Adam Ward Composition 1 Analysis Essay 1 Polishing Aluminum No one likes to see a nice clean car or truck with dirty rims. Today what I am going to tell how to fix this dilemma with just a few materials and a bit of effort. These days, most rims on all motor vehicles including ATV’s and UTV’s are made out of aluminum. Aluminum is a very light, but durable, metal along with a good looking style. To get your old anodized aluminum looking brand new with a mirror finish you will need some different grits of sandpaper—150, 320, 600, 1000, and 2000.
I can be found lining the cavities of spherically-shaped, hollow stones called geodes, which are prettier than rocks, or hanging out with my good friends Granite, Granitic Pegmatite, Syenite, Quartz, Dolomite, Calcite, Barite, Pyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, and Cassiterite . My streak is white, but it’s better than having no streak at all, like rocks. These are all of the best reasons why fluorites are better than dusty old rocks, but now I’ll tell you a little about why all minerals are better than rocks. Minerals are usually shiny or glassy. We sometimes have crystals embedded between out smooth layers.
Claymation is an animation made with clay, and was created by Will Vinton. Will Vinton owned an animation studio which worked with different sorts of clay artists to created animations. Claymation is when you place a person for example on a set, and take a picture. You would then move him slightly and take another etc. You would then combine the images repeat them rapidly to create the illusion of movement.
Archeological evidence shows that the bottom chamber was abandoned, while the second was named the queens chamber. The third and final chamber is called the kings chamber and it is located at the center of the pyramid. The Egyptians were known as the masters of megalithic construction. It is still a mystery today, including a lot of the other megalithic constructions such as Stonehenge, how a pyramid of this size and weight could have been created. The research will also cover the advance technology that was used to create this massive structure without machines of mass power.
1). Basic geometry served as the aesthetic of these buildings, with symmetrical shapes serving to draw the eye and focus attention where it was needed to properly appreciate the architectural beauty in the design. The post and lintel system was used in Greek architecture, and the temples employed it beautifully. Throughout the course of the Classical period, three different orders of columns were developed. The Doric order used sturdy columns with little decoration; the Ionic order was more elegant, but required more highly refined mathematical skills to properly distribute the weight of the roof; the Corinthian order was highly stylized, and was not in popular use until its adoption by the Romans (“Art,” n.d., para.
Clearly the Salk Institute is a research laboratory that warrants these considerations when selecting building materials. The materials that make up the Salk Institute consist of concrete, teak, lead, glass, and steel. In my opinion these materials address the laboratories demands by being easy to maintain, as well as being durable allowing the Salk Institute to be built to last. I really enjoyed Kahn’s attention to detail when it came to the concrete work. Once the concrete was set, Kahn allowed no further finishing touches in order to attain the pinkish glow of "pozzuolanic" concrete.
First, the artist would form a clay core that would have the shape of what he wanted the piece of art to be. He would then proceed to cover the template with wax and carve elaborate details into it, making a template. This would then be covered with more clay and the whole template would then be put into the fire. The wax would melt away (thus the name “lost-wax”) and what was left was a clay mold, that could then be poured over with bronze, leaving a piece of art. The Benin Bronzes, including Oba with the Europeans are now mostly distributed around museums in Europe and the United States.
Kyle Burke Throwing on the Potter’s Wheel Sitting at the wheel with a perfectly centered cylinder of clay gliding through slip covered hands, can be an activity that brings peace, as well as a feeling of empowerment; I cant help but feel that I will be a potter for the rest of my life. As early as 24,000 BC, humans were involved in ceramics (History, Par. 1). Back this far in our past, only simple figurines were constructed out of clay and made into the shapes of animals and humans. It was not until almost 10,000 years later, as communities have begun to be established, that the use for clay had evolved.
Nefertiti is one of the queens of anicent Egypt, and her appearence is very elegant and universially beautiful face. Some of the similaries of the two scupltures are both use a very realistic representation of their respective subject the human body and head. Also very proportional and both statues used stone as the main material for their masterpieces. There is also numerious differneces between the two culture's statues. One obvious difference is the Egyptian one used very colorful paint so the statue almost look like its alive with very natrual tones.
The parallel lines used were perfect and I did not know this but the docent said that the image of the wheels was achieved by using a compass. I’m assuming this particular vessel belonged in geometric period of Greek art. There was a beautiful hydria that used the black pottery technique and it was simply elegant. So elegant that it’s hard to imagine that anyone could use it for something so simple such as water. The Greeks had three main liquids which were