B.O.B – Big on Breakfast!
Artists: AV1 30 students – David V., April T., Zack I., Marissa C., Stephen S.
School: Norman Johnston Alternate Program – Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Our IKEA chair is supporting a seated figure reading a book while filled with breakfast which is being transformed into food energy. As one of the few high schools with a breakfast program in the city, Norman Johnston students KNOW the importance of food to their education. Food feeds the body and helps the mind function fully. Our inspiration is our daily breakfast and the volunteers who bring the program to life every morning at school. We also studied different sculptural materials through viewing a variety of artists’ work, in particular the work of Bendette Mori Ubalcini . We really enjoyed working with the chicken wire frame and painting the paper maché food.
The figure does not have any specific characteristics besides being smaller or younger. This allows everyone to be able to relate to the figure. It is transparent so that the viewer can see the true nature of the transformation of food to energy in the figure. The food has been painted realistically to convey the fresh goodness of our breakfasts here. Brass wire has been woven throughout to convey food energy transformed into golden brain power needed to learn.
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