Becca Fox
I will start with the background. It is a map of the U.S. I chose this as my background to represent my love for U.S. travel, travel in general, and the country I am from. I have outlined every state that I have been to. There are a group of southern states that I have not yet visited, so I put the character from Oh! The Places You’ll Go, by Dr. Seuss. I also put that character there because Dr. Seuss is my favorite author. I craved vanilla soft serve ice cream with rainbow sprinkles all summer so I incorporated that into my collage. I am from Annapolis, Maryland and traveled to Nashville by car for school so I traced the trip from MD, through VA, to TN on the map. Annapolis is the sailing capital of the world, which is the reason I have a sailboat on my collage. I love season changes. That is what the leaves represent along with autumn, my favorite season. Sunflowers are my favorite flower. The sun is vital to their survival, so I made a sun out of sunflower seeds. I have pictures of my mom, sister, some of my best friends, and my favorite tree in the entire world to represent my family. The puzzle pieces symbolize the world today. The worlds problems can be resolved, however, it is a puzzle that needs to be worked on with much thought and perfection. Until that moment, the puzzle will be incomplete. History and art go together in many ways. One of those ways is through the building of Mount Rushmore, where history and art actually came together as one. The day I saw Mount Rushmore in real life was the day that I began my love for history. I am going to be an art therapist. I believe it is of great importance that people are given chances to express themselves, and there are other ways of doing so than with words. Painting how one feels can also be very healing for a person, therefore, I have painted the world “feel” on my collage.
Light: the puzzle pieces were a mix of light and dark colors because the world is full of good and evil.
Texture: there is texture on the sailboat mast, the paintbrush, the sunshine, the ice cream cone, and the leaves.
Volume: the yellow puzzle piece has a darker puzzle piece behind it to create volume.
Line: the roads on the map itself make up lines, but my outline of the states I have been to add to this. The axis of my collage is created with the tilt of the paintbrush. It is split in half diagonally
Space: everything is on top of the map. The states I have no been to are the background of for the character from Oh! The Places You’ll Go.
Scale: my family, career, the world, and where I am from are most important to me. I have made these objects the biggest on the collage because I believe that they will be a huge part of who I will become as I continue to grow.
Symbolism: described in paragraph.
I love the way you incorporated your traveling into your collage. I find it interesting that you outlined the states that you've been to, so its almost like an unfinished puzzle, which you also mentioned as the way you view the world today. I don't know if I'm allowed to finish this with a question, but do you view your own life that way as well?
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I really liked how you incorporated Dr. Suess Oh the places you'll go, because I am a huge fan of that book so I really related to it. The ice cream cone which represented summer really stuck with me because I am a huge fan of ice cream. I thought this really gave a good description of who you are and what is most important to you in your life.
ReplyDeleteBecca this is great. I love the Dr. Seuss character. That book is one of my favorites and the character fits in well with the images you used. I love the map concept, that makes a lot of sense for a project that is supposed to focus on history and how it effects us.
ReplyDeleteWow. This collage is so refreshing. I like how you incorporated so many personal and quirky details about yourself in it, which oddly enough, make me feel like we should be best friends because I have an unusual fascination with Dr. Suess as well.....Ok let me be more specific, I had the book "Oh The Places You'll Go" completely memorized for most of my childhood.....It's still on my shelf in my apartment today. I also like your use of the map as a background. It has a very defined pattern and really unifies the entire collage.
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