The Elegant Mirage
Award: Scholastic Silver Key
Category: Mixed Media
Size: 60in x 48in
"The Elegant Mirage" illustrates a galloping horse meticulously constructed from 1,900 individual safety pins that dissolve like a fleeting mirage. The interplay of light and the metallic pins harmonize the vitality the horse represents and the dangers of the pins. What appears to be an initially chaotic arrangement creates great elegance when one takes a step back. This artwork captures the coexistence of chaos and elegance.
Melting Ice Caps
Award: Scholastic Gold Key
Category: Fashion
Size: 14in x 12in x 18in
Designed a fashionable dress using resin pieces. Colored and molded resin into different shapes. Used white flowy pieces to make the dress top, representing the melting ice; then used blue circular pieces to make the bottom skirt, representing blue ocean below the melting ice.
The Muse: MacBook Reinvented
Award: Scholastic Honorable Mention
Category: Mixed Media
Size: 40in x 30in
"The Muse: MacBook Reinvented" is a mixed-media art piece created from only three materials: a canvas, glue, and an old Macbook. I decomposed a scrapped MacBook down to its basic elements. From the motherboard to the CPU to the Retina display, every single component inside the Macbook is visible in this art piece, with the Apple logo right in front of the forehead and the computer chips in the brain areas. Their rearrangement created a muse of humanity, forging art through the medium of technology.
A Swing Through Time
Award: Scholastic National Gold Medal
Category: Mixed Media
Size: 60in x 48in
Across 22 vintage books, a child swings through the pages of time. Each weathered book, bearing the weight of years, adds a layer of history to the scene. The swing, a timeless symbol of youth, connects antiquity and vitality. As the unnamed child ponders, the piece invites viewers to immerse themselves as well in the timeless pursuit of curiosity that encapsulates the nostalgic scene.
