- wearegoodatthis
Coronatessellations: Newest to Oldest (Reverse Chronological Order)
Updated: Aug 7, 2020

This is all the coronatessellations (collages / pieces from recycled items) I've made -- with newest ones on top. I'm updating them when I make new ones. You can look on Instagram and search hashtag #coronatessellations to see all of the ones that everyone has done; someone called it a "virtual quilt"! :)
You can join in on the fun too & put #coronatessellation on your photo.
I like to make collages and hang them on my wall, but you can also make temporary arrangements of items you have and take a pic. It's fun & relaxing to make them! :)
You can also check out @wearegoodatthis on IG for more fun.
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Making the Digital Images on Different Color Backgrounds -- gogobox app (< 1 minute)
I use the gogobox app to take the picture and place it on different color backgrounds -- to post it on IG.
Step 1: "Upload from Device"
I take a photo with shadows as a square (not a diamond). I use the "Upload from Device" feature in "Content Creation & Classification" to crop out the shadows, then I save this image on to my camera roll.
Step 2: Draw feature
I then use the Draw Feature in "Content Creation & Classification" in the gogobox app. I choose a color for the background and then press "Image" to select the image I just took from the camera roll. Then I rotate the square into a diamond
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Immediately below is a tessellation of all of my coronatessellations -- actually from oldest to newest. :) It was too hard to keep up with changing the tessellation in reverse chronological order. Haha. :)
Then, after this each individual one -- in reverse chronological order, newest to oldest -- is bigger with some more notes. Others have more notes and behind-the-scenes on that post.
Tessellation
"A Tessellation (or Tiling) is when we cover a surface with a pattern of flat shapes so that there are no overlaps or gaps."
https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tessellation.html
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Coronatessellation #119
Sidewalks and Sunsets๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ 5 of 9. The colors were really vibrant that day! ๐ ๐ I didnโt edit or alter the photo I used for this painting ๐ธ๐๐ผ, but I might play around with that stuff though. ๐ Coronatessellation #119. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #118
Sidewalks & Sunsets ๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ 4 of 9. I saw a sailboat โต๏ธ in this shadow! ๐ค๐๐ธ๐๐ผ. Oops! I flipped the sail compared to the photo. Maybe it wonโt work. ๐คฃ Found a couple other cool sailboat photos too!โต๏ธ๐ธ: #traveladdict1000 sunset in Tanzania & #nate_dumlao / @unsplash. Coronatessellation #118.


Coronatessellation #117
Sidewalks and Sunsets ๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ 3 of 9. This is a different view of the same evening as Coronatessellation #115. Taking photos of sunsets is very relaxing and painting them is also relaxing, maybe even more so. ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐จ๐๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ You should try either one or both out โ even if only for yourself and not for public consumption (if you donโt feel like posting it) and see if you like it. As I learned recently, optically to the human eye ๐ , sunrises look similar to sunsets, but Iโm rarely awake for sunrises. ๐คฃ. I assume theyโre beautiful. Actually Iโm enjoying this, so the next series will be all Sunsets, maybe a few Sunrises thrown in. ๐ Coronatessellation #117.


Coronatessellation #116
Sidewalks and Sunsets 2 of 9 ๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ . I turned this shadow ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ค into an abstract garden. ๐บ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐จ๐. Coronatessellation #116. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #115
Sidewalks & Sunsets ๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ 1 of 9. This is a painting based on a photo of a sunset I took awhile back ๐ธ๐ . I really liked the colors of the sky and clouds. I really enjoy doing a painting interpretation of photos Iโve taken or seen (as you may have noticed). ๐คฃ First, I was going to do an interpretation of this shadow I took (๐๐ผ photo 3), but I didnโt like how it was turning out. However, I really liked this shadow and it made me think of the glass pyramid of the Louvre (#timroosjen / @unsplash ) , but it was from a shopping cart ๐ ๐คฃ. I โค๏ธ how there can be such cool shapes in the shadows of ordinary objects. Coronatessellation #115.


Coronatessellation #114
Puzzle painting 9 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ
We did it! This was inspired by Guernsey, #enrapture / @unsplash. Itโs a cactus! ๐ต And also they are all aerial views of water and land. What I was thinking about was playing around with the idea of desert ๐ต(where itโs dry) with water๐ง and also different perspectives. In the big painting / completed puzzle, all the water is sky or air and the little hangglider in tonightโs painting is a butterfly. ๐ฆ Thatโs the cute thing I mentioned from last night. ๐ฅฐ. Also, the aerial views all put together form a normal or ground perspective to see the cactus. Itโs just how you look at things. ๐๐๐. Bonus: Sort of a preview from โSidewalks & Sunsetsโ. ๐คฃ. Itโs a sunset photo, playing around w/ #instax#instax. ๐ธ๐ Coronatessellation #114.


Coronatessellation #113
Puzzle painting 8 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. I liked this photo of farmland in Portugal from #humphreymuleba / @pexels because it reminded me of a fingerprint! ๐ต๐ปโโ๏ธ When I was painting it, it also reminded me of painting a zebra stripes and there was a zebra I wanted to paint actually. ๐ฆ ๐จ ๐ Itโs pretty much done, but one more cute little thing tomorrow. ๐ฅฐ I like the different patterns from all the different places around the world, but you can still pretty much tell what it is. Tomorrow, Iโll describe the thinking behind it. ๐งCoronatessellation #113. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #112
Puzzle painting 7 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. Aerial view from Port Felix, Canada: #ronwhitaker / @unsplash. I donโt know what the yellow part is. It looks like gold in the water! ๐ฐ๐คฃ Almost there! The next series will be 9 part, Sidewalks & Sunsets, inspired by things I see on my block or from my apartment.๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐ Coronatessellation #112. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #111
Puzzle painting 6 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. Cabo Menor, a tiny island off the coast of Spain. Inspired by ๐ธ #willianjusten / @pexels ๐๐ผ. A lot of artistic interpretation with this one. ๐คฃ. Coronatessellation #111. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #110
Puzzle painting 5 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. Weโre still in Indonesia! Inspired by ๐ธ #tomfisk / @pexels ๐๐ผ. I realize that this photo & painting has more of a pattern and is less cohesive in terms of the big puzzle picture, but I just really liked all the lines and patchwork shapes in this aerial photo of farm fields. ๐ It look like it was planned; kind of like a patchwork quilt. Well, it was planned โ for farming, but not a photo. ๐๐ธ Coronatessellation #110. Post created with gogobox app


