In art class we are currently doing portraits of famous people suing cassette tapes.To begin with everyone had to choose an image of a famous person;then we used an online photo editing website called pixlr to make our pictures black and white.I decided to do a portrait of Taylor Swift because I really like her music. Next we had to draw the portrait on A2 paper.Even though a lot of people haven't done art before the portraits still turned out really well.I finished drawing my portrait this week so I got to start sticking down the cassette tapes.We are using PVA glue to stick down the tapes because prit-stick isn't strong enough. Here's my portrait so far! Heres and example of what our portraits are going to look like when we are done!
We are spending 3 more wees on this project after mid-term and them we are going to be making puppets which I am looking forward to because everyone is making a different puppet and when they are done we are going to make a video!
In art class today we found out who came first and second in each class for the junk kouture fashion show!And guess what!? My team came second!!I wasn't really expecting to come first and second because the outfits in our class were really good and I was so sure another team was going to come second.I guessed who would come first before we found out and I was right.The girls who made their outfit out of crisp packets came first and since the project is over we had a small party in Art.We watched the movie 'Wild Child' and ate sweets.After Christmas in Art we are going to start a new project which I am looking forward to because art is my favourite subject!
Now that we are done making our Junk Kouture we are all entering the Junk Kouture Competition for all of Ireland!I have already entered my teams outfit and now all we have to do is wait until February 15th to find out if we have gotten through!
Today we had our junk kouture fashion show!Every TY student took part by modelling,describing or making the outfit.After break we all went into our home ec rooms to get our models ready.We did their hair and make-up and they got into their outfits;then we all went down to the hall.All the girls who were modelling stood in a line and walked up the hall one by one.When the models were walking someone in their group described the outfit being modelled;this was my job so I talked about how we made our outfit.It was really interesting to see what the other classes used to make their outfits;some people used magazines while others used crisp packets.
Tomorrow we are going to find out who came first in each class;I'd say it was really hard for the judges just to pick one winner in each class because there was so many really nice designs.Since we aren't doing junk kouture in home ec anymore we are starting cooking;which I'm really looking forward to but I really cant wait until after Christmas because we are going to be making teddy bears!
Heres a photo of a few of the girls in the fashion show!
Yesterday first class all the TYs had a talk on the Simon Community in the library.The talk we given by the art teacher,because she took part in an art project to do with the organisation.It was really interesting and I learnt loads about the Simon Community that I didn't know.For example I didn't know that they have houses that groups of people live in for long term.We got to see lots of art work that the art teacher did during the summer with a group of men from one of the houses in Cork.We got to see lots of different paintings from different houses;and all of them were very unique.I never really thought about what homeless people do during their free time,and by looking at the painting I saw that they were all really talented.On some of the painting there was poetry written by the men.
I really enjoyed the talk but it was a pity to miss religion class because we are currently writing dramas.
We are going to be taking part in a drama competition after Christmas.The class was divided into two groups and each group has a different theme for their drama.My groups theme is war and the other group is doing a drama to do with homelessness.Its really hard to write a script from scratch so we all thought of ideas and discussed them in class and two girls volunteered to write the script.Since we missed class yesterday today we had our first practice. Since it was our first time we are using the script because no one know their lines yet;but we are definitively making progress and I think we can get it done by Christmas(which by the way is in 31 days!!!)
In home economics our Junk Kouture projects are coming along really well.My group is almost done;we only have a few finishing touches to do on thee dress and accessories!We also need to think of a name and music to play when our model is walking down the runway!Its really hard coming up with a name to match our outfit since ours is to do with music,but some of the girls in our class have been really helpful with giving us ideas!my favourite name that was suggested is 'Forte Fashion',because forte is a musical term which means loud! I'm really excited for the fashion show,I cant wait to see what the girls in the other classes have come up with!
In home economic class all the TYs have been working hard on their Junk Koture projects.For our project we have to make an outfit out of recycled materials;my group decided to use old CDs,wires,music sheets and tapes. We decided to make a dress and accessories.The base of our dress is made of chicken wire then we covered the top with newspaper and sheets of music;to make it tie in with our chosen theme which is music.This week we were focusing on the skirt of our dress.We found that it's really hard to make CDs stick together and onto cardboard;we ended up using double sided tape,which in my opinion is the coolest thing ever invented!Eventually we got the CDs stuck onto the dress in vertical stripes and we are going to use the insides of old tapes to fill in the gaps between the strips of CDs. To make the top of our dress match the bottom we broke up CDs and stuck the on in a stripe and cut a Cd in half to make it look like a bow!Our dress is really coming together now.We only have six weeks left before our first fashion show so we have to work really hard to get everything done in time. Next week we are going to try get the shoes done.We have on shoe painted black but we still have to decide on a design.
