Month: March 2015 (Page 4 of 5)

What was similar between the y pc and our weaving

What was similar between our weaving project and the young peoples concert Is that we both used a lot of extra plants on our weaving and they used extra parts from construction yards boats and other stuff And It took a lot of time for them and us to finish the whole thing and it will all go to use in some sort of gallery But they performed to us and they mighty even put theirs into a gallery when they are done doing performances for their band and that they used a lot of group work in their drums xylophones and other stuff and that when they looked for the scraps it maybe like when we looked for the plants at the garden for our projects too and maybe we can bring It out and use it like a lot of the other performers one day just to have fun and teach the more younger people at future young peoples concert.

When weaving I simply enjoy relaxing a making something. a lot of the time i dont know what im making, but is still enjoy relaxing. I usually come to school still a bit tired, and weaving is a great way to ease into the day. One difficulty i have a lot is binding the willow together with the ivy, as i have hard time keeping the two pieces of willow in place while i tie the ivy. I also have a hard time keeping the ivy in place, as it comes loose a lot.

All in all, i enjoy weaving, even though i have a hard time with some things.

Similarities from our latest YPC performed by SAM2 and our weaving project were that SAM2 made cool instruments with materials that were going to the dump, and stuff that people weren’t using anymore. Also they used materials that no one ever thought of it as other things like drums, xylophones. This is similar to our weaving project because we used materials(willow branch, green ivy) that people weren’t really interested in and we made it into something very unique.

Scrap Arts Music made their instruments out of junk that they found in the dump and made it into a real instrument. They made over eighteen instruments. But it took them few months to build one drum. Some instruments were very unique because it wasn’t something we’d see or hear in a band, for examples like annoyophone which is an instrument that makes sound with balloons and junks on a stick which is like the title just junks on a stick.  In our weaving project  we used green ivy and willow branches to make wreaths, hangers, coil shaped circles and just other shapes. Both of this cool and unique projects we could literally make it into whatever we anted like the SAM2 made instruments out of the most random things and so did our weaving project. Sometimes I just let my hand do the work and made something very cool. Overall I really enjoyed watching the SAM2 perform and I really enjoyed weaving in the morning!

I enjoy having a few minutes every day  just weaving, because it’s really relaxing. I’m not a real morning person, so doing something relaxing, really gets me started and ready to go for the day. I look forward to it, because it slowly gets my brain working and ready for the next subject. I also like how we can make anything we wanted to. It’s nice to see all the different and unique stuff we all made. What I don’t really like is that we don’t get enough time to weave. It takes awhile for everyone to get settled and actually weaving, so we end up with only 10 minutes of weaving. I would rather have one long portion of the day just weaving, than a lot of really short bursts. I really enjoy weaving and it’s a nice art project to work on.

I thought our weaving project was hard. I did not like it that much.

First, it was hard for me to tie the knots because the ivy kept cracking whenever I tried. I also thought it was boring. Everything  I tried to make looked weird. The plants smelled like green beans. Those are the things I did not like.

What I did like I guess was that it cut Mixers and L.A. I also learned about plants and knots. I also saw what you could make with these plants. Without weaving these plants would not have that much use.

In conclusion, as I said I don’t like it that much. It is a good use of these plants though.

When we started weaving I didn’t really know much, but as we kept going I started to like it and I learned a lot.

Through the weaving project I learned that you can make a beautiful artwork with just using materials from nature. We made something very unique just using willow branches and green ivy. We didn’t use materials we would normally use in art class, like paint, and paper. I never really thought of using plants (besides flowers) to make an art piece.

In my opinion I enjoyed weaving more than what we did at the beginning of the year which was painting and working with colors and shapes. The reason why I like weaving better than the Peter Max artwork is that we didn’t have any rules on how our piece should look like, unlike Peter Max painting where we could only choose two colors and think about how the shapes should be and the meaning behind our piece. In my opinion I like doing/making things where I actually get to do whatever we want and not having to consider about the connection you have with your work.

But there were some challenging parts about weaving. Because we had to use natural resources it didn’t look pretty or sometimes I couldn’t make it into the shape I wanted to. Also there were times when the green ivy won’t stay in the place I wanted it to be, so sometimes I wanted to use glue gun and glue the pieces together, instead of binding it with willow or ivy. But I found that the messiness completed the look in the end.

Overall I really enjoyed weaving and how we used stuff from nature and not from a factory!

What are you enjoying about weaving?
What I enjoy I about weaving is that you can make anything you want. I like that we can be creative in our own way. I like the ivy that we use beacause its bendable  and easy to hold things in place.

What are you finding challenging about weaving?                                                        I think the challenging part is the spirals because you have to tie knot after knot after knot. Sometimes they also get tangled up.

Every year thousands of tons of garbage and waste, flood our fields and spread in our oceans. Do you know the dangers of this happening? For example the wildlife and the ocean life could consume theses products and eventually die. Well, what’s a better idea than recycling these unwanted materials and turning them into cool stuff that we can use in our daily lives.

At our last Y.P.C we saw a talented group of performers called Sam2. They made instruments using materials like unwanted metals, unwanted boat pieces and more. We might think how is this related to our class weaving project? In class we also have been using unwanted materials that are from nature and are called invasive spices. Some materials that we have been using are Ivy, and Willow. Ivy is a big problem for some people, that’s why is follows under the invasive species category. Most ivy is unwanted and it, keeps growing even if you pull it off. Willow is also considered to be an invasive spices, it cover the ground on most beaches, and it’s just floating everywhere. Most of this stuff is unwanted in our beaches.

Another thing that both our projects have in common, is giving back to nature. How are they giving back to nature? Both the projects are reducing the amount of garbage we produce, by using theses invasive spices and unwanted materials. This also increases awareness, that everybody can do this.

And last but not least, both our projects are giving back to the community. Sam2 inY.P.C are giving soothing and entreating music, to the community during outings or other community celebrations. Our weaving project could go in an art gallery and be viewed by the community. It also can be put in front of our school and be viewed by community members, family, and more. This tells me by the end of our weaving we will have helped the community to b a safer and brighter one.

What I’m liking about the weaving project is the creativity part of it. It’s so much fun just to see what you have created with unwanted things. It’s cool how you can use unwanted into abstract and items. I also like is coming up with an idea for my art piece like and eye or a fish or a tower. I like working with my friends with a piece and to join our ideas for one piece and to disagree and agree with an idea. When we finished the planning, we finished our planning, we would assign our jobs for the piece and join our assigned pieces and join them together.

What I don’t like about weaving is that when you try to tie something with the green ivy, it breaks and everything falls apart. It gets frustrating because I worked so hard and it all goes to waste. What I also don’t like is that the green ivy doesn’t tie! When I try to knot something together, it just falls apart or it strips and the main part of the ivy is gone. The last thing I don’t like is the willow is hard to break into small pieces. When I try to tear a piece off, the whole main piece goes with it. Sometimes I just leave the willow and continue other pieces.

There’s a lot of things I like about weaving one thing is that its nice and relaxing and it makes you creative and lets you use your imagination. It also is something that I have never done before and for the first time, our class was amazing, we got so much compliments and it was a great experience to do. What I don’t really like about weaving is that it takes a long and I mean a really long time to do. Also you need to find and have good materials like plants, ivy, willow, leaves and I could go on. It was fun to weave this term and I can’t wait to see what we’re going to do next term.