Coronatessellation #109
Puzzle painting 4 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. This painting takes us to Indonesia! Inspired by ๐ธ #joelvodell / @unsplash ๐๐ผ. Itโs coming together...๐. Coronatessellation #109. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #108
Puzzle painting 3 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. This painting was inspired by an aerial view of Orleans, Massachusetts ๐๐ผ๐ธ #nathananderson / @unsplash. Do you know what it is yet? ๐ง๐ Coronatessellation #108. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #107
Puzzle painting 2 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. I didnโt look at yesterdayโs painting and it is looking like a puzzle! Letโs see if I can keep it up. ๐คฃ Inspired by an aerial view from the Maldives ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ from #eegan / @unsplash. Coronatessellation #107. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #106
Puzzle painting 1 of 9. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. Each painting is also inspired by a photograph. ๐ธ. ๐กI selected 9 photographs to form a different larger image at the end of the puzzle.๐ This photograph ๐๐ผ๐ธ is an aerial photo of waves ๐ in the ocean. #innermostlimits / @pexels. Paintings are inspired; not replicas. Here, I wanted to capture the motion I felt looking at the photo of the waves in the water. ๐ ๐ฆ Coronatessellation #106. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #105
Puzzle Painting 4 of 4! ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. Sun at dusk / late sunset. ๐ Put all together itโs also the sun, but the way I painted it, it can also be viewed a different way and seen as a flower. โ๏ธ๐ธ๐Tomorrow we will embark on a 9 piece puzzle painting! Each painting is an individual painting and then the pieces when viewed from a different perspective will make up a larger painting. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. Coronatessellation #105. Post created with gogobox app.
Coronatessellation #104
uzzle Painting 3 of 4. ๐งฉ๐จ๐ผ. Early sunset ๐ . I also didnโt look at at the previous pieces. The next one was going to be night, which would be evenly spaced in terms of hours represented in the paintings, but the sun doesnโt shine at night. ๐คฃ. So it will be late sunset/ dusk. ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐น. Bonus monsters from my walk. Maybe cuter without the mouth. Some adhesive from an outdoor sign. ๐คฃ Coronatessellation #104. Post created with gogobox app.
Coronatessellation #103
Puzzle painting 2 of 4. ๐งฉ๐ผ๐จ Day โ๏ธ. Turned out pretty similar even though I didnโt look at the one from yesterday. ๐. Coronatessellation #103. Post created with gogobox app.
Coronatessellation #102
1 of 4 Puzzle Painting! ๐งฉ ๐จ๐ผ This is an idea I had for the next 4 pieces โ to paint something that is an individual painting and recognizable on its own, but then when it is put together with other pieces it makes something bigger โ particularly if you rotate it 45 degrees. ๐๐ผ๐๐จ๐ All of the paintings are individual paintings which are the same, but also slightly different. This is sunrise or dawn. ๐ . Itโs interesting I like working with the diamond โฆ๏ธ of the coronatessellation concept, but here also creating something that can be viewed rotating it in a square. Can view it in multiple perspectives. ๐ Each one is like a puzzle piece. ๐งฉ I could paint them all today. What would be the fun in that? ๐คฃ Coronatessellation #102. Post created with gogobox app.
Coronatessellation #101
This shadow from my walk ๐๐ผ๐ค looked like a dreamy paradise sunset๐ ๐ , but it was just the sidewalk! ๐คฃ. See ๐ธ from Key West, Florida by #jules_cesure / @unsplash. I decided to do an abstract representation of it. I wanted to show the texture that I saw in the sidewalk, so I decided to use bubblewrap technique as in Coronatessellation #76. That turned out pretty cool ๐๐ผ, but I thought if I want texture, why not just use the bubblewrap? ๐ So the applicator or process became the art. ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐จ Coronatessellation #101. Post created with gogobox app.
Coronatessellation #100
Bugs helping me mark #Coronatessellation#100! ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐จ๐ผ. I made it and then there was something missing โ it needed some green stink bugs! How many people have said that? ๐คฃ. The big moths (White-Lined Sphinx Moths) and the green stink bugs actually live in the same area in Arizonaโs Chiracahua mountains. Bug key ๐๐๐๐ผCoronatessellation #100. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #99
Bug Bouquet! ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ.๐ Some of them really look like flowers, especially the butterflies and moths! ๐๐คฃ. I made another bug key ๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ. Another bonus mini photo shoot ๐ธ from my walk. This tree bark really looked like some rock formations Iโve seen. ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐คฃ photos: #joshuabrits#alexazabache#oscarstubbs / @pexels Coronatessellation #99. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #98
Bug mosaic! ๐๐๐ฆ Bugs arenโt scary; theyโre beautiful. ๐ Inspired by @natgeo article on how bugs are disappearing! Thereโs a lot we donโt know about them. We know ~1 million species, but scientists estimate there are 5 million or more! ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฌ In the spread which had great ๐ธ, I noticed that there were lots of different bugs, but some were similar color & size or all winged etc. and that grouping some together would make a nice arrangement. ๐ผ Making the #coronatessellation has become a fun part of my routine. Itโs relaxing. I get inspired by different things, but I might stick with bugs for a couple days. There were some other cool ideas I had for the other ones. I made a key ๐๐๐๐ผ, so you can tell what each bug is. Bonus: fun photos ๐ธ from another part of my routine: my walk. Little guy looks like heโs hiking in the woods, but itโs a plant in a flower bed outside my apartment building. ๐คฃ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ Coronatessellation #98. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #97
Bokeh or the blurry unfocused part of photograph ๐ธ is beautiful to me as I mentioned in Coronatessellation #66. We usually pay attention to the focal point, but not the background. It usually reminds me of Impressionist paintings and this part of photograph ๐๐ผ๐ธ from #memyselfaneye / @pixabay with colorful spherical flowers definitely did. Both the focal point and non focal point (which I painted ๐จ) were interesting. ๐. Interestingly, some of the most famous Impressionist paintings by Monet and the ones that link Impressionism to modern abstract art were from when he had cataracts. ๐ผ He actually saw the world as blurry! ๐ So it wasnโt a deficiency, it gave him a different perspective on the world. Coronatessellation #97.

Coronatessellation #96
Art from the sidewalk! ๐๐ผ This is based on a shadow of plants on the sidewalk by my building. I really liked the shapes that were formed. ๐ต๐บ๐จThen when I was thinking about it, I liked the idea of turning the shadow back into the real thing just by the color I chose. ๐ค๐ฑ ๐จ ๐. I was going to paint it solid green, but then I liked how it looked this way. It looks more alive and plant like to me. ๐ฑ๐ Look down and around, thereโs beauty in everyday life. ๐๐ Coronatessellation #96.

