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Past Project:
Peace Pole
Spring 2017
Context:
The final project for my HUM150/ART110 class was to work with a team and design a side of a peace pole to be put on Cascadia Community college's grounds. My team went with the theme of "Prosperity", and had the focus of our side be the apple tree in the shape of an atomic explosion. This represents great power being used for prosperity instead of destruction.
Visit the page on the college's site here:
http://www.cascadia.edu/discover/active_learning/art_protest.aspx#spring17
"Prosperity" Planted on Campus
 This is the top of the Peace Pole, an apple tree in the shape of an atomic blast, representing great power used for prosperity instead of destruction. |  A far look at our peace pole from its location on Cascadia Community College. |
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 When I heard 'Peace', I thought 'and Prosperity'. So, building off of the main theme of the nuclear power apple tree, we put the word "Prosperity" large and below the tree. This segment was primarily my responsibility. |  I compared a phone and book (with print filling the screen/pages) to a chunk of ore and a jewel, representing that knowledge of news is valuable. |
 While the final project is still great, There was one mistake I wish was avoided (after it sent in to be done). Right between the 'P' in prosperity, and the ground below the tree, the roots with the martyrs was misplaced. |  Where the roots now stand. Not the worst place for roots to be, in retrospect. |
 Close up on the texture of the dirt. |
Behind "Prosperity"
 Brainstorming ideas for the project. We ditched many initial ideas sketched here, almost all of them except for the tree. |  Brainstorming around the limitations of having a 6 inch wide, 10 foot tall poster. |
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 I liked the idea of little square people making up the pattern of the side |  Trying out a style of a small-figure character in a repeating pentagon pattern. |
 Trying out a style of a small-figure character in a vertical pattern |  Brainstorming, perhaps using little people as DNA? Remind students that genetically, differences are mostly minute. |
 We had to ditch the square people idea, as it did not incorporate well into the tree idea. We ended up focusing on what was below the apple tree/ nuclear explosion. |  Once someone came up with the idea of roots, we quickly went for the symbolism of the prosperity tree getting nutrients from buried martyrs who died in the name of peace. |
 Gluing down the pattern to the strip of paper. |  The final product to be scanned and sent to the pole-makers. |
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