Royal River Watershed Species Tile

Project Goals:

• To use art in raising awareness of the flora & fauna located in the Royal River watershed

• To learn about artists who work with animals as their subjects, (specifically, working Maine ceramic artist, Tim Christensen, and wildlife artist and Maine Master Naturalist Michael Boardman);

• To become acquainted with basic ceramic vocabulary;

• To learn about and find inspiration in the highly patterned art (alebrijes) from Oaxaca, Mexico;

• To form and paint a low relief ceramic tile that contains both imagery of a species of your choice and an indication of the systems around it which promote that species’ survival.

Artists and Art Culture Studied: Ami Vitale, Tim Christensen, Joel Sartore, Anne London, Louie Psihoyos, Travis Threlkel, and Oaxacan alebrijes from Mexico

Reflection:

I am using patterns to communicate. The five patterns I used are the sun and moon so people know it is awake night and day, the fish so you know it eats fish, the circle’s to represent it’s habitat, the blue lines on the yellow for the “footprints”, the branches to represent it lays on branches. The pattern on the snake to represents the water. The sun and the moon because it is represented clearly and people well know.

I did primary witch are yellow and blue and red, I also did like the colors I used. would paint more nice next time. A northern water snake and I chose it because I love snakes. That it eats fish so it helps by keeping the amount of fish in the water normal. Work on not polluting the water.