Parodies by 6th and 7th
So much depends
upon
uploaded Youtube
videos
he posted everyday
Asfjerome
beside benja & Bacca
Olympics
The Tissue
So much depends
Upon
A crisp white
Tissue
Swiping off your
Boogers
Beside your messy
Bed
-Sirine N.
So much depends
upon
A shiny IPhone’s
Siri
Who answers my
Questions
Beside the store
T-Mobile
So much depends
upon
a boring math
book
filled with unsolvable problems
beside the tired
student
So much depends
upon
A funny Yellow
Sponge
With a pink
star
Patrick
-Julian S.
So much depends
Upon
A piece of
technology
helping me with
homework
replacing all the
texting.
-Davyana C.
So much depends
upon
a nerdy math
book
that helps my
homework
besides the understandable
science
By Emmanual G.
An Interview with Tatiana Suarez
Tell us a bit on how you got started in your career.
It goes back to school, I guess. I always had a passion for painting and art but then, when I was in college, I focused more towards graphic design. I realized I could not really do both. It was difficult to graduate in both majors. It would take me forever so I put art to the side and focused on design. I graduated and worked in advertising for a couple of years and then I realized I was kind of miserable. I was living with my mom at the time so I was able to save enough money to quit and focus on my art. I have been doing that since 2008. Really glad I did. That’s kind of how I got started.
Please share some career highlights with us.
Some highlights of my career have been getting into mural painting. My first one was in 2009. A lot of my graffiti writer friends were always encouraging me to take my stuff out to the streets and I finally did. I was really nervous. A blank canvas is already intimidating for me so a blank wall was even more so.
What’s the hardest about painting a mural?
To me, the scale and being in public. It’s not my favorite thing. I still prefer to paint in the privacy of my studio. You are vulnerable. People see your progress and the mistakes. I kind of get uncomfortable and it is really hard to cover up. I feel like, don’t look at me, don’t look at me. It’s stressful because you always have an audience. It’s something you have to get used to. Also, it’s different materials. I am still getting comfortable with the spray cans. I am still trying to figure out my technique when it comes to murals.
You have been doing a lot of mermaids lately. Is that a particular passion of yours?
I have always been inspired by Disney. I have always liked the little mermaid. It is one of my favorite cartoons. When I started painting the girls in high school I had a fascination with the fantastical. Fairies and mermaids. The whole mermaid mural thing lately though, I think it happened while I was living in New York. That was my way of feeling nostalgic of Miami. The ocean and stuff like that. It is just like a fluid figure for a while. It seems appropriate for Miami. It is funny that I never really considered that but now people are like, oh, do you want to paint a mermaid? I am kind of falling into the category of mermaid painters. It’s funny.
Are you from Miami?
Yes.
What do you love most about this city?
The ocean. That was the one thing I missed when I was gone. We live really far away from the ocean right now but we try. It’s therapy. Going out there and that’s our back yard and being able to relax and take that all in.
You had moved to New York. Why did you come back?
We were homesick. We did not ever mean to leave Miami permanently. Miami is always home but we wanted to experience living outside of this city for a little bit. The weather was a big factor. The lifestyle in New York was just too difficult.
Did you get to do any work in New York?
I did a couple of murals. I was working hard but most of the time it was for shows in California and Miami. It wasn’t until towards the end of my stay in New York that I started exhibiting there. I exhibited in a small gallery space called “My Plastic Heart.” That’s what sucks, because I just started to meet a bunch of artists. It was sad that I was leaving just as I started building relationships with them.
What was the experience like being in the New York art scene vs. Miami?
I wouldn’t really know because I am a homebody. I wouldn’t get out much. The one thing I did notice was that a lot of the art work I loved and a lot of the artists I am a fan of would exhibit there, where in Miami, you only see them during Basel time. It was always cool to attend an opening and meet them because they were going to be there.
Which artists’ work do you really like?
There is so many. When it comes to street muralists, I love Miss Van’s work. I love her canvas gallery work and her murals. I love Glenn Brown. I like the color palettes of different artists. Right now I like Eric Jones. There are just so many.
Your work always has a central female figure. Has your work always had that focus?
