My Favorite Stuff

These are the five items that I choose for my favorite stuff that have deep value to me. 

• I love my Bible because I am really close to God and reading it helps me feel better and helps me understand things in this world. My Bible even has my full name engraved on the front cover. 

• My necklace is important to me because my Grandma gave it to me for an early christmas present and the color is purple which is my favorite color. The necklace is 14 carrot gold and the gem is an amethyst. 

• The plushy is a dango and it's really soft and fuzzy. I bought it for myself because there is this one particular anime that I love and it brings warmth and reminds me of how a family should be. The dango is apart of a big dango family, many different dangos. A Dango is a Japanese desert ( almost like a sweet mochi ball) and they usually put it on a stick with 3 dangos. Plus my plushy is also purple. 

• My scarf was made and given to me by my mom a few winters back and I take it everywhere with me only if it's cold outside. It keeps me very warm and is special along with the colors black, blue, and purple. 

• Last, is my nintendo DS in the middle of the photo with the stickers (FMA) on it. I got it a few christmases back when I was a first year high school student. I love to take it with me on trips because it is very small and easy to carry around. I can play all sorts of games on this little device without having to worry about having internet or it freezing. Only computers and phones do that, as long as I buy the games that go with the device, then I can play away.

Memorial Project

These are my in-progress pieces

This is my finish sculpture of this memorial project. The materials I used are the soft wood, the lid of something old, and wood glue. This represents of the memory when I achieved in earning a black sash in Kung Fu. It was a saturday in August and I was about to start my senior year of high school. It was a busy day that day because not only I had to go to the testing for my black sash but also my high school cross country coach wanted me to run a race that morning. And of course I did it and I ran the 5k at a time of 22 minutes. At least I had a 3 hour gap in between to rest though I was still kinda tired. The circular motion of the wood of my piece represents the business of that day and how I felt like I did so much and it was crazy. The black sash testing was really hard but I made it and pushed through and earned my black sash. The black ring outside the wood symbolizes the black belt. (The black ring came with the lid). The lid in my piece looked like some sort of traditional chinese lid and since my martial arts school is a traditional chinese martial arts school called "The Peaceful Dragon", I decided to use the lid (which is turned upside down). The shaved wood on the one side symbolizes the hard work I had to accomplish that day. and around the circle it starts to get smoother, which represents the fact that the test was really long and once it  was over with I felt so accomplished and proud of myself, then I got to relax. I earned it!

Sentences and Responses

Here are my sentences from class and the responses to them:

• The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale.   

Response: In my Kung Fu class my teacher tells us that the most important body parts we use to listen are the eyes, ears, and the frontal view. My teacher tells us that the weakest points and the best part to attack a person is the throat, eyes, and on the spine. During form practice we use our body and mind to focus and bring out the movements; like instead of just arms and legs, it all comes from turning the waist and the breath.

• Complicity of objects to serve as teaches of authentic experience. 

Response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWMtUDJQfYs

• The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental and three-dimensional into the miniature which can be enveloped by the body. 

Response: Reminds me of someone's soul being bonded to something else.

• Nostalgia cannot be sustained without loss.

Response: Alchemy's law of equivalent exchange is that you cannot gain anything without first giving something that is equal value to you in exchange for what you want.

• To have a souvenir of the exotic is to possess both a specimen and a trophy.

Response:

Dango family plushy 

• The place of origin must remain unavailable in order for desire to be generated.

Response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oalaO2o5YF8

Final project one: Paper Sculptures

This is my first final piece for the first assignment of 3D art. It looks to me like a gun, plane, and bullets combined but it really isn't anything. I used masking tape, wood glue, white card stock and clear tape. It's now a bit bigger than the palm of a hand. The design principle is symmetry because when you look at it from the top of it, it is perfectly symmetrical on both sides.

This is my second piece for 3D art first assignment. The design principle is space because there is space all in the middle and that is where I placed the smaller sculpture I made. It has plenty of space if I wanted to I could put something else in it. It can hang from the masking tape that I used. I used the same materials that I used on the first paper sculpture. 

This is my third piece for the first assignment for 3D art. The shape is circular on the outside and abstract on the inside. The same materials are being used. This is the smallest paper sculpture I made. The design principle is focal point because there is the smaller piece in the middle and then the lines that   look like a pattern on the outside. The shape in the middle is the most different out of all of them, and that one is the focal point.

paper sculptures in progress

These photos are my in-progress paper sculptures for 3D art class. I used paper, tape, and wood glue to make these. They are small enough that you can place it in the palm of your hand.