Carol+J.



The assignment was to create a sculpture with a person doing any action, so I created a person sitting on a desk. At first, I wanted the person to sit on a bed, but I noticed that the person's legs were too long, and the legs of the bed were too short. So I made the bed into a desk. Also, if I look at the sculpture in the back, it looks like the person is lying down. If I could do the assignment again, I would use colored paper instead of white paper because it looks too plain and boring.

__ALTER EGO PINCH POT BOTTLE__

My Alter Ego is a giraffe because it is tall, and has long, skinny legs. I couldn't show the long legs properly; I made it sit down because if it was standing, the legs won't support the body. However, because of the long neck, it showed that it is a tall sculpture. I wasn't successful in the smoothing stage because the face and the neck doesn't look natural. It shows that those were separate pieces and were attached together. The slip and score method wasn't successful for the legs because I had to reattach them over and over again. Also, I can see a few cracks, which means I didn't slip and score properly. I am pleased with my sculpture in some way, for example how the legs supported the body properly, but I don't like how there is a hole showing, or how the neck and face looks unnatural. If I could change my sculpture, I would change it by putting details on the face, or carving out designs for the body because it would be hard just to paint the designs.

Earth day questions

1. How do you think the garbage gets from you to the ocean? I think when we throw away or put trash anywhere, it is all collected at once and put away to the ocean. I don't think it happens directly, but there are many steps to this. For example, the garbage might be trashed in the trash can of my house, and that garbage will go to a bigger trash can, and then thrown away in the ocean at once.

2. What do you think happens to the wrappers to your food, packaging of electronics, old ipods and toys when you put them away? Although very few people might donate old toys and electronics to kids, others might throw them away to a place where garbage is collected from houses. If people trash things that might be necessary for other kids, it will pollute the Earth even more.

3. Make a list of 5 things you can do starting today to make a positive change for our environment. -Find clothes that are too small for me to wear and donate them to other children. -Use the trash can more often, instead of throwing away garbages anywhere. -Recycle things, such as cans, newspaper, cardboard boxes, etc. -Pick up garbages if they are thrown away anywhere. -Try to use materials for a long time, not throw them away after using them only a few times.

This sculpture shows a trash can and a river with a bridge. It explains that you shouldn't put trash anywhere because it will pollute the ocean. You should recycle, or put it in the trash can.