Earthquakes are natural phenomena caused by the abrupt release of energy in the Earth’s crust, which predominantly occurs along tectonic plate boundaries. The impact of these seismic events is often devastating, causing the destruction or damage of buildings and resulting in numerous casualties and injuries. To mitigate these catastrophic outcomes, engineers and architects invest significant […]
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✮ Experimental Printmaking ✮
Throughout the second semester, we focused on multiple different styles of printmaking, which gave us a new understanding of the many types of printmaking there are. We first started with potato printing, cutting out shapes in potatoes and painting them, which gave cool, simple designs. Then moved on to frottage prints, a technique in which […]
Traditional Drawing Evaluation
In Traditional Drawing this term we focused on drawing self-portraits. At the beginning of the term, we learn about useful techniques, such as cross-hatching and hatching, perspective, creating highlights, and negative space. This eventually came into use when we started the process of making the self-portraits. Evaluating Skills: I felt I was good at getting […]
Visual Art Piñatas
In visual arts this term we created a colourful piñata shaped from mythical hybrid animals. We made this piñata for our year 8 transition day to present in front of the parents. We spent several weeks researching, designing and making this project. It was a fun process and the end result ended up being very […]
𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐏
In Hass we had the task of writing a letter to the MP about a current problem in Australia that we feel passionate about, and I chose violence against women. The purpose was to influence our MP into making a change about that current problem. This is my letter: Dear Mr Morton, I am writing […]