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Sustainability

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  Inspiration  Images We decided to up-cycle and donate jeans and jean jackets to a local shelter. Both of us painted on three separate items bought and Goodwill. I am pleased with the way mine came out and I feel someone will really enjoy receiving something personalized that they can call their own.

Personal Project

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  Idea 1   Idea 2 In Progress Professional Image Tapestry, 2' x 4', Hand dyed cotton With this piece I wanted to show the beauty in handmade objects. These are all pieces of test dye fabric that I stitched together to display work that goes into entirely handmade pieces.

Red, White & Black Make Blue

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Chapter 5 pages 73-77 Godin Guerard, the owner of Jupitor who ran away, described him as being "yellow" because he was part Native and part African. This was a very common thing for the slaves to interbreed. They were known as "mustee". This link allows us to see all the names and trades of  Guerard .             Indentured Slave link 1     Indentured Slave 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                As plantation sizes grew and trading became more popular, there was a point where there were more people enslaved than there were free white men. In 1708, Indians made up 25% of the slave population. After the Yamassee War in 1715, the number of enslaved natives decreased drastically as the Africans were seen as more fit to do the job. The colonists also felt t

Surface design

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  Inspiration In process *No professional images, the finished piece is in your office :) Angelic, aprox 1' 4" x 2' 6", Wax on canvas

Dinner and a Movie

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  Hush Statement Movie: A Quiet Place  In this sculpture of found objects, I wanted to create an eerie feeling. I created this uncomfortably by placing baby doll hands in green slime and the head in a broken cup The balloon is to stand for something on edge or on the verge of bursting and ruining something. By making the fork dirty I added a sense of scavenging and living off nature. I used batteries to symbolize the power being taken away from someone or something that now has no control. All of this was placed on a hardwood background to push the idea of handmade and having to fend for yourself and build your own items.

Figurative Sculpture

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  In Process Finals Depth,  clay with wood base and pigment. 3" x 1'7" x 3" Standards. Clay with wood base and pigment. 7" x 1'4 x 7"