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This is my final project the social issue. I chose do do bullying because it is one of those kinds of things that hit close to home for me. I used to get picked on a lot in elementary school and it felt horrible. So I thought that doing bullying would be a great issue to use. If this goes in the library with the others it would be a good idea because it would spread a good message to students in the school, and it is relevant to a school setting. Even though the picture somewhat appears to be of poor quality it was taken with a webcam so it was the best i could do given my situation.

The process of putting this project together was somewhat complicated, but still fun. I enjoy making art in this class. I started out by making my clay figure which is a man sitting with his arms folded in what appears to be a sad and deppressed way. Then when I made the cardboard stand I put one coat of black on there. Then I added "DONT BE A BULLY" in big letters at the top along with pictures of bullying victims and statistics. I used sandpaper, modge podge, and paint to make the photos look faded. I also splattered red paint along the canvas to resemble blood.

Over all I am happy with the outcome of this work. I enjoyed making it and i think i will get a decent grade for it. Because bullying is such a terrible thing, i made this. It's a way of saying stop it to those people who decide to pick on others. Though it will not stop bullying in its tracks, it may prevent it if it is put in public for people to see.



This is my pinwheel for peace by Dempsey Mikula. I chose to remember the terror events of 9/11 because it was just around september 11th when i started this pinwheel to honor those who died on that day in 2001. I also chose this theme because my great unles friend lived in new york and died when the first tower came down.

I had a few errors in attempting to create this pinwheel. the first being trying to make the peace logo on the back of the pinwheel (not shown in picture) centered. I failed at that and it is off center for the pinwheel. Another error i encountered with this was the trouble painting over the masking tape on the stick. It came out somewhat blotchy and uneven in places but i was able to correct that mistake by taking my time while panting and re applying the tape in a more even fashion, then was i able to paint the stripes on it with ease.

Over all i would not exactly call this work of art a masterpiece but i think i did a decent job in putting it together. it took me about 4 days to get it 100% complete including this article you are reading. There really isn't that much to add to that statement other than it was by far better than the pinwheel i made in the 8th grade.