Seashell Mask
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Title
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Seashell Mask
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Description
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Hello everyone, my name is Kaylee Gaskins, I’m a senior here at ECU, and my major is Birth-Kindergarten Education. My interest includes going to the beach, taking walks, planting, and reading. I live at the beach, so anything beach-related is enjoyable like beach rides and beach walks. I don’t have a background in the arts, but I am interested in learning about different art and its story. When creating my mask, I first picked out shells from the various buckets of seashells lying around my house. Like I mentioned before, I live at the beach, so I tend to have a ridiculous amount of seashells. Once I had various types of shells and shell sizes, I glued the seashells together in an overlapping way with a slight curve and then attached white fabric to be able to wear the mask behind my ears. The materials I used were shells, a hot glue gun, and some white fabric. I formed my idea from the summer vibes of the new summer season and from being near the ocean and my love for shelling. The mask is not protective, and the mask is also very heavy to wear. The mask represents part of my identity by symbolizing where I’ve grown up and live. The mask represents part of my identity by presenting something I enjoy, which is seashells, and by using seashells that I found on walks. The pose and style I were going for was a beach vibe, almost mermaid-like (that’s why I have my crazy hair down.) The mask and pose convey how I’ve dealt with the Coronavirus situation by relating to what I did almost every day this winter, taking beach walks. Thankfully, I live in a very isolated location, and nearly every day, while home doing online classes, I went to the beach and took a walk while picking up shells. I took the photo I did because it shows the beach where I walk most during the Coronavirus situation and where I found most of my seashells used to make my mask. What makes my photo creative and aesthetically pleasing is the peace and calm the beach represents and how I found comfort and relaxation at the beach even when the world was having a difficult time and is still healing. The photo is unique because it shows my interest, findings, home, and what I’ve been doing the past year all in one picture. This was created as an assignment for ART 1910 instructed by Susan Luddeke.
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Coverage
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Ocracoke, North Carolina
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Creator
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Gaskins, Kaylee
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Date
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2020-06-01
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