Silk Screening                                  

Silk screening was easy but the hard part was coming up with an idea.

The idea I chose was world peace, so in my photo there are two quotes

about world peace one being "Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect 

World Peace or World Destruction" and the other one is " We have a long 

way to go before we are able to hear the voices everyone on earth, 

but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the 

World Peace we all wish for". To represent world peace I did a city

 (which is my symbol) and it represents that even though we may not

 be the same race or people, we can still live in a city without destruction.

 The reason why the words are half gone is because I wanted to say that 

world peace has not yet been achieved. Weshould make it a goal to

 achieve it. The last quote is in different colors because it represents the 

colors of world peace. I hope people enjoy this and it was a fun process. 

Printing with Oil

 

This is a picture of a girl who has henna on her hands and words written in henna. I am from Somali so over there henna is applied to women and girls during Eid, weddings and visits to important people or relatives. In most countries, henna is seen as a way for women to beautify themselves, so when its applied it is well decorated with good care. The reason I wrote love unconditionally in henna is because henna has been loved over many centuries and is still a tradition till now. All in all, this was an amazing process and also really fun. I loved it and would do it all over again if I could.

 

 

 

 

Acrylic Jell

This is my Acrylic Jell Medium and what I decided to do was a city and one of my favourite quotes. To start off I will talk about the picture then why I chose this quote. This is a  picture of Downtown Toronto and the angle I took it at was directly infront of it from a buildings window. Although cities are packed and crowded I still like it because there is so much to do and see.When in cities you feel like you know so much about that particular city. Also, there is a line in the middle and it is an indication that some people within cities feel as if they are divided (between men and women). The reason why I chose this quote is because for so many years women were treated differently from men (which is such nonsense). We are both they same and can do most of the same things. This quote is a reminder that it's not about what you are its more like what you can do and have you done. People think men have done lots of great things but so have women! For example Nellie Mclung was a Canadian activist, politician and feminist. She helped women gain their right to vote in Manitoba. She was a women but yet achived a great thing. So why can't people see women have also done some pretty amazing things?

Breaking the Rules

Photo #1

Photo #2

Photo #3

       

      In the first photo the rule it's breaking is balance because it has a a tree right beside it and also the tree wasn't suppose to be there. Have you ever wondered why Christmas was never in the night but in the morning, so was I did was take the picture at night and to me shooting at night you can see all the beautiful lights being lit whereas in the morning you can not. The one of the most exciting part for a person is for Christmas time to drive around and look at Christmas lights and decorations. So why not have Christmas at night?
      In the second photo the rule I am breaking is rule of thirds, because you have one of the little girls in one of the points in rule of third whereas the other isn't,every little girls dream is to become a princess and have a happy ending so, whenever I look at this picture I remember the movie "A little Princess" the part where the characters says: Miss Minchin: Don't tell me you still fancy yourself a princess? Child, look around you! Or better yet, look in the mirror. Sara Crewe: I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young. They're still princesses. All of us. Didn't your father ever tell you that? Didn't he?I totally agree with this and this is what I tell my little two nieces. 
     In the third photo the rule I am breaking is framing because in the photo the rose bush was suppose to be framed the houses around it but you can only see one side of the frame and also you can see the rose bush isn't in focus but the house and car.Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. It shows even the most beautiful things can have flaws and nothing is perfect.