Yes, for the most part. It has always kind of been women or animal based. In my work, I always try to tie in females with nature. I remember in school I was always fascinated by drawing animals. I would always draw cheetahs and tigers and birds. Then it became women.
Why do you relate women and nature? Was that a conscious decision or did that just happen more randomly?
I guess it was just something that happened but it ties into Mother Nature.
Who inspires the women you paint?
She is someone that kind of just came up. People always ask if it is a self-portrait but they are not meant to be. My more recent work, it depends on the meaning and what I am going through. Maybe I put something of myself in the work but the figure is not necessarily me but the message or the symbolism is.
So are they all basically the same woman?
I never really thought about it that way. They are not supposed to be. They look the same and that’s something I want to work on more and use actual models as my reference.
Do you invent background stories or narratives for the women?
It’s funny because each piece is inspired by something super random. It could be a lyric in a song or a quote in a movie. I am really into folklore and mythology, especially from Latin America, Mexico and South America. If it is just a little tale that I heard or read somewhere, I like to base the piece off of that but I let the viewer interpret it themselves. They do come up to me and ask me and some of them do have a back story. It depends.
Where do you see yourself and your art going at this point?
I don’t know. I am excited. I kind of have a little time off because last year was a crazy one with deadlines. I am looking forward to just be experimenting and see where it goes from here. I always stay figurative for the most part.
What is your favorite medium?
The oil paint.
What features of the oil paint are you drawn to?
I love to blend and render and oil paint is just super creamy. It’s my favorite medium. It allows itself to get smooth and blend and it is forgiving and it smells nice. It reminds me of school.
You did a shoe collaboration with Reebok. How did that come about?
I actually met Wayne, who is the artist who represented the New York shoe during Art Basel during my first mural in 2009. A flamingo that is still kind of surviving. She has gotten vandalized a little. I met him and Stash was the one who curated the whole project. He passed my information to Stash and Stash told him to invite me. They needed an artist to represent Miami and they chose me and I was super honored. I was the only female on the project, which was cool, too.
You really incorporated Miami with the gators and the dominoes.
That was the project. All the artists had to do a canvas with your style representing your city. I did the gator. They did not want it to be too feminine, which is a weird request because my work is feminine. Every time I do incorporate animals like reptiles and mammals in my work I try to keep it less cute. I use the grouser animals that people don’t like. I tried to keep it as unfeminine as I could. It was cool. Then they just took the pieces and put them on the shoes. It was a long process.
Are you planning to do any similar projects in the future?
I hope. If I get contacted for something like that again I would love to do another shoe. It broke my heart that they did not do the female shoes so I really hope to get together with them in the future and do a female shoe.
Are you with any gallery right now?
I do not really have any representation. I show a lot. In San Francisco I show with Spoke Art. In Miami not yet. The idea of being represented right now is like getting tied down. I am not ready. Especially in Miami. I am from here so I like to participate in as many shows as I can. I don’t really want to feel tied down. Maybe if the right gallery came along.
Do you have any upcoming exhibitions?
I will be in an exhibition at Known Gallery in Los Angeles. It is going to be a three person show. I still don’t have a date.
How can people purchase your art?
My website has a shop that I need to update and I am working on getting a newsletter set up so people can keep posted. www.tatisuarez.com
What’s your favorite book?
One of my favorite books I have ever read is “Invisible Monster” by Chuck Palahniuk. I also love “Fight Club.” I am trying to get into the habit of listening to more audio books while I paint. I like to work with movies on in the background. I could listen to music but at some point I get stressed out when the song changes. I like to have TV or a movie as background. It is usually movies I have watched a million times so I don’t get distracted. I can quote movies.
Which ones?
Like “Pulp Fiction” and lately it has been “Shaun of the Dead” a lot.
You have a prominent tattoo on your arm. Can you tell us a bit about it?
It is the artist Alphonse Mucha. He is one of my favorite artists and a big inspiration. He is from the 1890s. Very art nouveau stuff. He was a big inspiration when I started painting, especially the way he paints women and their figures and his color palette. He does a lot of seasonal series. I went to Paris and I went to the Louvre and I bought one of his books and came to my tattoo artist here and he did it. We are adding as we go along.
You mentioned artist’s color palettes twice. How important is a distinct color palette to your work?
