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I have chosen a few of the things from my garden which I love. The natives are my absolute favourite plant in my garden because of them, we have so many bees which makes me happy. In with the natives is the purple flower ( not sure of the name sorry), my four year old will always pick these for me when he is outside which brings me joy each time. My boys love the lemon mertyl which are the green leaves at the top, they love the smell of lemon once they've picked them. The rocks and the bark is how we've finished off each garden and for those elements it makes me think of the many cubic meters we had to shovel into the gardens (joys of building and starting from scratch). Lastly, the grass which is my husbands pride and joy. I joke he loves the lawn more than me and the kids. My kids spend every afternoon outside and we have created a space where they can explore, find wildlife and be wild.
Rachel

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WHAT? In collecting my items, I felt challenged because we have a baby so most of our rubbish was nappies. My mind then went to the number of processed food we go through in our house, snacks are staples in my children’s lives (unfortunately). From this I was toying with the idea of creating a food pyramid with snack packaging to shows how these “sometimes foods” are consumed more often than what they should be. I wasn’t inspired with the result, and I ended up settling on creating something else for living things, bees. These bees’ houses would be a great way to tie into science for living things and their basic needs. I know it can’t really be seen but the outside was done with BBQ shape box which shows how the bees are crucial to some food groups, but we still consume so many easy food options instead.

SO WHAT? As I reflect of this I recognise that although my first idea is one I feel strongly about, I just wasn’t passionate about my creations and although my creation now is not 100%, it does feel on the right track. I can appreciate by creating, I see how students would need time to connect what they know about living things and their needs to their creations. The four processes of the Wallace model for creativity was present throughout this process, I especially recognise the Illumination when I had that spark of focusing on something for bees.

NOW WHAT? I am excited to see what ideas I can come up with for a stop motion animation using my recycled artwork. I have given it some thought but will need some more time to get creative.

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My animations intention is to get students to appreciate that there are so many living things in our world and how important it is to look after the world we live in. I also would want to highlight that this is to not only create a livable world for future generations but for all living things.
I used the wooden table as a symbolic code as this natural element represents trees which is another living thing which  often comes with a misconception of not being so.
Reflecting on "now what"?. I would consider finding another angle such as a close up on the living things to show how dominate they are in our environment and their importance. I also tried hard to avoid shadows, therefore lighting is another area where I would want to spend more time on. I attempted to add an audio by adding sounds of bee's buzzing, however technology is not in my expertise and could not get this to work.
If I was to use this in the classroom, I would begin this learning journey by having the students take part in an emu parade around the school grounds to get their materials from rubbish from school grounds. This not only highlights how important it is to not pollute but also cleans up the school grounds too.
The final projects could be shown on assembly to show other students how much rubbish was collected from the school grounds but also highlight those environmental messages.

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Here is my soundscape composition for my chosen artwork "This man does not know how to please a woman"- Maria Prymachenko

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My recording used a number of different sounds to represent the hard work this woman is doing. This is a combination of wind blowing, walking in the woods, wood being chopped, birds singing, breaking of wood and fire burning. It seems like a lot with the amount of sounds but I find the busyness mesmerising.
I chose this artwork as I wanted artwork by a Ukrainian woman and this pieces title made me chuckle. On the other hand though, it is a sad but true representation of the workforce.