasus, the winged horse, and slays the chimaera.
Maya Y. '20, Emma N. '21, Tami F. '21
Echo is a nymph who falls in love with handsome, vain Narcissus, but he is too self-absorbed to notice her. She fades away into just a voice while he is cursed to see his reflection in a pool and fall in love with it. He becomes so obsessed with his reflection that he dies looking at it.
Elsie, Betsy, Mia, Jennifer
Julia C. '21, Scarlett D. '21, Bella Z. '20
Orpheus is a talented harpist who loves and marries Eurydice. When she dies suddenly, Orpheus charms Hades with his beautiful music and gets the chance to bring her back to life if only he can lead her out of the underworld without looking back at her behind him.
Dami O. '21, Isobel D. '21
Pygmalion is the king of Cyprus who falls in love with a beautiful statue of a woman. He asks Aphrodite to bring it to life.
"We decided as a group to depict the moment when Galatea came to life because we felt that was a pivotal moment in the story. I created this piece by sketching in Adobe Photoshop with a Wacom tablet." -Dami O. '21
Biology Project
Instructor: Meghen Tuttle
WORLD CULTURES Project
Instructor: Stephanie Young
