Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle/High School art students displayed their 3-D works at the Wilton Public & Gregg Free Library April 2.
Art teacher Emily Hall said the creations were part of a 3-D art class with advanced access to ceramics. The project was a multimedia assignment asking students to explore challenges through images and discover how materials can be emotive.
“Artists make a statement of inquiry and the artistic process answers the inquiry,” Hall said. Her students created mind maps and identified two personal ideas they wanted to explore in relation to a universal idea or vice versa.
Ninth grader Jordyn Jentz said she used strength and support in relation to growth for her whale shark carcass and bones display.
“I chose a whale shark because they represent strength,” she said. “When you’re strong, sometimes you need help.”
Vines intertwined with the whale shark’s bones, which were scattered across a wooden wheel.
“I molded the vines around the bones and the wheel to show growth even after being hurt. When I wrapped the yarn around the wire, it reminded that even when I’m strong, I still need someone to hold me up,” she said.
