April 26, 2013
Ceramic Masks
Humans and masks have always gone together. Cultures throughout history have made masks for ceremony and ritual. The masks simultaneously hide the wearer while transforming them, exaggerating some power or characteristic within. Animal features are often used to represent the wearer taking on that animals spirit or traits. We looked at various masks from around the world and students created their own. Here they are!:
Mary Ramirez
Sam Melvin
Isaac Osborn
Gabby Katsma
Mitch Ludwig
Alex Estes
Hannalyn Ohlsen
Lacy Knavel
Tristan Wallace
Matt Morris
Andy Hughes
Josie Hubbard
Ronnie Jackson
Paige Carter
Bailey Storie
Jon Valencia
Sara Tolson
Mary Wallace
April 12, 2013
Patterned Marker Drawings
Emulating the style of graphic artist Nikki Farquharson, SHS art students created their own marker drawings, choosing and tracing a subject matter and then surrounding it with colorful patterns. Happy Friday and here they are:
Tessa Lyman
Grace Wombacher
Diana German
Rachel Tougas
Gabby Katsma
Rachel Tougas
Cambria Robinson
Tiffanie Rook
Shyann Washik
Iris Anderson
April 3, 2013
Reductive Linoleum Prints
As a class, we went on a little field trip and did a photo scavenger hunt to try to capture interesting pictures. Students then picked their favorite to turn into a linoleum print. By hand, they colored on top of the grey tone photo, to simplify it into only 3 shades, black, white and grey. They traced these shapes onto linoleum and cut them in layers, printing in whichever colors they wished. Here they are:
Gabby Katsma
Rachel Tougas
Grace Wombacher
Diana German
Cambria Robinson
Amber Clark
Jesse Cantrell
Tessa Lyman
Tiffanie Rook
Alice Pfeiffenberger
Shyann Washik
Iris Anderson
Hayden Tiner
April 2, 2013
Advanced Ceramics: Lanterns
We made Lanterns to hold candles and took inspiration from Japanese style stone lanterns. Here are the results!
Karen Rasmussen
Alex Ashford
Ben Miranda
Matt Moore
Tyler Quiring
TJ Allen
Chelsea Olesiuk
Audra Atwood
Izzy Barnwell
Julia Davenport
And check out Jamie Jacobson’s Elephant! The tail is a drawer that slides out to store something.
Advanced Ceramics – Goblets
Advanced Ceramic students made their goblets in two pieces, the stem and the cup, then attached them. We took inspiration from Indian Jones and the Last Crusade, the epic scene where the Nazi choses the wrong cup and ages to dust before your eyes! “He chose poorly”… I think they did a great job, here they are!
TJ Allen
Julia Davenport
Hannah Norris
Ben Miranda
Matt Moore
Tyler Quiring
Emily Quinn
Audra Atwood
Richie Mack
Hayden Beard
Izzy Barnwell
Chelsea Olesiuk
Alex Ashford
March 8, 2013
Graphic Design
Here is some new work from Seward High’s Graphic Design class, all done using Photoshop:
Concert Poster
Jack Broughton
Riley O’Reagan
New Money
TJ Allen
Hunter Doan
Jack Broughton
Future Profession Faux Stencil
Jack Broughton
TJ Allen
Seward’s Choice Logo
Hunter Doan
March 5, 2013
Ceramic Projects
New Projects from SHS Ceramics:
Tooth Brush Holders
Daren Sanderson
Tristan Boor
Tristan Wallace
Hannalyn Ohlsen
Ayla Bunch
Chloey Baldwin
Lacy Knafel
Mason Olson
Gabby Katsma
Gabby Katsma
Jozie Hubbard
Frames
Lacy Knafel
Isaac Osborn
Hannalyn Ohlsen
Paige Carter
Jozie Hubbard
Miranda Clarke
Gabby Katsma
Owl Cup!
Allie Katsma
February 25, 2013
Grid Enlargement Portraits
Seward Highs 2-D class is really filled with talent this semester. For their first big project they did a portrait of a person of their choice using the technique of grid enlargement. This is a common art technique, utilized as far back as the middle ages. We studied the art of Chuck Close, which has always been based on a grid, although the style changed from photorealism to looser, more abstract styles like his self portrait below after he became partially paralized.
Students first chose a photo, folded a grid on it, and then folded a grid of equal proportions on a much larger piece of paper. Then they drew the photo box by box, paying attention to the angles and placement of lines as they intersected the lines of the grid. Its a pretty mathematical process. They looked at values too, shading their drawing to show shadows and depth. After they finished the value drawing, students could lightly trace it onto a new paper, and do a final draft in any medium they chose. Both the grid drawing and final products turned out really cool, here they are:
Hayden Tiner – Watercolor & Ink
Gabby Katsma – Graphite & Spraypaint, 1 layer stencil
Rachel Tougas – Spray paint, 3 layer Stencil
Diana German – Graphite
Shyann Washik – Acrylic Paint
Tori Stallings – Oil Pastel
Tessa Lyman – Colored Pencil
Alice Pfeiffenberger – Collage and Acrylic Paint
Iris Anderson – Watercolor
Tiffanie Rooke – Colored Pencil
Cambria Robinson – Spray paint, 3 layer Stencil
Jesse Cantrell – Graphite
February 9, 2013
Graphic Design
Pop Art
Jack Broughton
Hunter Doan
Sierra Vandervegt
TJ Allen
Hybrid Animal AD
Jack Broughton
Hunter Doan
Regional Basketball TShirt Design
Hunter Doan
Riley O’Reagan
TJ Allen
Text
Hunter Doan
TJ Allen
Concert Poster
Hunter Doan
TJ Allen
Mount Marathon Logos
Hunter Doan
Riley O’Reagan
TJ Allen
Silver Salmon Derby
Jack Broughton
Riley O’Reagan
TJ Allen
Seward Halibut Derby
Jack Broughton
TJ Allen
February 8, 2013
Seward High Ceramics: Soap Dishes
Soap Dishes
Renzee Comia
Gabby Katsma
Matt Morris
Miranda Clark
Ayla Bunch
Allie Katsma
Lacy Knafel
Nathan Quinn