Jessenia Abrigo

Visual Arts Department

MINI COBBLESTONE PURSE

2020

Rubber block, carving tool, fabric block printing ink, black and white canvas, black thread, sewing machine.

8" x 1.5" x 11"

For my final piece, there isn't much meaning to it. I simply wanted to create something I like. I love printmaking and textile designs, so I thought “why not create my own fabric with my own block print design”. And that’s what I did. When creating a design, I strive for clean geometric simplicity, hence my choice for black and white. Although my repetitive print is geometric in organization, I wanted to add an element of organic flow by varying the sizes of the rectangles and squares as well as rounding out the edges, similar to a cobblestone street. Cobblestone streets are precise in design and structure because they are man-made, while erosion by nature shapes the stones that form the street.

Thank you final senior piece. You gave me the freedom to do as I please and I am so happy with my results! I learned that I cannot be a perfectionist, which is visible in my piece through sewing and the print. The ink faded and the pattern is not perfectly aligned. I made art for myself without overthinking, just making as I went along, doing what I like: repetitive black and white patterns through printmaking. I can’t plan everything in life, and no matter how long I spend planning an art piece, the final result is totally different. For example, my senior piece was supposed to be an upholstered chair. My final piece, as simple as it is, has captured my growth over the past four years.

I made a tiny purse for a tiny person (I am 4’11”, but that’s rounded up. I am actually 4’10.5” lol.) and now I can wear my purse out and about!

last day of freshman year

as a joke i said "let's do the prom pose"... four years later, we never got the chance to go to prom

last first day of school

Dear Class of 2020 ...

Oh Dreyfoos, you were the best yet worst four years of my life. I may not have had the best experience, but the visual department, the community we are, made it all worth it. Everyone is so passionate about what they do, and I admire that. The fun and positive energy during critiques made those long classes bearable. Printmaking class for two years straight had the most chaotic energy ever. Shoutout to Ms. Jahn for being the best teacher ever three years in a row! Aisha, Jillian, and Cassidy, thank you for being my friends from the start. I cannot believe it has been seven whole years. I am thankful you stuck around for this long and now you cannot escape.

I really don’t know what else to say. It sucks that we aren’t getting our final goodbye in the proper way. From the teachers to the students, I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to make up the Dreyfoos Class of 2020. I am sending virtual hugs to all while crying virtual tears.

P.S. Good luck in the future, I know everyone will do great things :)

senior pep rally

jess and jill

went up a hill to fetch a pail of waterjess fell down and broke her crownand jill came tumbling down

printmaking pyramid

jess and cass

"nice mushroom" jessenia said, and that's how she made her very first friend

architecture class

printmaking halloween breakfast feast

senior pep rally

sophomore year piggy back with aisha

junior year piggy back with aisha

another junior year piggy back with aisha

(i only have a video from freshman year and idk how to put videos 😔)

senior year piggy back with aisha

thank you for carrying me through the years and making me taller because you are very tall (4'11"+5'7"=piggy back ride)

Jessenia at the beach on her 18th birthday!

(I don't have an image of myself from freshman year and I haven't ordered my senior portraits oopsies)

DEAR CLASS OF 2021

Dear next year’s seniors,

DO NOT WAIT FOR THE RIGHT TIME.

DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.

CHERISH EVERY MOMENT LIKE IT WILL BE YOUR LAST.

I made all those mistakes, as well as procrastinating. I can’t believe I will never set foot on campus with my entire class ever again. I did't even really say goodbye on our "last day", March 13th, 2020. I walked out laughing, thinking we were just getting and "extra long" spring break. I thought this would all be over by now.

Take risks. Be ambitious. Shoot your shot. Have fun. Time is a valuable thing and we don’t have much of it. Enjoy your time as a senior.

After high school, your journey will not be the same as everyone else's. In high school sure, we are doing everything at the same time: classes, sports, clubs, you name it. But after, as long as you put your heart and soul into whatever you believe in, the journey and detours you will take will not matter. Don't feel like a failure because you didn't get into your dream school or can't afford to go to your top choice school, but it's okay to cry (I know I did). Whatever route you take, as long as you put your heart and soul into it, you will reach your destination. At this time, I still don't know where I'm going to college. You just have to do you from here on out. Senior year really gave me a whole vibe check. I was faced with rejection and the reality of money's worth. I had to accept that not everything will go my way, but you have to work with what you got.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL AND START THOSE COLLEGE APPS EARLY (even though you probably won't)

Sincerely, Jessenia Abrigo :)

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