That’s another thing that sparks inspiration in pieces I have come across like a photograph. If I like the colors, I will try to incorporate that into my piece. Color is important. It changes a lot though. I don’t really have an idea when I start a piece unless something inspires me. The color palette changes as the piece goes by. That’s another struggle with the murals. You have to have more of an idea of the colors cause it is not as easy to change. It is still not super comfortable for me.
What’s the best advice your parents ever gave you?
I am super grateful that my parents have supported me and continue to so. My dad used to paint and he never pursued it. They let me follow my dreams. They never pushed me to do something I did not want to do so I guess the advice is to do what I love and continue to do it and be happy doing it.
Do you have any other news you would like to share?
I am involved in a project at the Marine Stadium in Key Biscayne . It is called Friends of the Miami Marine Stadium. They are doing this project to preserve the stadium and fix it and open it up again for business. The city has been wanting to tear it down. They are getting artists to come down, both local and from all over, and we are painting murals there and documenting it and we will release prints and the benefits will go to the stadium. For more info check out www.marinestadium.org
Primary Projects presents "Christina Pettersson: The Castle Dismal"
Primary Projects presents the solo exhibition "The Castle Dismal" by Christina Pettersson exploring her undying fascination with Southern Gothic, the poignancy of ghosts ever wronged.
In a seemingly haunted and eerie space, Pettersson addresses the Deep South through drawing, installation, sculpture, performance, and a series of weekly events.
Says Pettersson, “All this is a way of re-addressing the Deep South, a place I genuinely love and feel connected to. I am approaching this imagery hard, face first into utter desolation. A constant state of mourning. A life where everything else falls around you, until at last you are forced to admit that you may be the cause of it all."
“The Castle Dismal” is on view at Primary Projects until June 20, 2014
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DOG SEVEN
Artwork by 8th graders
Haiku and Spine Poems by 6th graders
A leaf falling
whispering its lonely song
flowing in the air.
Tough nail polish
sparkles shining in the light
smooth as glass when dry.
Skydiving white snow
shimmering in the highsky
why changing colors?
Tides sweep out sand
Crabs, Lobsters, Dolphins, breathing
Coconuts flying
Up in the black sky
The moon shines, leading the stars
But then it moves away
- Alanis A.
I love to have fun
In the shining bright sunlight
Everyday and night
-Jenny F.
Mirror on a river
it grabs you by your
feet and tells you look you’re
an individual
Love is in the air
can't hide the feeling, cheering, smiling
don’t try to overcome it
-Ayleen C.
Twisty turny tail
swaying in the deep blue sea
wrapped in seaweed
-Skye P.
Drops of blue crystals
Falling from the grey pillows,
kiss my cold, wet cheeks.
-Aime H.
Memories remind
Us of friends, family, and life
Those big pictures in life
-Dania C.
A fish of water
Cleaning up the dirt
Leaving others behind
- Cristian U.
A falling tree is
like a ninja in the night
No witness, still there.
-Sean P.
If I Were In Charge of the World Poems from 7th and 6th
If I were in charge of the world,
I’d cancel violence,
Gangs,
Sickness, and also medicine.
If I were in charge of the world,
There would be celebrities outside without security,
Peace, and
No discrimination.
If I were in charge of the world,
You wouldn’t have to worry.
You wouldn’t have problems.
You wouldn’t have dissapointment.
Or “Be a better kid”
You wouldn’t even have poor people.
If I were in charge of the world,
Chips would be a vegetable,
Kids would have a phone at the age of 10,
And a person who sometimes forget to say “Excuse Me”,
Would still be allowed to be in charge of the world.
- Andrea Romero
If I were in charge if the world,
I’d cancel One Direction,
Justin Bieber,
Tests, and power outages.
If I were in charge of the world,
There’d be free food,
Music,
And video games.
If I were in charge of the world,
You wouldn’t have money,
You wouldn’t have a local
Mcdonald’s.
You wouldn’t even have homework or “fun school!”
You wouldn’t even have school.
If I were in charge of the world,
Chicken would be a vegetable
There would be more KFC
And a person who sometimes
Forgot to give speeches, and
Talk to other world leaders, would
Still be in charge of the world.