Coronatessellation #95
๐๐ผ๐ธThis photo from @nasa of the ICESCAPE mission was beautiful and it appealed to me because of all the different geometric shapes that appeared from the water and ice. ๐ง๐ฆ The fluidity reminded me of acrylic pour paintings Iโve seen; like this one ๐๐ผ from @pmcze / @unsplash ๐จ Btw, the entire title of the photo is โThe ICESCAPE mission, or "Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment," near Alaska. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by @rawpixel.โ Coronatessellation #95. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #94
๐๐ผ Aerial View of mini Cocoa Beach, Florida ๐๐ I like aerial / drone photography because it is beautiful and a view we canโt see from the ground. Sometimes you canโt even tell what it is, but itโs still beautiful as I mentioned in Coronatessellation #48 & #80. ๐ But here is a cool photo from above and you can tell what it is, but the people are tiny like ants. ๐๐ Original ๐ธ ๐๐ผ @mikaelcho / @unsplash. The scene is inspired by @albakerphoto. He makes fantastic miniature scenes based on real places! ๐ Check it out!๐ก Note: This is not to scale and not exact. Just for fun and it was fun! ๐ซ๐๐คฉ๐ I wanted to use the little guys again. ๐ For sand effect, I used brown sugar and glue. For waves ๐, I used tissue paper which I crinkled up and wet before gluing. I made tiny beach umbrellas โฑ with paper and bamboo skewers. Toothpicks would have been smaller and more to scale. ๐คฃ. Coronatessellation #94. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #93
United we stand (apart). ๐บ๐ธ๐ท Hang in there, everyone! Stay safe & vigilant! ๐ท๐Coronatessellation #93. Post created with gogobox app.
Simple to make, but an important timely idea. As I learned in thei Vox video, the concept is important in modern art. A white canvas is not just a white canvas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGRHOpMRUg

Coronatessellation #92
๐๐ผ Made w/ Saran Wrap! This heart ๐๐จ painting idea from @feeling.nifty had a cool effect and I was surprised to see it was made with Saran Wrap! ๐ฌ It was fun to do because you get to feel the paint squish around and you donโt know how the painting will turn out. ๐๐๐ผ The Saran Wrap looks super cool and I will reuse it in a future piece. Coronatessellation #92. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/778348748090614595/
https://feelingnifty.com/easy-painting-ideas-canvas/

Coronatessellation #91
Stag Beetle! I think. ๐คฃ. Iโm not an entomologist, but I did memorize a bunch of bugs ๐๐๐ท not that long ago. This was inspired by @craftwhack insect craft project idea & she mentioned @freevintageillusttations. There are a bunch of cool public domain vintage illustrations on all different topics there. โ๏ธ ๐ผ This is from a book from 1895 with lots of insects on the cool vintage illustration page ๐๐ผ, but I didnโt see the names. When I looked at some on the internet, it looked like the stag beetle. I just thought the pincers were cool. Fortunately, if you donโt like bugs, I think this is bigger than real life.๐ I think they only are max. ~2 inches. Coronatessellation #91. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #90
I saw a bird house that was cute & looked like a little human house and I remembered these cool technicolor birds I saw. ๐ค๐ก Iโm not sure how structurally sound my construction of the roof is ๐คฃ, but it is bamboo. Bamboo skewer toothpicks that is. ๐Coronatessellation #90. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #89
Raining umbrellas! โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐คฃ What do you use when itโs raining umbrellas? โ๏ธ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ๐คฃ. Inspired by a few different surreal Rene Magritte@magritte_officialpaintings ๐ผ and the@umbrellacovermuseum! Fun motto: Celebrate the mundane! ๐ Itโs#UmbrellaCoverDay! Thereโs one at the bottom. ๐. I have a minor fear of umbrellas (pellebaphobia ๐คฃโ๏ธ from the Latin root: pellebant); one clipped my finger when I was opening it when I was little. I still use them. I just watch my fingers. ๐๐ I donโt have a fear of umbrella covers though. ๐คฃCoronatessellation#89. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #88
๐๐ผ Nabta Playa! Stonehenge is the most famous megalith (prehistoric monument made of stone) but Nabta Playa is the oldest! Itโs around 7,000 years old and in Egypt. They used it to tell the seasons by looking at the stars and sun. They were probably the first human astronomers. ๐ if you notice some of the stones are in different lines. โ If you ๐๐ผ right I, you can see it with shadows and how they might have used these stones as a calendar by measuring the shadows. ๐ ๐ค๐They also probably used the stones in alignment with the stars during different parts of the year. ๐๐ซ There is another photo: groundโs eye view. I laid on the ground to take the photo. ๐คฃ๐ธ. I made this the same as mini-Stonehenge by recycling some cardboard. โป๏ธ ๐จ Coronatessellation#50. Check it out here or on https://wearegoodatthis.com, search: Coronatessellation. Info.@discover.magazine. Coronatessellation#88. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #87
This JFK quote popped in my head: Independence Day and patriotism on the mind. It is ~60 years old, but fits well today. ๐บ๐ธ Stay safe & vigilant, everyone! ๐ท๐.๐บ๐ธCoronatessellation#87. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #86
Inspired by a potato. ๐ฅ๐คฃ Actually a pretty potato dish that was shaped like a flower ๐ธ from@mad4davis. I cut my thumb last week and Iโve been wearing gloves but cutting the fingers off so I can use my hand ๐, but protect my thumb in a sort of half-human half-cyborg fashion. ๐ค I have been saving all the fingers / partial gloves as artistic materials. I was planning to use them today, but I wasnโt exactly sure how until I saw the potato flower. ๐ฅ๐ธ๐. Coronatessellation#86. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #85
A mini-attempt at quilling โ rolled paper. ๐ Iโve seen some videos on it. There is special paper and special tools, but I just made strips from some scrap paper. I made a few clouds and then I decided to add some color to the sky by making some kites ๐ช using double recycled plastic โป๏ธ โป๏ธ ๐จ. I used it as a painterโs palette before cutting some kite shapes. Coronatessellation#85. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #84
Why did the chicken cross the road anyways? ๐คฃ๐ Inspired by#JokeDay! ๐คฃ Someone has got to talk to the people (me ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ) about how they paint the highway. Those lines are not straight. ๐คฃ. Hope you got to laugh a little bit today! ๐๐คช๐คฉ. Coronatessellation#84. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #83
Masking tape and paint! ๐จ A mistake made it better too. ๐คฃ I just saw a cool@art_serenaYT video on painting windows with tape so I did an interpretation of it with different shapes. When I was going to add some orange to an unpainted area, some dropped on the other already painted areas ๐คฃ ๐๐ผ, so I added more on other areas. I think it made the painting better anyways. ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ.Itโs SO much fun and SO rewarding to take off the tape and see what is revealed. ๐ ๐ผ Coronatessellation#83. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoUK632vw1o

