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home > greenleaf way gallery > FaithThe Greenleaf Way Gallery Artist - Faith Faith is an artist who resides partly in Wyoming and in Ohio. On her 2007 spring break, she came to the studio to work on a special project for her 5th grade class. Here is her story. Anitra: Faith, you said that you wanted to make a life-size, papier-mâché bald eagle. Why did you decide upon this project? Faith: Well, we are to create a work of art as part of our research project at school, and I chose the bald eagle because I have seen at least seven of them in Wyoming and I think that they are beautiful. They are also a rare bird and we need to protect them.Anitra: As you look back on this project, what are all the steps that you went through to complete it? Faith: I did research on how large the eagle is, what color, size of the feet and beak, habits, etc. I knew what I wanted the finished project to look like. Then, at the studio, we:Anitra: If you could point out a focal point of the eagle, your sculpture, what would you say that is? Faith: I think it is the beak and feet, because they are the most different in color (yellow).Anitra: What elements of design can you point out that you used in your eagle sculpture? Faith: There was a lot of contrast in color (the brown-ish black, the white and the yellow); there was contrast with the clay, cardboard, chicken wire and papier-mache; some things that are the same are the oval shape of the body and the head and parts of the wings.Anitra: How does this sculpture make you feel when you look at it? Faith: It makes me feel excited!Anitra: Describe in your own words what this sculpture is all about. Faith: The powerful feeling of America's bald eagle!Anitra: What things did you learn from doing this project---about art, art techniques, yourself, anything. Faith: I learned how to do papier-mache.Anitra: What was the best thing that you enjoyed about doing this project? And why? Faith: Making it look so real and feeling good about the project.Anitra: What is the title and size of this sculpture? Faith: I have to think about the name. It might be: André Bird O'Prey; the size is 21 1/2" x 13" x 9." Click HERE for a slide show of Faith's eagle!
~ Meister Eckert, German Theologian, 1260-1327
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