Respect Essays from 6th and 7th grade
Who I Admire
Many people ask me who I admire. I could say Michael Jordan, Austin Mahone, my sister, my uncle, or anyone else. But my answer would be my dad. He does so much for my sister, brother, and me that I respect him so much.
I don’t just admire him because he’s my dad; he’s like my hero, too. I admire him because as a single parent, he does everything he can to take care of my sister, brother, and me. He wakes up at 2AM to go to work to be able to pay the bills, buy us food, clothes, and anything else we need. When he comes back from work a few hours before we come out of school, he’s tired, but no matter how tired he is; when I get home I always have food to eat. Whenever we have a project or performance and we need to buy something, he buys it as soon as possible. He does everything he can for us; so that’s why I try to help him with everything he needs.
Even though my mom has failed to be there for me, my dad is there for me; sometimes he tries too hard to be there. Whenever I’m in a bad mood or just had a bad day, he makes me laugh and lightens my mood; even though sometimes when he tries to make me laugh, it just gets me in a worse mood. But I know he’s just trying to help me and trying to keep me happy. When I have a school performance, he always tries to get out of work to see it. When he can’t get out of work, I get disappointed because he’s the only person that goes to see me. Or whenever I need help with my homework, he tries to help me as much as he can. I would ask my sister, but she gets frustrated at me because I take a long time to understand; so then I get frustrated and it doesn’t end pretty.
He just understands my situation with my mom. Why I don’t want to answer her calls. Why I want to got to Guatemala to see my family, but not her. Why I block anything that has to do with her. Why I cry when I talk about her. Why I try to change the subject when we talk about her. And that takes a lot of heart to understand, but he understands every bit of it.
I love him so much for being funny, understanding, and a great dad. I don’t know where I would be without him.
By Alanis A.
“Daddy can you buy me an ice cream, please?”
Do you remember when you were little and you would ask your dad for ice cream or anything else.Since I was a baby, my dad has earned my respect. He isn’t just considered like the boss of the house,but he’s also a really good dad. My dad works hard to bring food to the house everyday and he also makes time to spend with my family.
“Beep, Beep, Beep!” From Monday through Friday, my dad wakes up as soon as the alarm goes on at 5:30 a.m., to go to work. He’s an estimator so sometimes he works on the computer or other times they call him to go check a project that they are working on. Even when he is sick, he works at home from the computer. I really respect the way he makes an effort of going to work and earn money for the food and clothing we need. Just like a mother penguin has to get fish or food and then fly away, my dad makes the sacrifice of burning his brain out to bring money home.
My dad is great at math and even sometimes comes home at 4:45 and is tired, he still helps me when I need help. When I was younger, my parents were the first one to teach me how to read. Until today, my dad and my mom keep on preparing me for when I have to leave the nest. I respect my dad a lot for not only working day after day, but for spending time with my family. When he has the days off, we try to make the best of the day.
One last reason I respect my dad is because he takes everything seriously and whatever he promises, he always completes it. From something as small as promising that he will buy me some supplies I need, to promising maybe to his boss that he will complete three projects in two days. I have always and I still admire my dad. he works hard, helps me with anything I need, spends time with my family, and never promises anything for no reason. Next time you ask your dad for some ice cream, make sure that you say “thank you,” and that you consider how hard your dad wants to buy you that ice cream.
By Aime H.
Who do I respect? Well, that’s easy; I respect the famous British red-head singer Ed Sheeran. Why? I respect him because I feel like he’s writing about what I question and like he gets me. He taught me not to question love’s problems because anything can happen. Ed Sheeran taught me to live on!
“The worst things in life come free to us, cause were just under the upper hand”; a lie from Ed Sheeran’s song “A-Team”. Ed Sheeran makes me believe, that he writes and sings about what I question in life and that he gets me. It’s the way he uses his words and how he describes his statement. The lyrics he sings make me think of imagery because it’s like he gets and knows me and gets what I go through, and that’s why he writes.
“You are my one and only”; a line from Ed Sheeran’s song “Small Bump”. Ed taught me that I shall not question love because anything can happen if you at least try. He showed me to never give up because that not showing what you want to be seen. “I’ll never let you down, I’ll pick you when you down”; He shows in the line that you should never give up “on your significant other” and I respect him for that.