Coronatessellation #82
ou did not fall down a rabbit hole! ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ ๐คฃ I never got to use Polaroid cameras in real life (before my time), but I always thought they looked really cool and artsy. ๐ธ๐จ. I got an Instax from@fujifilm_instax_northamericawhich can print photos from my phone like itโs a Polaroid camera! Itโs so fun to have a tangible photo instantly! Even this photo of a lemon I took ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ผ looks super cool. Iโve seen some other photos where people took a photograph of a Polaroid in the location and the photo of a photo looked really cool! I decided to play around with it during my daily walk. As I mentioned for Coronatessellation#54, I take photos in the same place every day during my walk. I used the gogobox app to crop and make adjustments and then printed them on my Instax. The first one is zoomed in using gogobox app.#2#2is actual size, but I thought zoomed in one looked best to get the rabbit hole effect, so I put it first. ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ ๐คฃ. It looks like something you could create with a computer, but you can only create it by hand ๐๐ธ๐จ and also with computers / smartphones. ๐คฃ๐คณ๐ป๐ธCoronatessellation#82. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #81
Another ode to circles! and also one of my fav diagrams: Venn Diagrams! ๐ I had circles on the mind because itโs#TauDay. ๐ด๐ก๐ต. The colors in the overlapping areas are the colors that appeared when I mixed the other 2 areas. ๐จ๐ Coronatessellation#81. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #80
๐๐ผ Marble Painting inspired by Bolivian terrain. I saw this really cool aerial photo of Bolivia from#Carolynon@pexels. ๐๐ผ๐ธ At first, I couldnโt tell what it was. ๐ I thought it was cloth or a textile, but if you look closely you can see little trees. I decided to use marbles to create some of the lighter areas. BUT when you work with marbles, you canโt control them and so a little more than the actual photo. I knew this going in, but itโs so fun to paint with marbles! ๐ I also used marbles on Coronatessellation#31. I also used string technique to do an interpretation of the curved area. I got that from different acrylic painting videos and also from a video of a cake I saw on@chefclub. Coronatessellation#80. Post created with gogobox app.


Coronatessellation #79
Sacajawea! ๐บ๐ธ๐ I saw a cool@weirdhistoryvideo about the Lewis & Clark Expedition and of course, she was featured. Something cool about the expedition was that because they were in the Louisiana Purchase (technically not the US) they didnโt have to abide by US law and they decided it should be egalitarian. So Sacagawea got a vote & was a leader and York who was a slave in the US also got a vote and was a leader. ๐น This was in 1804 โ decades before the abolition of slavery or womenโs suffrage. ๐น I thought of it because today is#CanoeDay and Sacajawea actually saved a lot of the artifacts and journals from the expedition that we have today and itโs related to a boat or canoe. One of the boats (canoe? ๐) ๐ฃโโ๏ธ capsized. She calmly swam and collected them all and with a baby on her back. I did an artistic interpretation of the stamp she is featured on and placed it on the corner of an envelope. I used scraps of string to make her hair. They werenโt black so I colored them black with a marker. ๐คฃ๐๐ฌ๐บ๐ธ Btw sheโs also featured on the Sacajawea dollar. Additional info:@britannica. Coronatessellation#79.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVkHfn6-Zl4

Coronatessellation #78
I wanted to do this@cecilemclorinsalvant #theartassignmentfor awhile (sheโs a Grammy Award winning jazz artist & visual artist btw ๐ต๐ถ๐จ) for awhile, but the assignment was to#1draw outlines of human figures (๐คโ๏ธ no problem ๐) make a mobile or a piece that hangs in the air...Hmmm ๐ค I am working with a piece of paper. So I couldnโt figure out how to make it work...until today! ๐ก๐๐จ I used hot glue and a cord to give structure to the piece, which gives the illusion of movement like a mobile. I liked the concept of the cutouts because they are all human in form, so the same that way, but are all different โ just like us humans. ๐ ๐ฅโ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ I actually made a lot more little guys, but it looked good simple like this. I have some ideas on how to use them in new ways for an upcoming piece.#YouAreanArtist Coronatessellation#78. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEZRKFZzUVk

Coronatessellation #77
Though the butterflies ๐ฆ are originally from a funny weird cool scarf or tie๐งฃI saw in a magazine, it reminded me of coral, so I put the butterflies under the sea and made a sea-themed piece. ๐๐. The fish are double recycled โป๏ธ โป๏ธ๐จ. Itโs packaging that I use as a painterโs palette and then I cut it into little fishes. ๐ ๐ ๐ .Coronatessellation#77. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #76
๐๐ผ Recycled Bubblewrap Pointillism version of Starry Night! โป๏ธ๐ ๐ผ I painted a reverse version on bubblewrap and then put the paper on top for this cool print. I wasnโt trying to paint an exact version of the painting; just experimenting and having fun. I was intrigued with the bubblewrap paint technique since I tried it yesterday. ๐ It was really fun! ๐๐ผ You can see Coronatessellations#1 to #75 on my walls. So cool! More info on https://wearegoodatthis.com ๐ Coronatessellation#76. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #75
๐ด๐ฃ๐ต โA horse is a horse of course of course. And no one can talk to a horse of course. That is of course unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed!โ ๐คฃ I used to watch Nick at Nite which had TV shows from the 50s & 60s (like Mister Ed) when I was really little. I probably watched them more than my parents did growing up. This@gucciad was funny and reminded me of Mister Ed. I recycled some bubble wrap & used it to paint the edges in a mixed greenish yellow mottled look. โป๏ธ ๐จ Coronatessellation#75. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #74
Iโve been looking at lots of photos of nature ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ด๐. Initially, I wanted to do a collage and make it look like a nature scene, but then I just cut out interesting images. ๐ Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow like the drippy trippy fruits and leaves. ๐๐๐Coronatessellation#74. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #73
๐๐ผ Chichen Itza, Mexico! Iโm on a kick with these ancient monuments! ๐ Made this & found cool photos & a surrealist collage! ๐จ๐ธ๐ I saw an article from@readersdigest about ancient monuments built around the sun since itโs the solstice.โ๏ธ Es El Castillo (The Castle). At the equinoxes, you can see a shadow of 7 triangles made with the staircase, which look like a snake ๐ Thatโs what I represented on the top with 7 triangles.๐บ Also at the top of El Castillo, there is a carving of a snake symbolic of Quetzalcoatl/ Kukulcan, a major Mayan god. ๐๐ Whatโs cool about El Castillo, is that there are 4 stair cases with 91 steps & 1 step at the top = 365! That means they knew there were 365 days in the year without modern technology! ๐ค Another graphic I found from oncoloring.com Info:@britannica & #blogxcaret
Coronatessellation#73. Surrealist Collage:#AngieToh/ @ pixabay; ๐ธ:@alexazabache/@pexels&@mrvphotography/@unsplash. Post created with gogobox app.
https://blog.xcaret.com/en/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-chichen-itza-equinox/
https://www.britannica.com/place/Chichen-Itza

