Sandy Watts (one of the invited artists) made "The Cage." It was fun to pretend
to be an animal in the cage. Jason said, "With the wheels, you could move
around, but you were restricted by the bars. We have freedoms even when
we're put into a cage. The artist did it this way to show that even though we are restricted by our vision problems, we can still do things others can do.
"Hey! What's that? Is it a fish? A dragon? Perhaps a really weird coat rack?
No, it was "Plectosaurus," a large metal fish made by Daniel Evans (an artist
and an employee at the school). The rib bones moved by swinging from side
to side while the spiked tail moved back and forth like a fish swishing its tail.
Even if you couldn't see, you couldn't miss the "Ice Sculpture." Chunks of ice
with pieces of broken Plexiglas frozen inside hung over a row of tunnels.
The tunnels looked like giant icicles suspended from the ceiling. As the
ice melted, the Plexiglas pieces fell through the tunnels and made noises.
The smaller pieces and tunnels made high-pitched, tinkly noises. The
larger pieces made low-pitched thuds. The water dripping and the
Plexiglas falling sounded like a hailstorm.
We were inspired by these sculptures and decided to try to communicate
through our own sculpture creations! We invented two types:
ice sculptures and windmills.
to be an animal in the cage. Jason said, "With the wheels, you could move
around, but you were restricted by the bars. We have freedoms even when
we're put into a cage. The artist did it this way to show that even though we are restricted by our vision problems, we can still do things others can do.
"Hey! What's that? Is it a fish? A dragon? Perhaps a really weird coat rack?
No, it was "Plectosaurus," a large metal fish made by Daniel Evans (an artist
and an employee at the school). The rib bones moved by swinging from side
to side while the spiked tail moved back and forth like a fish swishing its tail.
Even if you couldn't see, you couldn't miss the "Ice Sculpture." Chunks of ice
with pieces of broken Plexiglas frozen inside hung over a row of tunnels.
The tunnels looked like giant icicles suspended from the ceiling. As the
ice melted, the Plexiglas pieces fell through the tunnels and made noises.
The smaller pieces and tunnels made high-pitched, tinkly noises. The
larger pieces made low-pitched thuds. The water dripping and the
Plexiglas falling sounded like a hailstorm.
We were inspired by these sculptures and decided to try to communicate
through our own sculpture creations! We invented two types:
ice sculptures and windmills.
from Our Dragonfly article, "Wind for a Dragon"
part One
part One
Sculptures by the Artists
. Jason said,
"With the wheels,
you could move
around, but you
were restricted
by the bars.
We have
freedoms even
when we're put
into a cage.
The artist did it this
way to show that
even though we are restricted by
our vision problems,
we can still do
things others can do.
we're put into a cage. The artist did it this way to show that even though we are restricted by our vision problems, we can still do things others can do.
"With the wheels,
you could move
around, but you
were restricted
by the bars.
We have
freedoms even
when we're put
into a cage.
The artist did it this
way to show that
even though we are restricted by
our vision problems,
we can still do
things others can do.
we're put into a cage. The artist did it this way to show that even though we are restricted by our vision problems, we can still do things others can do.