By: David M.
I respect Tim Tebow because he fights through injuries, he had many accomplishments, and he proved everyone wrong.
First of all, I respect him because he fights through injuries. One time he played at Nease High School he felt knee pain but decided to play through the whole game. Though doctors discovered that he was playing much of the game with a broken leg. Though he did much more.
Second of all, he had many accomplishments. In his high school career he was named Florida’s Player of the Year, named Florida’s Mr. Football, a PARADE magazine All-American, was selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, and he led his high school team to a state title. In his college career at the University of Florida, he was selected to the All-SEC Freshman team, the first underclassman to win the Heisman Trophy, BCS National Championship winner, All-American three times, Academic All-American twice, and had his own statue at his University he attended. Though, he did much more for me to respect him.
Third of all, Tim Tebow has been proving everyone wrong ever since he was born. When he was born, doctors thought he could not be healthy. Though is he still living? Yes. At one occasion at Nease High School, he threw a 30-yard touchdown. A few years before playing at Nease High School, he made history by being one of the first homeschooled kids to play at a high school. After his high school and college years, he was eligible for the NFL Draft. Though, many scouts thought that he couldn’t play. Instead of letting all that talk go to his head, he decided to go perfect his throwing motion. His pre-draft coaches were impressed by the change. As a rookie for the Denver Broncos, he threw his first touchdown in his first game when Kyle Orton was injured. He also broke the Broncos’ record for passing yards in one game by a rookie. At the end, he had the best quarterback rating of all rookies but not enough for John Elway to put him as a starter. He then went on into the next season breaking another record by scoring two touchdown drives and two 2-point conversions. In the end, he was a great leader to the team, but the Broncos learned that Peyton Manning was on to become a free agent so the Broncos wanted to sign him. Though they had to release someone, and they released Tim Tebow. Though the New York Jets decided to take him. How did him moving to New York prove everyone wrong? He played nearly 25% of the team’s positions from quarterback to a special teamer. This concludes my many reasonings.
In the end, I respect Tim Tebow because he had fought through injuries, he accomplished many, and he had proved everyone wrong.
Si-Jo from 7th grade
The woman stood up to pick up the cool yellow flower.
Curiously smelling the flower that slowly picked
She carried up the flower because “throwing is littering”
-Michael R.
Friends
Fantastic friends are like stars I don’t always see.
I know they’re always near even though I don’t want them to be.
When they are gone I feel I am a missing puzzle piece.
-Janet C.
Monday Mayhem
Every child of every age, sadly mouring at 7:00 a.m.
We slack and stumble, onto our system, but we know no delight.
We try hard and keep our heads up high up in the sky, but school begins.
- Luis M.
Love
What is love? Random feelings
Make my heart flutter for more
Sweet and yummy like oranges
But its also like a gunshot
Bloody pain never felt before
I don’t understand how I feel
- Dalilah S.
Nature is Passion
Nature fills us with passion, and enjoyment around the world,
Trees and flowers blossom, like kids growing up in the stages of life,
Joy can be everywhere; nature gives us feelings to living things.
-Diana P.
Life is a mystery not too deep nor unfocused,
People searched very far and wide just to see where life leads,
The thing is that if you search too deep you come out with madness
-Angelica A.
His blue wayward box, drifting idly in the early morning,
Old time can’t tell the years of paroxystic space that’s passed the ship.
The pilot sits and sobs over life and death, friends dead and gone.
-Louisa L.
The people I can really trust are the ones that will always be there
Where are most of those people? There’s not a lot of them
Because honestly the only person I can depend on is myself
-Yvette A.
Si-Jo from 7th grade
Love
My first love was the best, but I was way too hungry.
I can’t get enough of that smooth, silky, sweet feeling.
When my love goes, I’m devastated but there’s always more Nutella.
~Kevin S.
Life is like an endless river which flows with no one there
You would never know what might come from it.
Let it run for eternity and give a message to the people
- Kieran M.
Today a man rises to his feat
for the first time in his life
cheers and shouting around the world
he was so thrilled about his accomplishment
as he reached his goal and dream
of devouring the most hot dogs
-Angel V.
Laughter spills out of the current,
It is so familiar.
Lose myself in river’s reflection.
