My group members gave me very helpful and insightful feedback. In terms of the abstract piece that I made on the snowy day, they drew attention to some of the shapes, the purple shading, and the light and dark contrast. In terms of the series on time, development, and family, they said that I could either stick to a black and white color palette or add an accent of color to each piece to connect them -- like making my mom's bathing suit in Project 1 one color and making a shape in Project 2 another color. I am kind of leaning towards sticking to the black and white color palette so that attention isn't taken away from the other parts of the piece because of the color and because I am hesitant to add something so permanent to works that I do not think are bad. My group also mentioned that I could make something out of the snowflake stencil that I used, since it took on an interesting, kind of curled look after use. I could potentially make a work with the white snowflake stencil on a dark background to be the opposite of and complement the dark snowflake on the white background (Project 2). A group member brought up that this additional piece would exemplify the idea that no two snowflakes are exactly the same -- because, even though both snowflakes would be the same structure, one has been altered with paint and tear. Other than that, my group liked that every work was different but connected as a series. They liked how I changed the background of Project 2. They also said that I might be able to incorporate the abstract pattern piece. I'm not quite sure how I would do so, but I'll think about it. Also, one of my group members helped me to come up with additional meaning for the snowflake piece. I was thinking that it had a geometric, clean feel, like that in Project 2. It would be made of paint and a metallic accent as well to connect. It has to do with time passing because I used to love cutting up snowflakes when I was younger, and I am trying to allow it to look a bit like a cut-out snowflake. I also made it because I am fascinated by the crystalline structure of snowflakes. Snowflakes are so delicate and intricately patterned, and each is unique. After water vapor in the clouds goes through deposition, the flakes fall and form their shapes due to the environment of the path they take to the ground. Since it is highly improbable that two snowflakes will fall down the exact same way, each snowflake is unique. I like this scientific aspect. I also like the unique part. My group member brought up then that no two people are exactly the same. This idea gives the piece an additional human characteristic component.
