Graffiti In Yo Hood

This project is for my Digital Media class. The purpose of this project was to make a fake project to prove that we could do a proper blog. I chose to do my project on graffiti because it is something I love. I didn't really learn anything during this project because I am already experienced in graffiti. I am proud of my ability to do graffiti.

C, Duncan. "Saint Graffiti." Flickr. Yahoo!, 12 Mar. 2012. Web. 28 Jan. 2016.

Stay Organized!!!

This project is for my math and art class called Rapid Prototyping. The purpose of the project was to make something for the new space that will benefit the school or anyone. I learned a lot about tools and how repurposing can be a great thing. I really love the way my pencil box came out and I honestly want to make one for myself now. Another thing I really liked was being able to go to the Wasteshed and be able to purchase a lot of cool things for myself and my project.

The project I made was a wooden pencil box. It can be used to store various materials in the different compartments, and it is a reasonable size so storage will not be a big problem.

Here is a link to my Instructable page.

To do my time lapse video I used the iPhone time lapse feature which take 15 seconds of real footage and condenses it to one second of time lapse footage.

Eleanor from the Wasteshed told me some inspiring things such as:

• Reusing is such a beautiful thing because you are not only giving back to the world but you are also giving back to the people because one man's trash is another man's treasure.
• It’s nice to see people find purpose for things that were unwanted by others.

What I took from the things she said was that we should not throw out what we cannot find purpose for because there will always be someone else that will want it and can actually find purpose for it. The main thing I took away from the short talk was that I should save materials so that I could possibly make something better out of them. Most of the materials that I used for the box were leftover wood from my house and nails that my dad already had that he doesn't use. So now I have a very useful box that is made with materials that were just collecting dust.

I was also inspired by the Lapicientos, pencil holder, which is basically a pencil holder made out of pencils. It is a beautiful design and is very functional. I was also inspired by myself because I am an artist and I have hundreds of pencils, markers, pens, etc. and I always have difficulty finding a place to put all of my supplies.

BKJ, Wooden box (2016)

My machine used torque when I was drilling holes in my wooden box. The way it uses torque is that it essentially uses force to spin the drill bit into the wood. This made the job a lot easier because I was using oak wood so it will be almost impossible to screw something in by hand because the wood is very strong. I feel that I used the best drill bit for the job because I tried a different bit later in the process that was meant for metal and it made the job more difficult.

When talking about safety there are a lot of red flags that come up in my project. I used a hack saw when cutting some of my wood and later switched to a table saw which are both are very dangerous. When working with these tools it is always smart to be as alert as possible. I also used a hammer as well as clamps to hold it together to ensure my safety, because holding something with your hand while using a hammer is a dangerous idea.

I loved doing this project and I can definitely see myself repurposing again because I am a bit of a hoarder. I loved working with all the tools and I definitely feel like I learned some skills that I will be able to use later in life. In the end I learned a lot from this experience and I would like to give a few tips to anyone that wants to pursue this project:

• Always stay alert when you are working with power tools or anything sharp.
• Try to stand above your drill to get good pressure and to drill as straight as possible.
• Use clamps when you hammer in nails to avoid hitting your fingers.
• Take your time when drilling to avoid slipping and hurting yourself.
• Wear goggles when cutting with the table saw because pieces can fly off and poke you in the eye.

Overcoming the Wave

This project is for my art and history class called If These Walls Could Talk. The purpose of this project was to give life to the new school space by creating murals that will then be installed throughout the new space. I learned a ton about different mediums and a lot of different techniques that I definitely see myself using in the future. I am very proud of the way our mural turned out and I am happy that we could all work as a team to get this done. Please feel free to watch the video of the whole process and read my artist statement below!!





Name: BKJ
Title: Overcoming the wave
Measurements: 4- 88” by 112”
Media & Techniques: Acrylic paint, paper, wheat paste
A group of me and 4 of my classmates. planned out and produced a mural that will go into the new school space.

We used acrylic paint and spray paint on paper to create the imagery. Eventually, we will wheatpaste the painted panels of paper onto the wall in the new school space. Since our painting was mainly a wave we used a lot of different shades of blue such as dark blue to almost white because we had to differentiate the wave from the sky.We also wanted to differentiate the top or foam of the wave from the rest of the water which we did by using a very light blue. For the boat, we mostly used gold and brown spray paint so that it would really stand out from the blue of the water. This emphasizes the power and importance of GCE. I feel that it will transform the new space because it is right in the entryway so it is one of the first things you see when you walk it. Also I feel like it is a perfect spot since our mural is about GCE.

I was mainly painting and sketching and I did some spray painting along the way. My favorite role was spray painting the boat. I was good at that part because I am a graffiti artist and I am very experienced with spray paint. My least favorite role had to be sketching because we had to do the same sketch about 4 times on normal paper and 1 HUGE sketch and it was very repetitive and boring. If I could change 1 thing about the whole process I would make it possible to paint on the actual wall instead of paper. I feel like our mural looks good when it is not on the wall but I do not know what it is going to look like when it is wheat pasted up. I think it would look a lot better if we painted straight on the wall instead of what we did.

Final project- Italian