Curves carry troubles away.
Oh! this laughter is yours?
Come restless spirit, speak with me.
- Kandice C.Hot chocolate when it is freezing,
S'mores when it is boiling,
Presents when it is Christmas,
wrapped in red and green ribbons,
And when you do exceptional work,
You get smiley faces with an enormous smile!
- Josune C.
Death can murder with his skeleton fingers around your throat.
He will sneak behind you but you will never see him coming.
You rise from birth but you will soon die it’s just life.
Irving M.
Odes and Art from 6th graders
Ode To Lip gloss
You make my day by giving me that look,
With your mirror on the side
That shimmers in the light
Where I can see you paint my lips,
All the Colors,
The ones I choose,
The rosy pink as bright as the first blossom in Spring
That can last me a lifetime,
You smell like a new cherry cupcake
With vanilla pink frosting.
You’re as sweet as can be
With delicious double dessert taste
That you can imagine in a haste,
Taking you everywhere I go,
Keeping you on my side like a laugh
Even though you’re
Sticky, shiny, and glossy
Your brush is fluffy and cozy
Like a miniature cotton ball,
I can hear your excitement
And glamourous fame
Popping out of your bottle
At the very last moment.
Oh lip gloss, You shine my smile.
-Angelica G.
Ode To Cotton Candy
You are as fluffy as the marshmallow melted in my hot chocolate.
You make my heart skip a million beats.
You are my bundle of joy!
You are as sweet as sprinkles on a cupcake.
Your smoothness running through my fingers,
My pride and joy.
Ohh I love you cotton candy!
`Ayleen C.
Ode To The Jolly Rancher
Ode to Jolly Ranchers.
How your look brings
A memory back from
My childhood.
My nose can almost
Get that smell of
My grandmother’s blueberry
Pie.
My tongue savors
Your fruity, tangy,
Sweetness like
My mom’s apples
With salt and lemon.
I can feel you
Breaking away
Out of prison to
Enjoy a trip into
My mouth.
I listen as you
Make your
Crunching, munching,
Noises.
~Jennifer G.
Ode to My Pillow
Soft and fluffy like two bunnies side by side.
Your feathery heavenness plopped on my head.
Whispering wonderous songs as I drift off.
You guide me through furry patches.
My head sinks in with every second.
Suddenly I suffocate beneath your fuzz,
But I breathe fine as your softness brushes my cheek
Your silky purple landscape brushes my ear and kisses my face.
A sweet strawberry stash surrounding my bed.
An orchestra playing as I fly into a world of wonders.
Aromatic smells burst open like a door.
Your minty and perfumed, smelling like my shampoo.
Your freshness racing up my nostrils,
Dream bubbles pop and drop as I think,
What would I do without you?
Sprain my neck, have uncomfortable and sleepless nights.
You make my ears float off to paradise.
While my mind is being fed dreams.
Like a soothing lullaby,
You sing to me and my mind rings with thoughts
Your a cotton ball.
You overlap my thoughts and pave me into a world of wonder.
As you pull me in for hours.
-Sirine N.
Poetry and Artwork from 8th Graders
This is the last time
My world has collided
My fears have beat me once more
I look back to everything you said.
The words you spoke made me insecure.
I just want to run away and hide.
I want to tell you the way I feel
But you wont listen to any word I say.
I want to burst out crying
But I know that is weakness in your eyes.
I try so hard to keep everything that is left of me together.
You took my confidence, my faith, and most of all my happiness.
But I won't let you take my dreams that’s the reason
I keep on standing.
I won’t let you take away anything else.
I’m done with everything you have to say to me.
I won’t let you break me.
I know what I’m capable of doing.
I am going to make my own choices.
I am going to decide who I will be.
Watch me and I’ll do everything you said I couldn’t.
I don’t care anymore of what you think of me.
This is the last time my world is going to collide because of you.
-Alexa G.
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dediation
I would like to dedicate my I search project to Pam, for helping me finalize all of my writing work. My mom for helping me with ideas and correcting my work. And my dad for also helping me with finalizing my magazine.
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The LZR suit by Speedo is the fastest swimsuit ever built. The suit was banned after the 2008 summer Olympics because it held in air between the suit and the body.