Coronatessellation #72
๐๐ผ Ancient Aliens! ๐โณ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐คฃ. Inspired by my Dad, the Infographics Show YT I saw today plus also the@history channel. My Dad had like 59 Ancient Aliens episodes saved on the DVR! Probably more. ๐คฃ Yeah, the Sphinx and Stonehenge werenโt built by aliens or so we think ๐ค๐คฃ, but thatโs the โancientโ part. I traced them from oncoloring.com and then painted them.๐ก๐๐ผ I havenโt had lights since Coronatessellation#5, so it was def. time to bring them back. It is the lighting technique I developed when I was making my Dinosaur UFO Abduction Cake, but it looks better here. ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ Coronatessellation#72. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixCvqpIdquU


Coronatessellation #71
Wanderlust, one of my favorite words! It evokes adventure & whimsy just thinking about it. ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธโ๏ธ I saw the word when I was watching other people do calligraphy โ๏ธ๐คฃ on@quantastic_yt video. Itโs oddly relaxing to watch ๐ ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ. I also have been looking at lots of photos of different places around the globe ๐๐ธ and it makes me want to go see them in person too! ๐. So I decided to put those ideas together here. Clockwise: Cambodia, Italy, Montana, California and then a pretty realistic illustration of an island that is shaped like a kidney with a volcano ๐ on it. ๐คฃ. Coronatessellation#71. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #70
Inspired by TIna Turner! โWeโre going to take the beginning of this song and do it easy, but then weโre going to do the finish rough.โ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโโ๏ธ๐ฏโโ๏ธ Had to bling it out for her, so more adventures with gold leaf. ๐คฃ. Tina first became famous in East St. Louis & St. Louis and Iโm from St. Louis. When I was little there were riverboats downtown and they would have a dinner cruises and music. I remember dancing when I was really little to Proud Mary! They would always play Proud Mary because we were on the Mississippi and rolling on the river! ๐คฃ๐ข ๐ฏโโ๏ธ๐ฏโโ๏ธCoronatessellation#70. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2T5_seDNZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzQnPz6TpGc

Coronatessellation #69
Does this describe me? Maybe. ๐คฃ. But this is how#bethanyheck describes Cooper Black font in a voxdotcom YT video. Cooper Black is everywhere! Look around. ๐๐ I thought it was a perfect description of Cooper Black! I โค๏ธ fonts! Different fonts evoke different moods or feelings from the reader. When Iโm working on a presentation or report, Iโll probably spend no less than 20 min. on the fonts and formatting. ๐คฃ ๐๐I usually donโt get to use fun fonts in professional things. Sigh. ๐ Fonts seem trivial, but it matters for readability for the user and how your message is conveyed to and perceived by the reader. In fact, Oswald Cooper used to advertise Cooper Black as being the best font for โfar-sighted printers with near-sighted customersโ ๐คฃ๐ค๐. Coronatessellation#69.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu91meda2I8

Coronatessellation #68
Inspired by Dorothy Parker! Famous American writer from the early 20th century. Her poems and writings are still quite modern 100 years later and they are very funny! ๐คฃ BOLD would be a good word to describe her. Also itโs funny that a Lunchables ad โfun & natural come togetherโ seems to describe her โ her poems are in a very natural voice like youโre talking to her. Itโs a Reese Witherspoon quote that โFunny doesnโt sag,โ but it sounds like something Dorothy Parker would say too. ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คฃ. I wrote a haiku about her before too. I was flipping through this book I got. ๐๐ผCoronatessellation#68.

Coronatessellation #67
โป๏ธ๐ฏโโ๏ธ๐ Marilyn Monroe shoutout with a recycled and modern twist (combat boots)! When I saw the white plastic bag, I thought it kinda puffed up like her dress in Seven Year Itch. ๐ฅ๐คฃ And ๐๐ผ when I made it, it was under the AC vent & you can really see it move (video). ๐คฃ The only legs I could find were Gal Gadotโs with combat boots, so that adds a modern twist. ๐ฆต๐ป๐ฅพShe was actually wearing a sequined evening dress with them. However, Marilyn would probably not approve. Haha. ๐คฃ Coronatessellation #67. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #66
Bokeh! ๐ธ๐จ Itโs actually a photography effect or term for the blurry or out of focus parts of a photo. One example is bokeh caused by lights. It comes from the Japanese word for โblurโ. ๐น I think bokeh is cool because we want photographs to be in focus and only think about the focal point of the photo, but the out of focus parts can be beautiful too! Also eventhough it is a snapshot of a split second in time, bokeh gives the effect of movement to me. ๐น This is a collage / mixed media piece with paint that I made inspired by the colors in a bokeh photo from@thr3eyes/@unsplash. I also recycled scraps of tissue paper and painted it as well, which gives the effect of the delicate different colors of light. โป๏ธ๐ก Info from@photographylifeblog. Coronatessellation #66. Post created with gogobox app.
https://photographylife.com/what-is-bokeh


Coronatessellation #65
Frankenstein helps save lives! ๐ค๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธโค๏ธ Not a Frankenstein Valentine ๐๐คฃ! The Frankenstein movie inspired Earl Bakken as a kid to study medicine and electricity. ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฌ๐ก In 1957, he came up with the first cardiac pacemaker โ using electricity to jumpstart lives โ like Frankenstein! ๐๐ค๐คฃ. But of course, Dr. Bakken did all the IRB stuff and conducted good clinical research, not science fiction. Over the years, the devices have saved ~4.5 million lives! ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ Got this from@natgeo video. โค๏ธ๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ I donโt think Iโve cut out hearts like this since I was a kid; it was fun & relaxing. ๐คฃ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ Coronatessellation #65
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjCIhFNaPrs

Coronatessellation #64
Benjamin Franklin! My fav Founding Father! ๐๐บ๐ธ. A polymath; he was a genius and inventor in several different fields: from medicine ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ to science (electricity ๐ก ๐ช ) to music ๐ต and even ๐โโ๏ธ . Does this represent a love letter he wrote to someone? NOPE! Way funnier. ๐คฃWhen he was 16, his bro had a newspaper & he wanted to write a column, but his bro wouldnโt let him. SO a young Ben Franklin made up an identity as an old lady widow and wrote a very popular column ๐ต๐ปโ๏ธ. Eventually his bro found out and put an end to it. ๐คฃ From@weird_history YT video; a lot of other fun stuff. He was also almost killed when he was trying to cook a turkey ๐ฆ (his fav bird which he wanted to be the national bird ๐บ๐ธ instead of the bald eagle ๐ฆ ) with electricity ๐ก! Coronatessellation#64. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=destZtxNdDE

