Blog Art
April 13, 2011
Wednesday the 30th of March was a day that held host to the annual "Reinvent" Fashion competition in Dublin’s Griffith College. An event highly anticipated by students all over the country, there were around one hundred entrants, each of whom had spent hours creating original and memorable pieces. However, the theme of the competition revolved around the reinvention of old clothes, and thus had to be manufactured from second hand garments.
I registered in the competition a day late, and the week before the event itself was nearly entirely consumed by sewing, and I would have been lost without the help of Ms. Mahon with my mood board. Sarah Corrigan (5th Year), who modelled the dress, was easily the prettiest model there and looked very professional on the catwalk, exhibiting the dress perfectly. There were some truly amazing designs that really caught our attention, but the judges had to narrow it down to six. Fortunately, they announced that Sarah and I were one of the lucky finalists, and she got the chance to walk again with the other winners. The prize is to have your design modelled by a professional in a publicised show, which will take place before the Summer holidays. We had a great day, and even got a free lunch, but the fact that we won certainly topped it off. (Click on thumbnails to open an enlarged version of photo. ))
Ailbhe MacMahon (5th Year)
[Photos: Ms. Mahon, Ailbhe MacMahon]
Categories: Art.
Tags: 2010-2011, finalist, Griffith College, Reinvent Fashion competition.
March 10, 2011
Well done to Irena Williams (TY) and Svetlana Cvetic (1st Year) who submitted the best photos for the February 2011 Student Digital Photo Competition. The theme was Text and both students captured significantly different types of text in their respective photos. Both photos are published on the School website Gallery - click here to see them.
Ms. Mahon, Ms. O'Kelly
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Categories: Art.
Tags: 2010-2011, February Student Digital Photo Competition.
February 14, 2011
Well done to Jorden Bukspan (2nd Year) and Kate Dempsey (1st Year) who submitted the best photos for the January 2011 Student Digital Photo Competition. The theme was Winter and both students captured aspects of the severe cold weather we experienced in December. Both photos are published on the School website Gallery - click here to see them.
Ms. Mahon, Ms. O'Kelly
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February 2011 Competition
Deadline: Friday, 4th March, 1.15pm
Theme: Text.
For example look at letters made from the environment, books, signs, etc.
Email your photo to Ms. O'Kelly at hokelly@stratfordcollege.ie. Alternatively put your photo on a memory stick to give it to Ms. O'Kelly.
Categories: Art.
February 10, 2011
In Autumn all the 1st Year students collected different varieties of leaves. We used these leaves to make designs for autumn masks. First we drew the leaves and then coloured them in using the Autumn shades with oil pastels. We then took our drawings and used them as inspiration for a mask design. When we were happy with our designs we then made them out of clay. When the clay was dry we painted them in Autumn colours. In the end they all turned out brilliant! (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of photo. ))
Emer Downes (1st Year)
[Photo: Ms. Mahon]
Categories: Art.
Tags: 1st Year, 2011, Autumn masks.
January 26, 2011
We made a movie, 'Cailleacha Underbury', as a cross-curricular project in Irish and Art. It was a great experience. Starting from scratch, we looked at how movies should be made, wrote out scripts and acted out the movie. This was challenging, but everyone felt it helped with their Irish a lot.
Afterwards came the editing. It was a tedious procedure, but also enjoyable, interesting and definitely gave us a much better idea of what really goes into movie making. We had an opportunity to use iMovie Maker, and made great use of it, including dubbing, subtitles, cutting and multiplying scenes etc. It was an enjoyable and helpful project, and we all utilised our skills in both Irish and Art. Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of photo. ))))
Jake Regan (4th Year)
Categories: Art, Irish, Transition Year.
Tags: 2011, Cailleacha Underbury, John Connolly, movie.