These shoes are 3d printed, they have not yet been in the Olympics. Forsan, the designer of the shoe is confidant that the runner who is wearing his shoes will win gold.
Wind tunnels also help engineers by correcting the computers mistakes and to test wind flows that computers can’t show.
Luge is a sport that goes ovre 90 miles per hour. The luge turns when pressure is placed by the legs on the runners. The sport is timed at thousands of a second so ever change on the sled makes a difference.
Wheel chair racing needs a lot of technology, the frame and wheel are mostly made out of carbon fiber. The races are short for these speed machines so the design is as important as the athlete.
Skeleton is a sport like luge but not as fast and head first. Many do not know that it is only a tiny bit more dangerous that luge.
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Dear Reader:
I am a mechanical engineering professor at Stanford University. I have been teaching engineering for 11 years. I have given many opportunities to work on major projects. Most people don't know that engineering is in everyday use. That is why am constructing magazines with the help of my intelligent students. Over the last four years, I have gotten all of my students to put together magazines.
In this month’s magazine we have three special articles and lists. The first one is an article about the luge sled and how it was recreated from scratch at Clarkson University. It explains the steps engineers took to the luge sled faster. The second article is about the BMW bobsled. The BMW bobsled article explains how the US bobsled team won medals for the first time in 62 years. Finally, the third article contains our ‘top three’ lists for sport technology
Don’t forget to visit our design studio to see a great display. It is a model of an wind tunnel. It is made out of legos and replicates the real tunnels, but on a very very small scale. Also, take time to look over our photo book with explanations. Some of the photos refer to the articles, and some are photos which go into more depth about sport technology topics.
I have learned a lot from this research, with the help of my students. We have learned that sports engineering makes people want to learn more about the process of improving sports performance. When sponsoring companies like BMW advertise their involvement, people are more likely to watch the Olympics so that they can see the results of the engineering. Because NBC hosts the Olympics, they make more money when more viewers watch. Also, engineering will change the future of sports, raising them to the next level. These articles show that we learned new ways of engineering to improve speed and durability.
I love this kind of work because I can teach it to my next class. It also helps me understand the expansion of engineering. I love my work because I get to change kid’s lives; the the jobs they get and helping them in life. Like all inventing processes, there are many false starts, ideas that don’t work and dead ends, but when the work is done, it is worth the trouble.
Of all the magazines we have published, this issue surprises the most. I think that the next issue will be engineering sport cars. It will give readers an idea about how these cars can reach high speeds and still be safe at the same time.
Sincerely,
Professor Davis
One of my favorite professors,
is Dr. Helenbrook. He is one of the head designers for the USA luge project. When he invited me to accompany him to Lake Placid, to watch one of the sled models race, I agreed immediately.
Lake Placid sliding center.
Mark Grimmette had won two Olympic medals in luge, and Kennedy is th first American to win a luge world cup. Grimmette and
Kennedy were grateful to have someone to help with the sleds, so they agreed. Helenbrook is a family friend of the Bohls, so he went to also work with on the project.
Bohl and Helenbrook are also working with Dow Chemical on the project, which aims to reduce drag and improve aerodynamics.
Another important factor is to increase the comfort of the sled.
“If the athlete fits well and
can be
comfortable in the sled, the overall performance will improve too,” Bohl said. They are using computer programs to simulate models and ideas of the frame. Once they find a computer design that works, they build the sled out of carbon fiber, using computer controlled machines. The computer programs save a lot of money. Instead of making many sleds, the designers can choose the best computer models, so they only make a few. "We're getting to the piont where we can work with technology to improve the sleds," Bohl said. This sled will eventually be one of the firstluge sled designed by a computer. In the past, all luge sleds were handcrafted.
Wind tunnels matter just as much as computer programs. Wind tunnel tests test the aerodynamics of the sled and the person on it. These tests can point out mistakes by the computer, and see what needs to be changed. A wind tunnel is a big tube with a turbine on one side, which sucks in air and pushes it into the test area. The test area is where the projects are placed, in this case the athlete and the sled are placed in the project area. In the test area, smoke comes out of a nozzel that's on a wand that a person can control. The
smoke then travels with the air around the object placed on the ground. Then viewers can clearly see which parts need improvement. After the air passes the test area, it travels
back into the turbine.
