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Jackie Tingle Biography

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My high school art teacher, Jackie Tingle, inspired me to create and further my education in art. Through her constructive criticism and her wonderful teaching skills she easily allowed me to develop my own skills as an artist. In a world full of two-dimensional characters, I found it amazing that she was a successful artist. Before I met her, I did not know it was even remotely possible to have a career in art. To this day, I still have respect for her and how she carries herself. Even at times when students treated her disrespectfully she remained professional. For this project, my first thought was to incorporate our beagles into the piece because it unifies us, besides our passion for creating art. Often the topic of conversation was Sammy, my dog or her dog, Litti. I also wanted to incorporate her love of jewelry. When I combined the two the end result was a dog bone crown made out of cardboard. …show more content…

Before this project I had never worked with cardboard, so it was a challenge I thoroughly enjoyed. After I made a bone that I thought was an acceptable size I made 7 more. My original goal was to create an octagonal base out of bones for the crown and then build upon it with smaller bones. However, when I completed the bones I put them in the shape of the base without glue. I did not like how that appeared and the crown became too big. Therefore, I changed my base to three bones and created a triangle instead. It was much more minimalistic which would have suited Mrs. Tingle anyway. Afterwards, I glued them together and added dog food to represent the jewels on a crown. Then I spray painted the crown a sparkly white, to resemble bones but to also meet the aesthetic of

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