Coronatessellation #63
๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฌ. One-eyed sheep and Sonic the Hedgehog help treat cancer! This one also inspired by a@tededucation video & also my life. In the 50s, farmers in Idaho noticed that their sheep were being born with 1 eye! US government scientists figured out that it was a flower, corn lilies causing it and they identified the chemical and called it cyclopamine after the cyclops sheep. ๐๐๐ 40 years later scientists made the connection that a gene in humans and animals, which is actually called Sonic the Hedgehog after the video game character ๐คฃ can be mutated in cancers. Drugs with a similar structure to cyclopamine, vismodegib and sonidegib were recently developed & can help treat these cancers. I used to give talks on vismodegib and I helped write & implement a clinical trial on it. ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ I did some paint and recycled little pieces of a plastic bag for the fluffy part of the sheep. โป๏ธ๐จ Tomorrow, my fav Founding Father. You may know who it is already, do you? ๐บ๐ธ Coronatessellation#63. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzz-Pblbvqw

Coronatessellation #62
Inspired by a Homerโs Odyssey @tededucationvideo about plants ๐ฑ ๐ฎ which were thought to be magical and mythical for a long time. Then pharmacologists discovered that the plants described matched real plants, Snow Drop flowers. And not only that, but also that the side effects of the plants could be what was described in the Odyssey. So the magic in the Odyssey was just pharmacology! ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฌ ๐ In addition, drugs derived from these plants (active ingredient: galantamine; chemical structure shown) are used to treat conditions like Alzheimerโs. ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ Check out compoundchem.com or my website for more info. โป๏ธ๐จ I recycled a plastic bag to make the snow drop flower petals. ๐
Coronatessellation#62. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVo225pUaSA

Coronatessellation #61
Idk if this is โDadaist,โ but it was just fun! ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐จ๐คฃ Dadaism was a movement around WWI where they challenged what art was. Itโs known for its collages, โfound objectโ sculpture like the ready-mades of Marcel Duchamp as well as poetry. ๐จ๐ This fits in with Dadaism in that itโs a collage, which exemplify Dadaโs โriotous and anarchicโ nature (Dadart.com) but I arranged it purposefully. Dadaists would also cut words from the newspapers and make poems, so that kind of fits too, but many of the Dada poems would be more stream of consciousness and word salad. ๐๐ฅ You know they were random words from the newspaper. ๐คฃ. This is also a haiku. Iโve been into writing haiku and poetry since trying it out for Haiku Day back in April. ๐ Tomorrow, pharmacology. I promise itโs cool. ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฌ Coronatessellation#61. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.dadart.com/dadaism/dada/025-dada-collages.html

Coronatessellation #60
2 distinct branches of Abstract Expressionism in 1 painting! ๐ ๐ผ Color Field Painting and Action Painting exemplified by Rothko (with color blocks) and Pollock (splatter paint) respectively. Though they are distinctive branches, I thought it would be fun to put both branches in one painting. ๐๐จ ๐๐ผ right for rotated picture to see color blocks a la Rothko. Color Field painters were methodical and they were deliberate about the color choice and placement. ๐ง๐ฆโฌ๏ธ In Action Painting, the painting was actually just the end of result of the art of the movements and actions it took to make it. ๐จ๐Inspired@thecanvasyoutube video on the Irascible 18. Check it out! ๐น
Tomorrow making sense or nonsense with Dadaism. ๐คฃ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐จ. Coronatessellation#60. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3GEAiH-yjU

Coronatessellation #59
Bowie: โAinโt there one damn song that can make me break down and cr-yyyy?โ ๐ธ๐คInspired by@liana.lucier an artist who did a really cool piece based on the Beck lyric โGet crazy with the cheez-whizโ. ๐๐จ Also this painting has a double meaning because there has been a lot of pain and tears in America. ๐บ๐ธ๐ข This is in contrast to Bowieโs โYoung Americans,โ which seems like it means a lot, but he said no backstory: just a song about newlyweds. There are some historic non-sequiturs and a reference to one of my favorite Beatles songs: โA Day in the Lifeโ too. โ๏ธโค๏ธ Bowie was heavily influenced by American R&B artists from the 50s and he was obsessed with Soul Train. He was also one of the first non-black artists on it. This song in particular is one of Bowieโs funkiest and you can hear those R&B and soul influences. ๐ท๐ผ๐ค Fun facts: A young Luther Vandross & John Lennon also appeared on this track. ๐Coronatessellation#59. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/david-bowie/young-americans
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-bowie-young-americans/

Coronatessellation #58
Paper weaving! ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐จ Contribution from@michelleagrabner in โYou Are an Artistโ book from@theartassignment! ๐จ๐ Michelle Grabner does intricate paper weaving which are colorful & geometric. Itโs a fun tactile project (in our digital world) and it combines math and art. โโโโ๏ธ๐ผ I used some origami paper & I recycled some brown paper packaging and old foil for texture. โป๏ธ ๐จ I purposely didnโt do an exact pattern, but it feels balanced a la Piet Mondrian who was seeking โharmonyโ in his colorful geometric paintings even if they werenโt perfectly symmetric. ๐๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ โฏ๏ธ Coronatessellation #58. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACedkrDXe48

Coronatessellation #57
Peony Nebula photo from@NASA/@rawpixrelinspiredthis piece! ๐ธ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ I thought it was so cute that it was called a Peony Nebula. ๐ I looked up some peony flowers for comparison. I think they do look like peonies! ๐๐บ๐ธ๐๐ผ I used a string painting technique to make the nebula and splatter for the background. It kind of looks more like flowers than nebula. ๐คฃ๐ซ. Coronatessellation#57. Post created with gogobox app. ๐ธ#cristiane/@unsplaah,@minan1398& Brenda Timmermans / @ pexels

Coronatessellation #56
My name in hieroglyphics! ๐@pennmuseumhas a fun website where you can put your name or whatever & it will translate it into hieroglyphics.@todayifoundout1has a good article on the Rosetta Stone & Champollion cracking the code. Will put the links on the website. I started thinking about hieroglyphics because Iโve been watching & reading different things about Ancient Egypt and also since Coronatessellation#44where I translated Mozart into colors and shapes. It was a code similar to how Champollion figured out hieroglyphics. ๐จ๐ปโ๐ซ๐. You canโt help, but think of the Bangles either. ๐คฃ๐ธ To make it, I recycled a styrofoam container that these veggie skewers came in for some depth. I added some gold leaf for some bling, and also used paint and markers. Coronatessellation#56. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY4LcH0hSy8
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/how-hieroglyphics-were-originally-translated/
https://www.penn.museum/cgi/hieroglyphsreal.php

Coronatessellation #55
Seize the Day or more accurately, โPluck the Dayโ ๐คฃ in Latin from Horace over 2000 years ago. Go Get โEm in Latin! ๐ฅณ๐๐๐ช๐ป Iโve actually been taking Latin for a little over 1 week with@duolingofor fun, but I liked this phrase before that. ๐ To represent the phrase, I made a colorful recycled collage from photos in magazines. ๐๐ธ From Ancient Rome to Ancient Egypt tomorrow! Coronatessellation#55.

