Level three - Design

Writing my Kaupapa for Art

3.1/3.2 - Themes and Ideas + Write my Brief

Kaupapa is ‘meaning’, intention, belief, and understanding all rolled into one. In Te Ao Māori it is foundational to knowing who you are and why you are.

1. What is your preferred subject matter? (e.g. still life, people, landscapes, surrealist mash-ups, buildings...

• Figures of women and men, putting the men in feminine roll through changing their appearance or incorporating objects, etc.

1. What is the Purpose of the exploration of your art? Start with the theme you choose in the level two and three matrices and brainstorm and develop it.

• To expand the awareness of how women are treated by men and how they've always viewed the reason being the victim because they're "Asking for it"

1. Who Is Your Target Audience? Who is going to relate to this work?

• For women to relate to and feel heard and understood. For men to be skillfully aware and educated.

I will create some of the following for my brand or business:

• Logo

• posters

• Billboard

• Business cards or badges

This year I've chosen to do design again, continuing the same idea as what I began last year but was unsuccessful to finish. The same rules apply as to what to do, I need to create a company incorporating my idea. I will develop these ideas into a poster, a logo, and a website. This must fill up 3 panels this year. My idea for this year is going to be an awareness of sexual assault, inspired by another awareness "Not asking for it".

Mood Board

3.1/3.2 - Mood Board

Annotations

3.1/3.2 - Thumbnail sketches and annotations

The image's focal point is the woman's face, famously known as tilted to the left, so we get a slightly side view of her. She has different tones of a light beige on her face, shading her features, which attracts your eyes immediately as it is the only other bright color within the piece. The leading lines are the light colors from her fave traveling down to her top and fixing our gaze onto the bottom right of the piece as we see a hand holding a flower. We see the commonly used phrase in his artwork, ``Power & Equality” in thin text and the bottom of the piece placed within a red part, as he has done so before in his ¨Afrometric¨ piece. The involvement of a dove within a female sign lies within the piece's meaning and what Fairey is trying to convey. This portrait and the words ¨Power & Equality¨ connect with the well-known artist and activist Rosario Dawson. The focal point is of her from the shoulders up, and her head tilted to the left so we get a side view of her. Fairey's artwork is a call for gender equality and female empowerment everywhere but his inspiration. Fairey has used the same 3 colors within the artwork, which consists of a warm beige, a deep red, and a blue. He has skillfully separated these colors to help guide us around the piece, seeing every bit of it using his usual technique of collaging colors and using cutouts. 

The focal point is the powerful-looking womanś face in the center of the portrait with an afro outlining pulling our eyes around and down to the bold lettering at the bottom. You can see the negative space framing around her face which contrasts with the light colors to form the afro shape. The yellow-ochre border keeps everything tied together, which helps the whole piece tight as the colors flow through the entire image. Following the border, we can see more wording, ``Power to the people” which relates to the meaning behind the art which is the future withholding people's rights they deserve. The colors around these words are opposite to the ones below her shoulders, these words are red with black surrounding them whilst the ones below her shoulders are black with red writing yet still hold the same meaning and importance. The red used coinciding with the writing helps with the power these words hold. The color red is a symbol of power and love etc, spiritually, this color represents that you are ready to take action on a new goal or project and you are given the message to ¨have the courage to take action.¨ Fairey's idea for his ¨Power and Equality¨ portraits was to ensure that the awareness of gender equality and female empowerment is alive and known. This is a powerful example of that exact message, Fairey creates the black woman of the 60s equal rights era, depicted by her afro and psychedelic jewelry, which was the style back then. She raises her eyes to a future that holds the promise of equality, self-respect, and empowerment. 

The leading lines would be the lines along the woman's face created by the negative space in the background. The contrast of black and light grey contrast a distinct line that we follow down to where the two people meet. The focal point of the image is the gold-filled head positioned in the center. This image is a black and white photograph excluding the main focus. Eugenia used the method of cutting out images from old vintage magazines to use as a base picture and built from there, creating her famous surrealist feminine collages.

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3.1/3.2 - Logo Design Challenge

Level Three - Printmaking/ Oil paint

Lesson 1 - AKO | Learning outcome: What is OIL PAINT?

Waihanga | Create - 

Write a blog post that answers the following questions:

1. What is oil paint made of? Dry pigment powder mixed with refined linseed oil creates a paste that is then milled and that is your oil paint.

2. What are three benefits of painting with oil paints? Oil paints take longer to dry which provides the artist time to make changes if need be. Oil paints offer a wide range of colors and a rich color depth, and lastly, oil paint can be made into thin glazes or thick impastos. 

3. What are three disadvantages to painting with oil paints? Oil paints blend effortlessly with one another, although once the color is “muddied”, it is difficult to “unmuddy” oil paint, Linseed oil paints tend to darken or yellow with age. The slow drying time of oil paints can be a disadvantage to some artists due to those who purposely work with dry underpainting or like to use a sequence of washes in quick succession. 

4. Why do you need to prime your surface before painting with oil paints? To avoid canvas rot, it is important to prime and seal the canvas first when you are using oil paint.

