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Core Competency Reflection

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Collaboration:

For this project I showed collaboration skills when I asked my peers for inspiration or positive criticism or any other ideas regarding my piece. If I ever had trouble deciding on a certain colour or design of something, I collaborated with the people at my table group to help me form my final piece. Specifically, I used this skill when it came to where I should glue certain card board pieces and where in my setting I should place my clay model. Because we were all sharing the glue gun, we took turns with it and they helped me choose where to glue my cardboard details. In the end, I am proud of what I created and I am happy that I was able to get some advice from my peers to enhance my project.

Critical and Reflective Thinking:

For this project, I demonstrated critical and reflective thinking when molding my clay fairy. For instance, the hair strands of my fairy were beginning to fall and break off as it dried. To fix this, I restarted the head of hair and made it so the hair was a bit thicker and not as long. I also added a lot of slip so that each strand was secured in place. Another issue that I had to face was that my clay mushroom was a bit wobbly. This was happening because the support cap of the mushroom was quite large compared to the stem/base. It had to be fairly big so that the fairy could fit and sit on top of it so instead of shrinking the cap, I added some clay to the very base of the mushroom. Adding more structure to the base allowed for the mushroom to hold up the fairy

Comparative Cultures Mid-Term Assessment

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Creation Stories: Japan vs Hawaii Project

Curricular Competency – Inquiry Paragraph:

Researching the creation stories of Japanese culture vs Hawaiian culture has allowed me to inquire and delve into their different beliefs and views on how life on Earth came to be. Throughout the process of learning about these two stories, I was able to understand and compare them to each other, as well as reflect on my view of the world in general. These stories allowed me to find significant interest in the topic of creation stories as I found it highly interesting how different cultures perceive life, birth, death, gods and goddesses, etc. As I read each story, I was able to break it down and inquire about the underlying meanings by making charts, highlighting, and doing additional research. After fully understanding the two creation stories individually, I was able to compare and contrast them to find out their similarities as well as their differences. This project demonstrated my ability to analyze material, compare it to other material, represent my understanding of it in my own way and words and images (created a comic), and reflect on the entirety of the project and its significance.

Core Competency – Critical and Reflective Thinking:

Learning about creation stories has allowed me to use my Critical and Reflective Thinking Core Competency skills. For instance, I am able to analyze evidence and information about the stories from different perspectives of various cultures. I showed this when I was learning about the two stories from Japanese culture and Hawaiian culture and the significance behind them. Furthermore, how they’ve impacted society and their individual civilizations over time and even in today’s world. Additionally, I can explore materials provided in OneNote as well as further delve into the stories through other sources (pictures – linked web on OneNote). More importantly, throughout this project, I have demonstrated my ability to comprehend different views, opinions, and beliefs. In addition, I was able to complete a well-written detailed conclusion/analysis/reflection about the project in OneNote. This project has impacted my view of the world, inspired me to learn more about the beliefs of different cultures and most of all, allowed me to compare and reflect on my understanding of the Japanese and the Hawaiian creation stories and how they connect to modern-day life.

Ceramics Core Competency Reflection

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Creative Thinking Skills

My artifact connects to Creative Thinking Skills. It connects to this Core Competency because this Final Project required a lot of creative thinking in order to develop my own unique ideas and create a design for my project. Even though this project is not yet complete (hasn’t been glazed yet), I showed this when I wrote my Planning sheet for this Final Project.

On the planning sheet I made notes about shape, size, patterns, additive/deductive work, use of colours, etc. that I wanted for my design. My planning sheet also consisted of a few sketches of how I envision I want my project to look like once its rendered. For my drawing/sketches I also tried to show different angles and put arrows where specific ideas take place.

For example, I broke down the whole project and drew separate parts of the project. My Project is a fruit juicer that is shaped as a turtle. I split it apart and drew/wrote details about the base/bowl, the head and neck/spout (where the juice will pour out of), the strainer in the neck that will prevent any pulp or seeds from being poured out, the legs/arms/flippers, and the triangular juicer part. I had to make note of what would be hand sculpted and what wold be added on with slip versus what is deducted by scratching/carving pieces and details out. I also had to keep in mind of who I was making this piece for so I could think of some meaning that could connect my project to that person. For instance, my final project is being made for my aunt how always makes fresh fruit, margaritas, and went to Hawaii with me to see the sea turtles.

All of this planning and creative thinking that was used to create my Final Ceramics Project connects to the Creative Thinking Core Competency.