Perspective of a Duck and Fish

 Hello everyone! My name is Evelyn Lopez and I chose to do my "art project" on the perspective of a duck and a fish. The main reason is because I wanted to show not only my classmates, but everyone else that no matter where we look, we will always find some trash laying around. Whether its on land or in water, you will always find some kind of plastic, for example. Plastic is the biggest source of pollution we find that is not only affecting us, but is also affecting the marine life. I displayed some plastic next to the duck and fish because believe it or not, that is the main reason why most of our marine life is in danger.

For the perspective of the duck, I chose to cover the whole "surface" with plastic because it's one source of pollution that is endangering us all, on land. Not only does it put our birds and other mammals in danger, but it puts us people in danger the most, since we are the ones that are using plastic; making things that aren't biodegradable. See, if we to learn how to make things biodegradable, we wouldn't be having a high risk of serious pollution.

Not only are we suffering this current pollution, but our marine life, as well, is suffering this. Anything that is not cleaned up or being thrown away proper later ends up in our oceans and beaches, killing our precious marine life. I chose to represent plastic as a candy wrapper because technically it's still plastic and something as simple and as small as this can lead to a sea animal's extinction.

 

 For my final representation, I chose to break the plastic of the package just to show that plastic or any other kind of trash can go through any openings easily, whether its through a storm drain or running water on the streets, it still manages to reach our oceans and beaches. It's the little things that we do that cause most of the pollution in this world. In order to stop the pollution, we must react to the negativity and think about how we are hurting our environment and how we can help it become a better and safer place.

It is not food

The amount of trash that finds its way to the beach should be a red flag to the human made damage we are causing to our planet and ourselves. I decided to make a fish out of the most common trash i saw during the beach clean up which was cigarette butts. Fishes and other marine life are eating things they believe are food causing their stomach to look more like trash bags filled with plastics.

The Triangle

I found a variety of trash in my neighborhood and what caught me off guard was the fact that so many people in my neighborhood could have easily disposed of the trash properly. I found a glass bottle, a water bottle, and a Powerade bottle. I also found a lot of plastic, sandwich bags, Styrofoam, grocery ads, candy wrappers, gum wrappers, a condom wrapper, paper, plastic bags, a battery, band aid wrappers, and receipts near or on the sidewalk of my neighborhood. Most of the trash I found is recyclable, like the paper, battery, bottles and plastic bags. It’s ridiculous and sad to see so much unnecessary trash on the streets. My art project is called, “The Triangle” because on each recyclable item, there is a triangle on the bottom with a recyclable number in it. It does not take that much time and energy to dispose of trash properly and I just wanted to express just how crucial it is to recycle but making my art project into the shape of a triangle. 

All the Way From...

“So have you wondered where you’re going for vacation? Well, our local Cape is just beautiful! It’d be perfect for you and your whole family. There’s something to do for everyone; painting, arts and crafts, and many mother daughter activities.”

 This “postcard” represents many things, the main is the environment. Cape Cod is one of nature’s most spectacular places, where the history runs deep. “Cape Cod” represents our environment, and how we should all be eco-friendly. The paintbrush represents the picture perfect life that we can all have with nature. The mother and daughter picture represents “for the future generations”. Overall this “postcard” is a reminder that everyone needs to be eco-friendly for themselves, the environment, and for the future generations.

"Beauty of nature fading away"

My name is Jessica Pacheco a Cal State Los Angeles student; I am currently in Mrs. Hernandez English 95 class. I figured this was a good way to send a message to everyone because its a dead rose surrounded by trash which mean that when we liter we are actually destroying the beauty of nature sometimes without noticing.

chips

      

 Art

When being asked to come up with an art project for our English 95 class I wasn’t sure what kind of art I was going to be able to create.  I was worried that I was not going to please my professor on what she really wanted. As a current student planning to major in fashion several things came to my head about the project. I wanted to make something that represented fashion and the global warming. So then I finally realized that I already did a similar project to this already and I thought it would be perfect to use it again. In my 11^th grade class introducing textiles I did an assignment where we had to create a bag out of recycle waste. So I decided to make a pencil case out of chip bags. I choose the chips Sun Chips because they are suppose to be healthier but we all know that chips are bad for you and we should not eat them as much. The process was super easy but the zipper is always the hardest thing to do. But I received a B- on my project but I was proud on the grade I got because not only did I accomplish an assignment but it also inspired me to peruse designing with organic fabric. It is one of my long-term goals to actually become a successful designer and buyer and to become a very ecofriendly person. Knowing that you can create a dress, a bag, or shirt out of trash is just simply amazing and creative. My next major goal is to create a dress out of trash bags and demonstrate it to the class. It would be inspiring to know that yes the more people live in this planet, the more trash we will have but with trash you can create the next big thing. You just need to have an open eye to spot the next trend. 

Oscar's World

Hi my name is Perla Vargas and I am a current student in Mrs.Hernandez English course. My trash art project represents how trash is taking over the world and we do not notice. Oscar the grouch is having a blast by enjoying everyone's waste. p.s: Finding trash was so easy compared to finding nature in Los Angeles (wink wink)