Coronatessellation #54
Painting of a photo from a daily geometric shadow photo project Iโm doing (more#quarantineart๐). I take photos of the same spot in my apartment complex everyday during my walk. The shadows change shape depending on the sun โ๏ธ and time of day โฐ๐. Iโve been doing it for about 1 month! ๐๐ผ๐ธ You can see the original photo, which I cropped and turned into a diamond. โฆ๏ธ Since I โค๏ธ tessellations now because of#coronatessellations๐, Iโve been making some tessellations of them ๐๐ผ and also made a custom textile (last pic) after playing with one of them; still on the way. ๐ The tessellations are from shadows in early May. More on my website tomorrow! ๐ Coronatessellation#54. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #53
Peruโs Nazca Lines! ๐๐ผ for real photo โฐใฐ๏ธ๐ฆ Pre-Inca people made these gigantic landscape art designs on the ground. Sort of like crop circles, but on a desert like area. There are over 2,700 designs, plants and animals! ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ซScientists and archaeologists have figured out that this design is a real bird in the rainforest nearby - long-tailed hermit (Phaethornis supercilious). How cool is that? ๐ฆ๐ Mine looks pretty good, but not as good as per-Inca people who also didnโt have modern technology. ๐คฃ Original photo & info from@sciencenews๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฌ Coronatessellation#53. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #52
๐ท๐ฑ โLet the cat out of the bagโ / โPig in a pokeโ โ one of my favorite idiom / sayings. ๐ It means to reveal a secret prematurely. It came from 18th or 19th century when some shady people would sell someone a pig at a market, but then there would actually be a cat inside (which was cheaper & not what they wanted). ๐ท๐ฑIf the cat stuck its head out or something, then their fraud would be known (โletting the cat out of the bagโ) ๐คฃ Can you imagine buying a pig ๐ท& then you get home & see a cat ๐ฑ? ๐คฃ There are actually over 30 similar idioms from all around the world. ๐ Info:@wikipedia. Coronatessellation#52. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #51
Easter Island / Rapa Nui! ๐ฟ๐ This tiny island 2,300 miles off the coast of Chile in the middle of the Pacific Ocean had 887 of these big stone sculptures! They were carved from 1100-1680 AD. The largest one is about 32 1/2 feet and 82 tonnes! ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ They have a striking look and artistry to them. ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐จ It is incredible that they were able to carve and move these huge sculptures around the island without modern technology! Info from@wikipedia& Bright Side YT. I made a stencil from a photo on@theplanetdwebsite & cut them out of cardboard and added some paint. ๐จ๐โ๏ธCoronatessellation#51. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #50
mini-Stonehenge! ๐ Swipe ๐๐ผ for other perspectives. Iโm fascinated by these huge ancient buildings and sculptures all over the world built without modern technology. ๐บโฑ๏ธ๐ How did they do it? ๐ง Stonehenge is an ancient burial ground in Southern England and itโs thought that the first construction started about 5,000 years ago & that it may have taken 1,500 years to build! Somehow they were able to move these huge stones from miles away too! ๐ Tomorrow Easter Island ๐ฟ๐ Info from@history. Coronatessellation#50. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #49
โฐ ๐ฅ๐ง ๐จ Time is literally melting away in Salvador Daliโs The Persistence of Memory. I felt there were some similarities with whatโs going on now. ๐คฃ I mostly liked the idea of time melting away, so I left out the creepy ants ๐๐คฃ in my interpretation and I left out the part, which can be interpreted as a reflection portrait of Dali himself. ๐ค๐ In this part, I put my own twist: Whatโs the date again? en espaรฑol โ since Dali is a famous Spanish Surrealist. ๐ And to remind you of the date, I put it on the bottom. ๐คฃ If you ๐๐ผ, you can see it without writing. Coronatessellation#49. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #48
๐ซ๐ธ I was inspired by this cool aerial drone photo of a desert (from@zekedrone/@unsplash๐๐ผ) and I thought the shapes that were formed by the sand and sand dunes were cool. I recycled some cardboard for texture for the blue shapes. โป๏ธ๐จ Of course, the black background also forms some shapes as well. ๐ Coronatessellation#48. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #47
Donโt have to get too deep with it. Itโs just cool shapes and colors.๐๐จ. Iโve been looking at maps a lot ๐บ & decided to play around with an artistic interpretation of a topographic map. They use different colors to show different heights or depths on a 2-D paper. Here, I also made it 3-D by putting different pieces of cardboard on top of each other. I made it look like a map, but I purposely left it ambiguous without NESW because itโs also similar to how people measure volume on xyz axis. ๐๐ I had the main island / mass, but the composition didnโt look right, so I added the little guys. ๐ Coronatessellation#47.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9DjYFs4RU

Coronatessellation #46
Inspired by Jasper Johnโs Flag & Memorial Day. ๐บ๐ธ He was a veteran before he became a painter. ๐จ๐ปโ๐จ What is interesting about this painting is that it is the โperfect balance of gesture and representationโ as@thecanvasyoutubevideo says. ๐น His work has been called Neo-Dada and questions what makes art art? ๐ค๐จ He said painting a flag freed him from a lot of constraints because he already knew the object and could focus on the brushstroke and textures. ๐น At the same time, the brushstroke & technique do not take away from the main subject of the painting: the flag. ๐บ๐ธ There is newsprint under Jasper Johnโs flag and I recycled a page from a journal for the base. โป๏ธ๐. I purposely watered down the acrylic paint I used, so you could see some newsprint through it. ๐จ๐งHis painting was made in 1954-1955 โ before Hawaii and Alaska were states โ so I added them in. Got a little over ambitious with the spacing of the stars.โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Haha! ๐คฃ. But I was lucky ๐ with the stripes! I just cut out the rectangle and it was perfectly 13 cm. Coronatessellation#46. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #45
Inspired by@thecanvasyoutubevideo on Barbara Krugerโs โI shop therefore I amโ piece (@barbarakruger45) which refers to Descartes โI think therefore I am.โ I shop therefore I am applies to me ๐คฃ, but I put a twist on it & brought it full circle back to Descartes by writing it in French. This says: โI post, therefore I am.โ ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ. ๐น Her works use multimedia, short phrases in a distinctive font and striking graphics to question stereotypes and consumerism. ๐น I recycled magazine ads and even the little scraps of paper from my other coronatessellations and added a little paint. โป๏ธ๐จCoronatessellation#45.

