Artist Statement
This project was very fun and very out of the ordinary art schedule for me. Since my boyfriend and I built a go kart I thought it would be super cool to weld a project. I couldn't do anything too difficult so, I went the Washington Monument..just difficult enough. So first I cut out all the pieces with a grinder, welded them all together and welded the top on! I painted the platform with trim paint since I couldn't find any white paint..haha but, hey it worked out just fine! So then I thought the Washington Monument white would be too plain..so I added a little bit of a patriotism touch and put a wash of the American flag on it. Then I cut skewers in half and cut out a piece of watercolor paper and drew the flags on it. Honestly the hardest part of this project was painting the road on the platform and putting the shadows in. Also, keeping the stupid skewer in place while hot gluing it. This was a very fun project to! I'm super glad Mr. Varney let me weld for my project..I think it turned out pretty good. I'm very satisfied with this project and all the work behind it.
This project was very fun and very out of the ordinary art schedule for me. Since my boyfriend and I built a go kart I thought it would be super cool to weld a project. I couldn't do anything too difficult so, I went the Washington Monument..just difficult enough. So first I cut out all the pieces with a grinder, welded them all together and welded the top on! I painted the platform with trim paint since I couldn't find any white paint..haha but, hey it worked out just fine! So then I thought the Washington Monument white would be too plain..so I added a little bit of a patriotism touch and put a wash of the American flag on it. Then I cut skewers in half and cut out a piece of watercolor paper and drew the flags on it. Honestly the hardest part of this project was painting the road on the platform and putting the shadows in. Also, keeping the stupid skewer in place while hot gluing it. This was a very fun project to! I'm super glad Mr. Varney let me weld for my project..I think it turned out pretty good. I'm very satisfied with this project and all the work behind it.