5. How do you clean up your brushes and equipment after using oil paints? Using solvents such as turpentine, paint thinner, and mineral spirits is the most common way to clean brushes after using oil paint. 

6. What is the impasto technique? The impasto technique is paint that is applied to a canvas in quantities to make it stand out from the surface. 

7. What is “Imprimatura” or “grisaille” in painting? Imprimatura means “First paint layer”. It is applied so lightly that it becomes a transparent layer that allows the white background underneath to show through. 

Level Three - English - Close viewing

Mad Max: Fury Road

Music and dialogue (Jordan, Kenzie and I)

In the scene where Furiosa and Max are driving through the lovely, scorching desert, the director uses sombre depressing music while Furiosa's trauma dumps on poor Max. Music is v sad because it sounds sad probably because it's supposed to be sad. After all, the girl got kidnapped when she was young. We know she was kidnapped because she says so with her words, which is dialogue. These two film aspects correlate well because the fact that she was kidnapped is also kinda sad I guess. The director used these two aspects together to put us in a bad state of mind because we all relate to our mommy and daddy issues. 

To translate this to proper English. (My own writing)

The soft instrumental music playing in the background effectively creates a sad atmosphere as Furisoa explains her past. George Miller uses the sound of soft violins in the background of this conversation to help the audience understand that the bought up of Furiosa is a sad and difficult thing for her to discuss as she had to suffer for many years alone, along with a breathing reminder of the dark times, surround and control her life since. As the scene continues, the music instantly cuts out as Furiosa says she is looking for redemption, thus making the word sound powerful and outlining that this is something truly important to Furiosa. Moments later, the music comes back in as a low angle camera shot that is now focussed on Nuxx cuddling up to Capable, one of the wives, lost in thought. His focus switches when he notices a beetle crawling up the arm of Capable, which he allows to crawl along his finger before eating it. The use of this shot is a good representation that Nuxx, too, is looking for redemption as after he eats the bug, his expressions change, appearing sorry for what he did. This leads us to consider that his perspective on the world that he has grown to believe was all engines and vehicles is slowly changing to a world of hope. He is now learning to make his own decisions, unlike back at the citadel where all choices were from the "leader", Immortan Joe.

Level Two - English - Learning Task

22nd September 2021

Hornby, Christchurch 8042

To Michael...

Ref: Letter of resignation

To  whom this concerns 

I regret to inform you that I'm resigning from my position as 'front counter' from Carmen Road Burger King. I am giving in my two weeks notice from this date (22/09/21). 

It was such a pleasure working in this industry, but after gaining a position in a much more beneficial career towards my future goals, I believe I must part ways. The last several months I have associated with have been such a great experience. I have truly enjoyed working for this company. Thank you for all the opportunities that have been given to me as well as the knowledge. I wish the company all the best. 

Yours sincerely 

Samantha Whitcombe 

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To today's opening staff

Thank you for your availability for the offering opening shift. Below I have attached the list of instructions to follow for opening this fast-food chain. 

The instructions include the following:

• Please clock in as soon as you can 
• Please follow all the health and safety requirements
• Set up the warming trays
• Pull out the freezers and plug them in
• Begin prepping the burger fillings and refill the sauces 
• After prepping the fillings start with the meat
• Ensure all the tables are set-up properly

After completing all tasks, it's time to open.

Again thank you for accepting this shift, and I wish you all best of luck for a successful day. 

Yours sincerely 

Samantha Whitcombe 

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Dear Abi O'Brien

I am presenting this letter as a written notice that there was a work-related accident on the 25th of September at approximately 3:45 pm at Carmen road Burger King. This involved a worker, Ryan Timithy, who slipped over a spill of hot grease during rush hour. He regained consciousness after passing out for 2 minutes from impact. 3 witnesses saw the fall, those listed below. Immediately after the incident, the witnesses set medical aid for Ryan and were then sent to the hospital as soon as possible. One of the witnesses filed an injury at work report for Ryan as he was sent away. He was released from work later that day and was given 2 days' leave to recover. 

Yours sincerely 

Samantha Whitcombe

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Level Two - Art2 - Portfolio

For my second class of art, I have taken up printmaking/lino print. My inspiration is the artwork from Mervyn Williams. Mervyn is inspired by his own work and goes with whatever he desires. his art is much like Picasso and Matisse. I am very interested in his work through his color choices and the style of his work, the "trippy" like style which plays with your eyes if you stare at it for too long. 

Update: 30/9/21

I have been working on four boards this year due to taking 2 art classes. As an update for the printmaking board, I was given the opportunity to continue on with my Level One board from last year and finish off that. I've kept the theme of it as butterflies, roses, gold, and geometric patterns. 

Here is my board layout with its current artwork attached: 

Here you see that I have the original flower drawings at the top, there is still one piece I have to touch upon as well as starting my 2 printmaking pieces. As well as including the original big piece at the bottom right. 

Here is the layout for my second board: 

I plan to make a series of pieces with the top left artwork and then create a new piece and do the same process for the bottom right 4 positions. And then just a random big piece on the bottom left.

so far for the process of making the new series work, I have created this which I am still in the process of making to connect with my theme.

