Project 3 – Research Materials Michelle Gonzalez
For this project I knew I wanted to make a gift for my mom and she is probably the biggest Mama bear out there. So I really wanted to research a little more about the protective style that female bears have. Reading this article I noticed that 35% of baby cubs die every year from male bear attacks. So mother bears have decided to create new methods to protect their cubs. Research shows that Mom bears are more afraid of male bears than humans. They also noticed that male bears are afraid of humans because they believe humans will kill them. So a lot of the time momma bears will set up their homes near a village or populated places to protect their cubs from male bears. Which I thought was so selfless. That even if the mom is scared of being killed she knows her cubs have a higher chance of survival if she is around humans.
Thesis:
The Maternal instinct is the strongest force given by mother nature. Whether if it’s from a human mother or a mother bear. Mama bears have shown that they will fight to protect their babies no matter the sacrifice.
Project 3 Images for Reference
Project 3 Writing Assignment & Drawings – Hayden Pugh
The videos I watched were “Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers?,” “Crow Brings Money for Women After She Feeds Him,” and “Why Crows are as Smart as 7 Year Old Humans.” The videos describe many individual feats made by crows that seem out of the ordinary. In fact, such things as solving eight step problems for food including tools and other implements or bartering with a woman. These aspects show many characteristics about these birds that mostly go unnoticed. One particular action that stood out to me the most is how crows will drop nuts onto crosswalks to let cars crush them open, given that their beaks can not do so.
Thesis – The plan is to allude to the intelligence of Crows, specifically their practice of dropping nuts onto crosswalks, by sculpting one in wearing a uniform of a nutcracker. This way it would combine both human and animal aspects together to describe the cognitive ability and actions of the bird in a visual form.
animal intelligence – examples of previous student projects
metal casting process
Toy sculptor Jeff Feligno uses Castelene to create his models
http://www.feligno.com/9798/152960/gallery/toy-sculpture