Makerspace @home during COVID

Since spring break 2020 I have been doing online school. One of the biggest things I miss is not having access to the makerspace every day and not being able to utilize it for class projects as often. I have still found ways to build and make things for classes at home. A few of them include recreating a graphic novel scene, recreating scenes from books, and building a raffle box.

The image above is a recreating from a graphic novel. My brother and I were taking the same class and worked together on the project work to recreate this picture. He held the whip in the background while I knelled on our horse with a scarecrow on my back.

The pictures above are recreations of different scenes from True Grit and Othello. The first one is a recreation of the dugout scene in True Grit. I cut the hills out of cardboard and spray painted them dark green. While the paint was still wet I covered it with grass, leaves, and branches. I made the cabin out of lincoln logs. I made the shed next to the cabin out of branches and weaved them through string so they would stay together. The base is white fabric so it would look like winter.

The last 2 pictures above are a recreation of the Globe Theater. My brother and I did research on the globe theaters construction and unique characteristics. We made it out of paper and popsicle sticks.

The last two pictures are models of a raffle box in The Lottery. The box was very old. I tried to model the book’s description of it as much as possible. I lightly painted it black to make it look worn along with splintering the wood. The names were all carved into wood chips. I found a down cedar branch and cut it up. I then used a wood burner to engrave all the character’s names on the peices.