Human Evolution; The Hominins - Chido

Homo Erectus, Homo Sapiens and Homo Neanderthalensis holding tools related to their era

Human evolution and the development of human history using three of the final stages of human evolution highlighting an item they would be holding, such as the Homo Erectus holding a wooden or quartz weapon, the Neanderthal holding a small axe, and the human holding a phone.

Moth's Dinner - Chloe O'Shea

Lino print narrative about a mischievous clothes-eating moth.

Rimi Dudhia- Animal Cruelty

I explored the topic of animal cruelty, specifically how it affects rabbits, which is my chosen animal for this project. Animal cruelty is a big problem we face to this day where we see animals being harmed and experimented on for consumer products such as makeup products and household cleaning products. Rabbits are the most used animals for testing as they are the most gentle and well behaved animals.

I had decided to incorporate this topic of animal cruelty with rabbits into my final piece. My final piece of artwork is simple, yet portrays a clear storyline of how easily rabbits are abused for experiments. The blue background towards the outside draws attention to the actual topic going on in my piece. The rabbit quickly goes from a healthy state to an unhealthy state as it is experimented on.

Octopus Meets Sushi Chef- Oren Somers-Baines

 
I had lots of fun and boring options of an octopus swimming or crawling but wanted to add another animal and take him away from his natural habitat and do the end of the food chain for him. Luckily he's a smart one and is shown dodging the knife. I wanted to show the struggle and urge that the octopus has against the pain and inevitability of painful death. Octopus are very intelligent creatures - not only do octopus experience physical pain when abused, they are capable of feeling emotional pain. Imagine seeing your fellow octopus being dismembered and you're next - just feel its inhuman on the octopus to be killed alive like that.

Deforestation - Natasha Cole

 

For this project I started looking into orangutans and how their homes are being threatened by the mass production of palm oil.

The Butterfly Effect - Sara Gica

 For my final project I chose to research butterflies, their life cycle ( how they are born as caterpillars then undergo metamorphosis), and their symbolism in the widely known theory, The Butterfly Effect. The theory states that even the smallest changes somewhere can prompt significant changes elsewhere. For my project I tried to represent this idea visually by having a butterfly emerge from its cocoon, fly over Earth, surpass the Solar System and the Milky Way galaxy. The butterfly itself is a metaphor for change and transformation, and once it has emerged from its cocoon it just flies as far as it can, similar to how many changes that occur on Earth can have impact on the larger Universe as a whole.