The US two man bobsled racers have won bronze in Sochi, Russia. This is the first Olympic medal for US men’s two man bobsled in sixty two years. The medal was made possible thanks to improved technology. BMW helped the US team out by redesigning the bobsled.
Michael Scully, the head designer at BMW Dreamworks in California, was the leader of the project. Scully and his crew created computer models using a simulator, and the fastest were chosen to be made into prototypes. The prototypes were then tested in wind tunnels to see if any more improvements could be made.
One of the biggest issues faced by the team was weight. Minimum weight for the sled (excluding crew) is 170kg. Maximum weight (including crew and equipment) is 390kg (Women’s sled: 340 kg.). Most of their early prototypes were less than the minimum weight. Scully had to move the weight around in strategic places so as not to slow down the bobsled. Also, the track in Sochi had up hills. Uphills are a challenge for bobsled builders. The uphills add another obstacle. During an uphill, the sled has to maintain speed or the race could be lost. The bobsled needs to be fast on downhills while maintaining speed on the up hills. Scully has to find a design that would do that.
After the final prototype was finished, it was tested on the Lake Placid Sliding Center. The team tested many versions of the sled to find out the fastest of the fastest. The new design was made into six sled, three for the women’s competition and three for men’s competition.
The four man bobsled is most likely to be redesigned next. The four man bobsled won gold in Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics. However, this year they won bronze. If they had improved sleds, they could have gotten second or possibly first. Russia got first in the two man and the four man bobsled races in Sochi. Russia got first in both events, this was partly because they could train on the track before anyone else could. They got the most practice out of all the competitors. Many wins the the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics are made possible by technology. Also, in the paralympics.
Top 3 Rules For Constructing a New Model
1. Use a wind tunnel. Wind tunnels are used for improving aerodynamics of an object. Wind tunnel tests allow designer to see the parts of a design that slow it down.
2. Use computer apps. Computer apps can simulate aerodynamics and drag. This can save thousands of dollars by eliminating many mistakes before a model is made. Instead designers can just move or change a part of the design with the click of a button.
3. Take comfort into account. Comfort can change the performance of an athlete. If the suit or structure is uncomfortable the athlete can be distracted. The athlete may have to change their form to accommodate the discomfort, which will slow them down.
Top 3 New Innovations Used In The Olympics (From 2000)
1. Speedo LZR swimsuit. The suit is built for speed. It has shark skin design which improves speed. The LZR suit also is ultrasonically stitched together to reduce drag.
3. New sprinting shoe. The new shoe is shoe that weighs just 96 grams (3.4 oz). According to Fusaro, his technology allows making shoes that could improve an athlete's performance by up to 3.5%.
BMW bobsled. The US men's two man bobsled had not won a medal in over 60 years. This newly designed bobsled won bronze of the team.
Mock 39 Under Armour speed skating suit. The suit gave no medals to the US team. It claimed it was the fastest suit in the world but actually slowed down the athletes.
Speedo LZR swimsuit. Although it is the fastest swimsuit ever created, it was banned from swimming. The suit trapped air inside which gave an unfair advantage to athletes using it.
Death of luger. The death of Georgian Luger in 2010 at the Vancouver Olympics. He crashed into a metal pole on the outside of the track. Many people said it was the driver’s fault but an FIL official admitted to that the accident was, “Their mistake, the track was not built correctly.”
Carbon fiber. Carbon fiber is a lightweight material and also strong and flexible. It is usually used in racing sports for speed.
Opening Reception of Bhakti Baxter's solo exhibition " 2014" at Gallery Diet
The solo exhibition by Bhakti Baxter presents a continuation of the artist's interest in geometry.
“2014” features a series of concrete sculptures and ink on mylar drawings that explore volume, surface, space, and composition guided by fundamental geometric theorems. Each of the concrete sculptures offers a unique handling of mathematic axioms such as the Pythagorean theorem and the vesica piscis.
In the project room, Baxter has prepared a series of drawings which return to his use of ink on mylar and incorporate recent experiences with elementary shapes and proportions. This playful body of work balances between strict mathematical laws and anarchic immateriality, embracing geometry as a dependable truth with a supernatural counterpart.
