Teacher Name: Eric Hill
Grade: 11
Artist Statement:This piece was my first time creating an installation. For this piece I took inspiration from Sandy Skogland’s installations, specifically “Revenge of the Goldfish”. I made origami cicadas in an assortment of shapes and colors in order to create variety. I then placed the cicadas in my chosen location, a window with plants on it, to simulate a cicadas natural environment. I placed the origami in different positions and even used string to hang a few, making them appear as if they were flying. My goal was to have harmony in the aspect that all the origami are cicadas as well as variety in the size and color of the paper I used to make them.