My Ladybug Relief Sculpture: A Success

Sensory bins are normally storage containers with a filler, shovel and sometimes has a theme. These bins are used to help children understand their senses, improve language development, playing with others and independently, and helps with life skills. I created a bin for the York Area Down Syndrome Association (YASDA) event at York College of Pennsylvania. The goal in my sensory bin was to have many different textures and colors in the bin, that would attract students and also help improve their fine motor skills, understand their senses, language, and life skills.

This soap sculpture project was very fun and relaxing for me, as well as a great opportunity to express myself in a different way. Initially, I had not thought about what image I wanted to sculpt, but I did know that it had to be something unique, perhaps something meaningful. I did not think of this project as another assignment, but rather a way to escape the routine burdens of everyday life. Additionally, as I dwelled on what my life has been like for the last several months, hence the burdens of life that sometimes brings us down, I also thought about all the blessings and wonders that God has given me.

Construction of each substrate: Rock Crevice: The rock crevice used four rocks to make a crevice shape Rock Structure: The rock structure was made of three rocks, two rocks on the bottom level and one resting on top of the others to make an overhang. Seaweed: Find a small bunch of Bladderwrack-Fucus seaweed and weigh it down with a small rock so it does not disturb the other substrates. Shells: Collect periwinkles (both smooth and common), dogwhelks, and a mussel or clam to make up the shell area.

Looking at the sculpture carefully I did not observe many shapes, but I did see specific lines which were meant to emphasize smoothness and beauty. For example,

The various textures of the sculpture promote the beauty of the natural body because it emphasizes its beauty and flaws.

For my Fertile Crescent project I created a battering ram. The battering ram was used by the assyrians to destroy other empires walls. To get the supplies we went to walmart and bought Quick Grip glue, 2 metal rods, washers, Diet Coke, Lincoln logs, and popsicle sticks. First, I started to create the base. The base was made out of two four inch Lincoln logs for the sides of the battering ram, and two 2 inch Lincoln logs for the front and back of it. Then, we made the axles we took four of the two inch Lincoln logs and cut each one in half. We had to make the groove through the middle big enough for the metal rod to fit through so we used my Dad’s pocket knife to deepen them. After, we did this to all four of the two inch pieces we put a hole through the diet coke caps to stick the metal rods through. Knowing that the wheels/diet coke caps would be wobbly without something to keep it tight I put the washers inside of the wheels.

The art piece that I chose to critique is the sculpture of a figure kneeling down and getting shocked. It is located on campus near the Morris University Center(muc). When I first saw this sculpture it caught my attention immediately, because of how gruesome the piece was. I feel like I don’t have a good understanding of what the sculpture represents, but it seems like it would raise plenty of controversy, due to its erotic features. It seems like the artist was venting his emotions when he created his idea. The sculpture is fairly large in size, which makes it noticeable, among the other art pieces on campus. The sculpture media consist of wood and concrete, and metal mostly. The individual is keeling down toward the west and is supported

The first work I studied is the Terracotta Skyphos. It is a cup from early imperial time. It belongs to the Roman culture. It was made at Tarsus in Cilia. It is from Cyprus. The cup is made out of Terracotta, which is a clay-like substance. It is fired clay that can that is durable and strong. It can be molded into any shape. In Italian terracotta means “baked earth.” Making a terracotta sculpture is quick, simple, and cheap. This cup was lead glazed; the shape of the cup represents the Hellenistic period. It’s a fancy work, decorated with plants and flowers. The plants look like it is popping out. It resembles the repousse technique. The cup has a rough texture and the way the light hits it almost looks dark in some areas. On the display it

Blown glass art is something I found very interesting since we went over it in class. This sculpture has different blown class structures coming out of it randomly, and all different shapes. I believe its a very vibrant sculpture that really you can't miss. Next is the Dandelion it is made out of gold-plated bronze and beryllium. The sculpture sits on a beryllium rod with a ball at the top, coming out of the ball is golf-plated

A ground breaking discovery of cave art in Africa, just found. I'm Amelia Moorehead, and I found a beautiful piece of cave art from about 20,000 years ago. It had a hand, a spear and some sort of animal antler. It told me some things about hunting. They must have cut of the antler from the animal with a spear. In the back round there is hands hitting rocks with spears. I came to the conclusion that they where flaking. I wonder if this painting is made by the persons from the paleolithic era who created flaking. It also made hints of people working together. There are hands on it and some are different.

I found a ladybug outside the physics lab the other day. It was sitting on the window sill, presumably looking for food or a place to make a nest. After a minute or so, it decided that my finger was good enough to climb on. Once he (I decided he was a he because he had an odd number of spots on his back) had nestled into my palm, we were off on an adventure. The first stop was the physics lab to take his temperature (slightly cooler than room temperature, but a bit warmer than tap water), then onto the fish tank to see how the fish reacted to him (nothing happened, though I'm not really sure how fish work), and finally to show him to the rest of the world. Unfortunately, no one cared. Every student was too disgusted, and I'm not quite

Low relief sculpture is when the sculpture is barely standing out of the background it only raised a little it close to the background it carved around the edges. Example this Mayan carving is showing a blood sacrifices . You are able to see that the sculpture is close to the background, and the carving is very precise.

The piece I chose for this assignment was an earthenware bowl, designed for “beauty,” although in my opinion, this piece is hideous. It spoke to me in a screeching voice, so awful that I could not ignore it. This piece was created by Kyogi Koie in 1993. It has a nasty green glaze that actually drips skyward, adding to the overall disgusting appearance of the piece. It also has these strange scratches that appear to have a pattern or at least a connection. They angle up towards to the neck of the bowl and weren’t crafted with care because of their rough, unfinished look. This piece attracted me quite simply because of its horrible design. If their was an ugliest dog contest for ceramic pieces, this one would take first prize every year.

In conclusion, extremely prominent procedure of ladybug lifecycle is egg step, hatchlings step and pupa with adult step. We explain the first step of ladybug life cycle. Ladybug ovulate more than ten eggs and put them on one place. She put them on the right place. Also, she makes sure that the small eggs can find all the basics. The second step that clarifies was larvae stage. The larvae start watching and searching for something to eat. They are certainly will find because the mother choose the best place for them. The last two steps are pupa stage and adult stage. On pupa step they will finding paper to join. Throughout the pupa stage they will change to adult stage. On that steps the skin going to improve. It is be strong and the color is

The second sculpture I want to talk about today is “Campus Talk” by Dennis Smith. This is another permanent sculpture on Western Michigan University and is one that everyone usually sees when they are heading to the library. This sculpture is my third favorite one on campus at this point in time. The sculpture has two students talking to another student on a bike. Dennis Smith also did a superb job using the elements of art throughout this sculpture. When observing the sculpture, the first thing you notice is the contour lines in the sculpture such as the book cover, fingers, and the straps on the backpack. These lines help define the outside edges of the sculpture. The next element of art that one can see in this sculpture is shape. The wheel on the bike is a geometric shape because it is a circle. This a great example of this element and one that anyone who views it can find. The third element present in this sculpture is value. In the sculpture, there is a bit of a grey scale although the sculpture is mostly light green now due to the weather. The fourth element present in this sculpture is the texture. The sculpture has a simulated texture which means that it