Hello Everyone!<\/p>\n
This is a little late as I have been sick all week and forgot to post it last class-<\/p>\n
I have been working on my art piece the past week and decided to go with a \u201ccarved object\u201d style art piece. I took a trip to Savers to see if I could find any inspiration and I found it very helpful. Walking through the aisles I had an idea of what I maybe wanted to do, but I knew that it would be heavily influenced by the objects that I could find. I found some really cool objects that I knew I could put lights inside and light up if I found a way to carve them. I wasn\u2019t super worried about the carving aspect and figured I could find some way to puncture the object to make light come through it.<\/p>\n
Some of the objects that I found include a suitcase, a wooden prayer stool, a big metal pot, and tv\/radio thing. I was really drawn to the suitcase because I knew I would be able to light it up and I thought the material would be easy to carve. I also knew I could carve travel type things into it and it would be appropriate for the suitcase.<\/p>\n
I went to Home Depot and bought a Dremel to carve things and decided to get the wireless \u201cmicro\u201d one that is better for engraving and working with smaller lines. I am glad that I got this one because it is easier to use, but the wireless is a pain when I have to charge it so often. I need to make sure to be on top of getting it done and not waiting until the last minute because with the time taken in for charging, it could take a long time if I was rushed.<\/p>\n
I decided to carve the world map into the suitcase and add some iconic sights around the world. I used transfer paper that I normally use for pumpkin carving and printed off pictures from online to trace onto the suitcase. It was a little bit of a learning curve to carve the suitcase because I found that it was a balance between melting the suitcase with the dremel and cutting away at the material. It gets pretty easy after a while and I was able to get a good chunk of the suitcase done.<\/p>\n
I am not sure what I am going to do for the other pieces yet- I have some odd items that I could carve but I want to be sure it\u2019s safe and will look good.<\/p>\n
I am going to spend this week figuring out what I will do for the other pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello Everyone! This is a little late as I have been sick all week and forgot to post it last class- I have been working on my art piece the past week and decided to go with a \u201ccarved object\u201d style art piece. I took a trip to Savers to see if I could find … <\/p>\n