clumsygirl: art + craft + tomfoolery

Extra Credit for Over-Under-Through assignment

Choose one of the four subjects below. After investigating these websites, write up to 2 pages answering the questions for that subject, listed below the links:

Ukrainian Eggs:
"Creativity is not something separate from life, or that has to be in a special place. Art is a spiritual thing connected to all people." -Roderick Sykes muralist
eggs?
what is a pysanka?
learn how
demonstrations
gallery of pysanka
1. Describe the process of making a pysanka.
2. Where did this tradition originate, and why eggs?
3. If you were making a pysanka for yourself, what symbols or imagery would you use?

Islamic tile & pattern:
"Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes." -Kahlil Gibran
metropolitan museum
Iranian examples
star pattern tile work
tile work
geometry & flowers
1. Why is most Islamic art patterns or geometric?
2. Where are some of these buildings located?
3. Do you think that creating boundries (example: no people, only certain colors or forms, etc.) for an artwork will make a stronger piece? Explain why or why not.

Celtic Knot Work:
"Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty." -Rose Elizabeth Bird
The Book of Kells
symbols
contemporary Celtic knots
more Celtic art
tile work
1. When & when did Celtic knot work flourish?
2. What is the Book of Kells?
3. What symbol(s) would you select to represent yourself and why?

Bronx graffiti & murals:
"...And the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls." -Paul Simon (singer/songwriter)
bronxview
history of graffiti
early & current graffiti
about graffiti
examples
stencils
1. Why did people in New York and the Bronx start doing graffiti?
2. What do you think about the Metro Transit Authority's attempts to "de-graffiti" their trains?
3. Artists who now use canvas for their art... is the art more authentic or less?