en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT 15 By Kim Delanghe-2006
Four times a year art masterpieces accumulate in Mrs. Moran’s English classroom, over- fl owing the tables and covering the stage. Since Mrs. Moran would rather display the students’ artwork than have it overrun her classroom, the projects are then displayed throughout the school. This quarter, one project caught everyone’s eye, Amy Jilk’s “Map from 1589,” which was originally displayed on the library shelf. The first week after their distribution throughout the school, whenever the words “Humanities Project” came up in conversation, someone would ask, “Have you seen Amy Jilk’s?” Jilk’s map is modeled after a map that was used in the late sixteenth century. One of the reasons people fi nd it so fascinating is her ability to enlarge a small computer image of the original map over two square feet in size with perfect precision. Jilk tends to be modest of her work, but does take credit for the “accuracy in the landmasses and detail in the larger words with the calligraphy pen.” Her map was not created on tag board or vellum paper, as most people would picture a map It was made more durable by being painted with acrylic on a cream colored canvas. Other aspects of this picture that catch the eye are the details of ships and the fancy calligraphy that were present in early exploration maps, but have been excluded in the modern purely practical maps. Jilk commented in her “Project Information”, used to help grade the project, that her map is “defi nitely not painted very well,” but Mr. Weber disagrees, saying that it is “one of the best projects he has ever seen.” Through it all, she emphasizes the fact that her project “took a long time to make.” Although Jilk’s artwork was eye catching, many other Humanities projects are also worth taking the time to admire. ]]> Sun, 15 May 2005 21:36:00 GMT