I have then been working on another big piece to fill in a spot that I'm still trying to figure out. That is attached below:

Level Two - Engineering - Hydraulics Tools

Hydraulics Tools 

What are hydraulic tools? How do they work?

Hydraulic tools are tools that are powered by hydraulic fluid. They operate by pumping pressurized liquid. The liquid is then forced through the motor and is soon controlled by the valves within which next is distributed through the hoses and tubes. With the hydraulic fluid going through the system of the machine it transfers energy throughout it which makes it operate. The hydraulic fluid also has other purposes such as lubricating the components in use. 

What safety precautions do you need to take when using hydraulic tools?

1. - Check each component before setting up every tool, making sure there are no cracks or damage, including the hydraulic hose.
2. - Before doing anything with any tool, check the safety manual and instructions and ensure you are knowledgeable on the tool you are using.
3. - Whatever tool you are using, make sure it is the right tool for the job and withstand the procedure your using it for.
4. - When cleaning the hydraulic tools, check that you're using the correct type of cleaning equipment such as fiber brushes to avoid scoring any part of the metal which can create a place for dirt which could then migrate into the hydraulic fluid.
5. - When operating any tools always wear safety goggles and protective wear to protect yourself.
6. - If a jack or ram is in use or has been used with any material, confirm that the material is stable and is supported by a solid foundation.

How do you maintain them?

To guarantee long-lasting use, use the correct preventive maintenance equipment such as a fiber brush to avoid scoring the metal and creating a place for dirt and a clean rag or cloth to clean away all connections before using inserting them into anything. Other maintenance procedures include checking that all hydraulic using components are cleaned properly.

Give 3 examples of hydraulic tools in a workshop:

Rotary impact hammer drills, Reaction arms, Hydraulic crimping tool 

Level Two - Engineering - Mains Powered Tools

SAFE USE OF MAINS POWERED TOOLS AND EXTENSION CORDS 

What is a mains powered power tool?

Mains-powered devices are tools that have cords attached to them that plug into something instead of being cordless and powered by battery packs. An advantage for mains powered is that they can start immediately, unlike if you were to use an air tool, etc. 

Where are you likely to use it? 

Mains-powered tools are now most likely used in industries, but you will only see a few around due to battery-powered tools that are introduced to the industry and are more accessible for tasks and are less hassle. 

Give 3 examples of a mains power tool you may have already used. 

Drill

Grinder

Power saw 

Describe/explain the task you use it for.

A drill is used to cut a hole into the material. It drills holes into materials as well as screwing in screws. 

A grinder is used for either cutting, grinding, finishing, and polishing metal materials. 

A power saw is used for cutting through large sheets of material. 

General safety around electricity include:

• Keep liquids away from any live wire 
• Avoid overloading any outlets 
• Ensure the electric cords are not nicked or sliced in any part to which bare wires are exposed
• Disconnect cords that are not in use
• Use equipment that has a non-conducting handle when working with electrical devices
• Never wear jewelry or anything metal that could risk any harm
• When handling anything electric, check that everything is dry especially your hands and your workspace, and wear non-conductive gloves
• Avoid high electric activity where there is condensation or dense moisture
• Take note if there is any sparking coming from any part of an electricity source and unplug any source of electricity flowing through to repair the problem
• Keep any flammable liquids away from the all-electric source

What do I do if something is wrong? ( Fault Reporting )

If something goes wrong in a workshop, it is important to either service, replace and report the damage that took place. 

General hazards and dangers of mains powered power tool

• Keeping the cord out of the way of anyone way
• Never carry a tool by the cord
• Keep all cords away from heating, any liquids, or sharp edges
• Follow the proper instructions for the tool in use 
• Treat all tools as if they're plugged in
• Check there are no splits in the rubber casing for the cord which creates a safety hazard due to bare wires. 
• Check that the outer covers of the tool are not damaged

What is meant by “RCD” Why is it important

An RCD (Residual current device) is a device that is designed to prevent you from any electric shock if you touch a bare live wire. The RCD works by constantly monitoring the electric current flowing through then it will switch off the electricity automatically if it senses a fault. 

What is meant by “Double Insulation” Why is it important

A double insulated RCD ensures greater protection because it consists of an extra layer of insulation over the basic insulation.

Safety checks and safe working practices when using a mains-powered tool

• Ensure that the connections with tools are correctly in place
• Inspect the tool for any damaging 
• After the use of a device, ensure that it is switched off and the is no power going through 
• Make sure that other workers are aware of where the tool is sourced so they don't trip or unplug it
• Be aware of your surroundings that could potentially cause you to harm yourself or knock something over

Hazards and dangers of extension cords

• Tripping hazard - Check that the cord is not looped up or in the way. 
• Visibility - Ensure that the electric cord is visible for others to see and isn't running into anyone way
• Too much power - Make sure that there aren't too many power tools plugged into an outlet that cannot handle the high wattage 
• Plugging in - Make sure the plugs are the prongs of the cord isn't exposed if it is plugged into an outlet

General PPE when using mains-powered tools