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For my notan I couldn't find any colored papers so I had to improvise, I used some Tesla logo's printed on white paper that we had lying around the house (mom works at Tesla) and used elmer's washable school glue to attach them to the plain white paper. The scissors I used were way too sharp and could not cut the round edges well but I may do with it and created something with the resources I had lying around.

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Mask and crook
Materials: paper, stick glue, xacto knife, tweezers, white pencil, scissors, straight edge, eraser

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Various objects, watch, ship, etc. Materials: paper, stick glue, xacto knife, tweezers, white pencil, scissors, straight edge, eraser

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I didn’t have any construction paper so instead I used an old folder. I tried to do a complex one and a simpler one. I used glue and scissors to cut and glue the cut pieces to the white paper.

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I used 4 different colors of construction paper, scissors, a ruler, a pencil and a glue stick. I had alot of fun making the designs and I think its a very decorative form of artwork!

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This one came out a lot neater and cleaner than the first one and was my favorite out of the two

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The second one was so much faster because I had an idea of how to do it already and knew what shapes I wanted.

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The first one was a little messy with the glue because I was not sure how to place the pieces and I kept moving them leaving marks on the paper.

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The first one was difficult to make because I was not sure of what shapes to make and the hardest part was gluing the pieces

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The second one was faster to make because I already had an idea of how to make it and the shapes I wanted.

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The first one was a little messy with the glue because I was not sure of where to place them and I moved the pieces making it dirty.

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Drawing the shapes was the easiest part for me and the hardest was gluing them on the right spot

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This one was faster to make because I already had an idea of how to make it and what shapes I wanted to do

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The end result was a little messy with the glue because I was not sure of how to properly place them and I had to move them around

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Cutting the square and drawing shapes on it was the easiest part of this piece.

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Materials
The materials I used were scissors, glue stick, ruler, and paper. I used blue and white card stock so it would not bend and rip easily. I should have probably used an exact knife to make smaller cuts.

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I wanted to try another notan

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glue, scissors, paper, picture, construction paper, white pencil, and regular pencil

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I used the required materials to work on my notans. I used a mechanical pencil to trace, an eraser to remove mistakes, one brown piece of cardboard paper, one pink piece of cardboard paper, scissors, and gorilla glue. I had a very fun experience with this assignment. I say this because I have fun working with crafts, as I am a very physical person. I also have not done crafts since middle school, so it is refreshing doing something like this again.

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Second Notan Completed

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Second Notan Progress

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First Notan Completed

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First Notan Progress

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Notan art originates in japan, which uses to placement of light and dark elements to create a complete image.

For my tools and materials I used a pencil, a white color pencil, two white pieces of paper, two purple pieces of paper, scissors and glue. I unfortunely did not have a ruler at my disposale or black paper so i replaced it with purple. I decided to make the purple square larger than 4x4 because i knew it would give me more space and make the process of cutting easier.

For my first piece i decided to try big shapes and revolve it around nature. I wanted to do big shapes to start because i felt as those are easier to do as a first time notan artist. I did struggle with the placement at first because i glued my cut out pieces too far from the straight sides of the paper. I did a rose, bushes, stems and leaves. I have a strong connection to roses not only because they are my favorite flower but because they are the favorite of my great grandmother who fortunely is still strong and living.

For my second piece i felt a little more confident so i decided to base it off of my favorite movie, alice in wonderland. It was more time consuming because i decided to have smalled peices and more details. This was the only movie i watched when i first came to this country because it was the only movie i had on VHR. Although i did not speak or understand english Alice in Wonderland was a movie i could completely understand without knowing the language. It describes exactly how i felt in the new world i was in. I beleive this one came out alot better because i felt more connected to the inspiration part of it. It was hard to create the smaller details with big scissors but i did not have an exacto knife to make the process easier.

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Overall, I find the assignment fun. At first, I had trouble deciding what subject to choose. For the first Notan, I got frustrated with the cutting part but for the second Notan, cutting was a breeze since it was not as detailed as the first one. Seeing the finished product was somehow satisfying.

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So the first piece is just me playing around and just taking the work for what it is and honestly I had a great time playing around. My paper is black and white just to keep it traditional. My second piece is Washington D.C. skyline, where I’m born from and the DC flag as well now I put some thought into this one and the stars was pretty hard to cut out.

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For this art project I used a type of cardboard paper, an exacto knife, a glue stick, a white color pencil, and scissors. This type of work was knew to me and it was a lot of fun creating these pieces, and I thought it would be difficult since I'm not good at drawings, but it turned out to be a fun experience.

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for my first notan, I used a printed green construction paper, and graphing paper. My other materials included scissors, a pencil, and glue. For my second one I used red construction paper with white graphing paper. For my first one, I made lots of intricate and unique shapes, and it took me a long time. For the second, I wanted to do a simple valentines day inspired design. This project taught me a lot about balance.

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I created a butterfly, palm tree, orb and heart in this creation. I tried to think of lively creations on this. Many people can interpret this as a caring life or calm life vibe. The placement took me a while to understand, but it gives a pop out look to it.

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The supplies that I used was a #2 pencil, scissors, black paper, white paper, and glue. I created different forms of shapes on the first one I worked on. I tried to include hearts, arrows for movement, flower and a creature for life. I wanted a symbolic type of piece. It was a bit hard in the beginning with deciding what objects to create, but as I drew it and cut it that's when I understood where to place the shapes around. It's almost as if its a shadow of an object or even a "yin yang" type of look.

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For this assignment, I used small poster paper, glue sticks, scissors and magazines I had laying around. Honestly, I did not enjoy doing this at all. I'm not artistic at all and I had to leave my house to get stuff to do it.

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Notan is a Japanese word that simply means 'light dark harmony.' Notan is a Japanese term of architecture that is concerned with the use of light and dark colors/shapes, etc., and how these aspects of light/dark art communicate with each other. I really enjoyed this art project since it was my first time doing Notan artwork.
Supply List:

Small Paper (one has to be light)

Large Paper (one has to be dark)

Scissors

Pencil

Ruler

Glue

White colored pencil

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Notes
For this project I used construction paper, glue stick, exacto knife and colored pencils.
The first one I did, I used a Valentine/Love theme. The challenge that I had was the I didn’t think about the size of the red paper on top of the black. So when I did the contrast on the “outside” it exceeded the black backdrop....lesson learned.
So for the second one, I measured 4x4 as in the video and went from there. 4x4 is a small surface and so I did a much simpler design and went with outdoors.
I preferred working with the larger size of the red paper rather than the small sized paper. It allowed for me to try a bit more challengingly piece. I have difficulty cutting very delicate figures out .
Working with an exacto knife  was easier on my hands than scissors but it brought challenges in cutting curved lines. I haven’t used an exacto knife in sometime and so that maybe more of an unfamiliarity than the tool itself.

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I found the Japanese notan very interesting. The connection between positive and negative brings out such an amazing beauty and creativity. What I found difficult was picturing what I wanted to do then making sure the image is properly flipped and fitted. I wanted to create something to reflect valentines day but unfortunately I couldn't find a red colored paper. I created heart to show the love.

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For my Notans I used colored paper with white paper, a pencil, scissors and a glue stick. I definitely loved having to do sharp cuts and sketching but i feel like I could of done better on the lettering.