I enjoy that we start off the mornings weaving because I did not like starting the mornings doing grammar like in term 1. Another reason I like weaving is because we got to go to another persons yard to pick the ivy like a small field trip. A thing I do not like is that after a couple of days the ivy gets crumpled and breaks easy. And also I hate that some people take your ivy and then you need to tie it with willow and it does not tie as good. The final thing I hate about weaving is that we do not get enough time at weaving.
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Some similarities of sam2 and our weaving project are: They reused things that no one needed and made it into a instruments. In our weaving project we used invasive plants that people did not want because it spreads out to much and does not let other plants grow, and we made it into art. We saved money by not buying art material for example glue, scissors, and paper, they saved money by reusing stuff from the military and the dumpster. The final thing I could think of is that they are both good for the environment because they reuse things to make music and we use invasive plants for art.
There are lots of things about weaving like I did some weird stuff. I made something like rings. I like weaving because its fun.
In both SAM2 and our weaving projects we both demonstrate that you can take something that no one wants and nobody has a use for and you can turn it into something people can enjoy. We also demonstrate that you don’t have to use conventional materials to make something both functional and beautiful. we also demonstrate that you don’t have to go out and buy expensive materials, you can just use what ever you find in your backyard.
What do I think the Sam2 Concert and our weaving project have in common and their similarities? I think one of the things these events have in common are that they both use things that are not really used. Sam2 uses things from the dump and they make instruments like drums, xylophones, also they had these balloon things that if you pressed on it would make and high squeaky sound and in our weaving project we are taking plants like ivy and willow and making our own things like circles or crowns. Another thing these events have in common is that you can be creative and you can use your imagination to make things that nobody would expect that you could make things with material like scrap or plants. For example in the Sam2 Concert they made these instruments that were made out of coke cans and when you spun them around they would make an unusual sound and in our weaving project I made something that was like a chain made from willow and I can still add more things on it. These things have a lot of things in common and it was really fun to get to see Sam2 and do our weaving project.
The main thing weaving and SAM2 have in common is that they both use natural resources.
First, they are both using resources that would eventually not have use. SAM2 collected things from construction sites and other places. For example, they used construction materials to make drums. They used stuff like dishwasher pipes to also make their own instruments. By doing this it is helping the environment by not wasting resources.
For weaving, you are using plants to make loops and other stuff. Like SAM2, we collected stuff other people were not really using. We went to a garden and collected ivy. Then, we used the ivy along with willow. Like SAM2 it helps the environment because these things wouldn’t really get used.
In conclusion, we are saving resources by doing this. It would originally take wood and other materials to make these stuff, but we don’t really need it by using unwanted materials. It saves natural resources.
Some similarities I have noticed are that we all used unwanted items! Green ivy is what we used grows is an invasive specie meaning that it’s not supposed to grow here, but in other country’s. SAM2 also used unwanted items. They used items like pipes from boats, sheet metal etc. They used their materials for musical instruments like drums, xylophones and more. We made art with the ivy and made cool things like wreaths, eyes, nets and more.
Some other similarities are that we all had challenges. For when we weaved, the challenge I had was that the green ivy would break or dry out and I couldn’t use it, or that my piece would start to fall apart. SAM2 must had troubles too like something falling out like a screw, or having the wrong measurements like the sheet metal being cut to small or too big, or the screws didn’t fit the indicated slots. We all had challenges.
Our class weaving project and the “SAM2” performance are actually very similar. I know you’re thinking, “Weaving is a hobby. How is that like a performance?” Well it is. They are two different things with similar attributes. Weaving uses plants you can almost find anywhere. Old broken branches can be turned into art! This is the same as the SAM2 show. They get sheets of metal and construction worksite scraps and make them into music. People would have thrown out the dead plants and un-useful branches. People would have trashed the old sheet metal and discarded the odd pieces of wood. But instead we have turned these things into useful items! And I think they are both equally contributing to the community. And they are doing what they love. One making art, the other making sound. Out of things that we would never have thought of. So even though they both are doing completely different things. They both have changed a bit of the community. And hopefully people can learn to love their creativity and try it themselves.
-jaime
Weaving and the sam2 they use scraps that aren’t usually used for playing music like sam2 used stuff from boats and from junkyards.
The weaving we use different stuff for holding stuff together like ivy, English ivy but we aren’t use English ivy for the willow that we are using. Sam2 and the weaving the both use stuff that aren’t regularly used for stuff like weaving and stuff for music.Sam2 they use stuff like pot bottoms scraps from boats bike like with the pop cans and the things like the balloons and the tube I look like a bag pipes
We are recycling unused and unwanted parts. And nobody wants these parts, its just like saying “one mans junk is another mans treasure”. We are using junk to create something awesome. for example you have a tire and a some metal pipes. Hang the tire from a tree and start whacking it. there you go you have a really neat sound. same goes with ivy and willow. We take these two unused and unwanted parts and make something awesome.