File - Fallen Butterflies Movement

Art for Change
Project in Collaboration
with
Havenly Blue
Foundation
 Can you think of an art piece or symbol that
represents justice?
 Can you think of an art piece or symbol that
raises awareness about the ills of society?
 Art making, like working to do what is right, is a
transformative process
 Art making, like advocacy for children, can
empower change.
 Art making can have an outward focus—
generosity creates generosity—Art creates
empathy which creates movement and ultimately
creates CHANGE.
• How many of you
have younger siblings
or young cousins,
nieces, or nephews?
• What would you do if
someone hurt them?
• Do you think a child
who discloses abuse
always receives
justice?
How did a child receive legal rights?
Mary Ellen Wilson is the first documented case of child abuse but since
there were no laws to protect children in 1874 the ASPCA stepped in to
defend her.
How can YOU create a legacy to ensure ALL children are priority? You
DESIGN! Make history by being the first school nationally to initiate the
movement for children.
 Domestic Violence in home
 Cycle of abuse within families-The Hidden Secret
 Lack of education
 Pedophiles who prey on innocent children
 Pimps who use poor children for sex trafficking
 The silence of bystanders ENABLE abusers to
continue hurting children
* The number one reason children continue to
be abused is that NO one believes them!
98% of children who disclose abuse are telling the
truth!
 1 in 4 girls will be abused before age 18 and 1 in 5
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boys will be abused before the age of 18
½ of our nations homeless are post-foster children
who were once abused or neglected
On average one pedophile will sexually abuse 117
children in his or her lifetime
The abuse of children has affected every race,
culture, religion, and socioeconomic level around the
globe…abuse is not racist.
In the past 18 months we have lost 575 children due
to abuse and neglect right in your back yard…but
you never hear about them or see their faces.
 Even YOUNG people can create
change! The greatest tools you
have are your mind, your
creativity, and your VOICE.
 A young adult can create social
impact by expressing a passion
for positive change through art &
design.
 The Fallen Butterflies design
isn’t just a logo, this is a
movement for youth to teach
others that we can empower a
nation to make children’s safety
a priority.
Wall of Butterflies
The wall of Butterflies is dedicated to the children who have paid the ultimate price at
the hands of abuse. WE want everyone to remember their beautiful innocent faces and
the next time you see a butterfly, remember OUR children are still dancing in the wind.
Dennis C. Jurgens
Flying since 1965
Corrine Gustavson
Flying Since 1992
The Krim Children
Flying since 2012
Airi Kinoshita
Flying Since 2005
Brianna Lopez-Flying High Since 2002
Tiffany Eunick
Flying Since 1998
James Bulgar
Flying Since 1993
Taking a pledge for The Fallen Butterflies Movement means
YOU will create, motivate, unite, and most of all make yourself
heard through art. And no matter what you choose to become
in your career you will always fight for the innocent and the
fallen.
PLEASE STAND IF YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE
THE PLEDGE
 Selected artworks (pendants, earrings, and
bracelets) will be submitted to an online auction as a
fundraiser.
 Each artwork will be displayed and available for bids
for one month (January or February 2013).
 The money raised will be split between
- 1/3 Los Alamitos Art Department
- 1/3 Havenly Blue Foundation
- 1/3 Participating Student
 Does my participation in the auction affect my
grade?
No, however only exemplary work that fulfills the
project requirements will be selected for auction.
Time for Questions & Answers
 What will you make?
Unique wearable artworks: Necklace/Pendant,
Earrings, or Bracelet
reinterpreting the “Fallen Butterflies” mark.
 What materials and processes will we use?
- Flat sheet metal: Copper, Brass, Nickel Silver,
Aluminum, Oxidized (black) Aluminum.
- Sawing (positive and negative shape)
- Cold Connections (rivets, tabs, and jump rings)
- Surface treatments (satin finish, roller mill,
patina, stamping, hammering, doming/dapping)
Josiah Wedgewood,
produced the emblem as a
cameo at his pottery factory.
A shipment of the cameos
was sent to Benjamin
Franklin in Philadelphia,
where the medallions
became a fashion statement
for abolitionists and antislavery sympathizers. They
were worn as bracelets and
as hair ornaments. Soon the
fashion extended to the
general public.
Art that created Historical Change
Design of bravery, equality, and unity
for democracy
The Aids Memorial Quilt
The most infamous quilt in America began as a collaborative Art
project and turned into a movement to ensure victims were
never forgotten. It continues today throughout the world.
 Sawing (Consider both the positive &
negative shapes)
 Doming or Dapping- adding a complex curve
 Bending
 Bracelet Mandrel
Metal Options:
 Sawing- cutting metal using thin blade to get create
intricate positive and negative shapes
 Tabs- are a way to hold two pieces of metal together while
you saw so that you can create two identical pieces.
 Tabs- way to connect metal w/out heat
 Forging- reshaping
(annealed) metal by hitting it
with a shaped hammer on an
anvil
 Doming or Dapping- rounding
the surface of the metal by
tapping it with a wooden mallet
into a concaved form or over
a convex block
Tabs
 Rivets
Jump rings
 Rivet- passing a metal pin
through holes in two or more
plates to hold them together.
The pin is made with a head at
one end, the other end is
hammered (expanding it) into a
head after insertion.
Leather Rivet Setting Video
 Satin Finish (all stages of sanding- end with wet
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Hand Hammered
Roller Mill
Patina (Copper is best)
Stamping/Incising
 Roller Mill- a machine
to compress (and
stretch) metal, you can
also impress designs or
textures onto the
surface of the metal
 Crimping- impressing
folds into the surface of
metal
 Inscribing- scratching a
design, writing or texture
into the surface of the metal
using a sharp tool called a
stylus
 Patina- a colorful oxidation
process created through a
chemical reaction on the
surface of the metal
Stamping- impressing a pattern into the surface of
the metal
Patina- a colorful
oxidation process created
through a chemical
reaction on the surface of
the metal
 Based on the examples (Processes, Materials
and Techniques) create 3 possible design
options for this project.
 Review the Criteria Sheet & Sketch your ideas
here:
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 Make a paper model or scratch metal sketch