Coronatessellation #44
๐ผ๐ถ๐จ Mozart song you know in shapes and colors! ๐๐ผ right to see video w/ the music. ๐ผ๐ถ๐ต This was an assignment / contribution from@stuarthyattin#YouAreanArtistfrom@theartassignment! He is a composer that uses graphic scores (not sheet music) to represent his ideas. I took Mozartโs Eine kleine Nachtmusik & made each note a different color & the length of a note a different shape. ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฅ๐น๐ก๐ฉ๐ฃ Then I took my code and wrote out the first part (right hand only of piano) in colors and shapes & then added recycled boxes & magazine shapes. The 60 notes fit perfectly with the โฆ๏ธ of the#coronatessellation! Mozart must have planned it that way. ๐ผ๐คฃ More on https://wearegoodatthis.com tomorrow. Coronatessellation#44. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #43
๐ข Had this paper packaging with a cool texture. I decided to use the roundness of it to make a turtle shell. I actually first thought the ridges were reminiscent of the rugae of the lining of the stomach, but no one want to see a collage with that. ๐คฃ Coronatessellation#43. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2h05EU_CcU

Coronatessellation #42
Syzygy - not just a collection of consonants ๐คฃ A real word! An alignment of 3 celestial objects. ๐ช๐๐ I thought it would be cool to show the planets sticking out 3-D. ๐ ๐๐ผ Photos show one of the planets moving and other perspectives. Popup from dictionary.com. I made this with recycled paper & cardboard, 2 paperclips ๐ & paint. Coronatessellation#42.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3MDezbZpko

Coronatessellation #41
A bloom of jellyfish! Can also be called a smack or swarm. When they float around, they kind of look ethereal and also like flowers, so I like calling it a bloom. The jellyfish are made from a custom textile I had made with@spoonflowerfrom a photo of a mirror glaze for a cake I made.๐ The mirror glaze didnโt turn out well as I mentioned before ๐คฃ, but the textile did! You can order the textile from spoonflower if you want or make your own. ๐๐งต Coronatessellation#41. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_wsgoGBlVU

Coronatessellation #40
โ๏ธ Thought it would be cool to cut up a photo & rearrange it. Seaweed & kelp โ now kind of looks like flowers. ๐ท๐ธ๐บ๐ Coronatessellation#40. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #39
๐ด ๐๐ถ ๐ต Islands in the stream / That is what we are / No one in between / How can we be wrong? / Sail away with me / To another world / And we rely on each other, ah ha / From one lover to another, ah ha...โ ๐
I did a random word generator & thought I could make an island with palm trees ๐ด by recycling cardboard. Then I thought of Dolly & Kenny Rogers, so I made 2 Islands for islands in the stream. ๐คฃ But islands in a stream probably donโt have palm trees, so it is in some place where there is a stream in the middle of an ocean. ๐๐ I painted some music ๐ถ ๐ต in the water. I actually donโt know what islands in the stream are, but I โค๏ธ that song! ๐คฃ
Coronatessellation#39. Post created with gogobox app.

Coronatessellation #38
๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ This was inspired by Itโs Okay to Be Smart /@drjoehansonYT video on why the color blue is SO rare in nature! ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฑThe main butterfly is a abstract representation โ made from recycled foil & paint โ of a Blue Morpho butterfly, which happens to be the emoji! ๐คฃ๐ฆ The bright blue color is formed by the shape of the scale and how light reflects off of it โ not pigment! Peacock feathers are the same.๐ฆ. The other main butterfly to the left is from@heyyorigamiYT tutorial! It turned out really well! ๐ฆ She had 2-sided origami paper. Mine was one-sided, so I used some markers to make a cool design. I recycled & cut out smaller butterflies from noodle boxes, packaging & junk mail. Coronatessellation#38. Post created with gogobox app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YVJ2jz9fyk

Coronatessellation #37
#YouAreanArtist assignment - the book has info about lots of different artists and little projects to spur creativity. ๐ก You can do them over & over again with different materials etc.! ๐จ
This contribution / assignment is from Kim Beck@idealcities, โpothole enthusiastโ ๐คฃ as her profile says. She makes different pieces by doing crayon ๐ or colored pencil rubbings on different surfaces like potholes or sidewalks. This would be really fun to do outside & Iโll do that sometime!
Right now, Iโm inside mostly (#stayhome). ๐ก I thought an interesting surface was the corrugated part of cardboard boxes. I tore off outer layer of some pieces of a cardboard box. ๐ฆ Harder than it looks. ๐ You know built to be sturdy. Thin paper works best and I happened to have this paper insert from some mail about life insurance ๐ฉ, which was thinner than normal 8.5โ x 11โ paper. ๐ Then I did rubbings with different color markers. Added some Scrabble letters for fun. It didnโt take me very long & was a fun outlet for creativity. It was fun and HAVE FUN! ๐ Coronatessellation#37
More photos of the process on this post:
https://www.wearegoodatthis.com/post/behind-the-scenes-videos-of-selected-coronatessellations

Coronatessellation #36
What do you see? I like playing with images and changing how they look. Then you can see something completely new! ๐๐คฉ This is a photo of a landscape I tore out of a magazine. ๐๐ผ I cut the image into a square and into strips. โ๏ธ Once I started playing with the placement of the strips, it became much more interesting to me to use most (but not all) & form a leaf. ๐ I did a similar technique for Coronatessellation#29. One of the (many) fun things about coronatessellations is that the composition of a piece is for a diamond โฆ๏ธ instead of a typical square or rectangle. ๐คฉ Coronatessellation#36. Post and collages created with gogobox app.
More photos of the process on this post:
https://www.wearegoodatthis.com/post/behind-the-scenes-videos-of-selected-coronatessellations

Coronatessellation #35
Just like itโs 5 oโclock somewhere, itโs Numeracy Day somewhere.๐น๐ค๐. In this case, itโs in the UK. (Iโm in the US. ๐บ๐ธ) Numeracy Day celebrates numbers and how we use them in everyday life! ๐ข๐This was made from numbers collected from everyday life: mail, magazines, soda carton and protein bar boxes etc. ๐ This is a 2-for-1. post! Gummies in here too. ๐ป๐จ๐๐ผ. Coronatessellation #35.
More photos in this link:
https://www.wearegoodatthis.com/post/behind-the-scenes-videos-of-selected-coronatessellations

Coronatessellation #34
Snakes on a plane! ๐โโโโ๏ธ๐คฃ. I did a random word generator tonight for some inspiration and settled on snakes. I was thinking of doing Medusa for a second, but then gametime decision โก๏ธ went geeky math route instead. ๐ค๐คฃ I made some cookies w/ a similar geeky design awhile back inspired by@ninapacella. ๐๐ผCoronatessellation#34.

Coronatessellation #33
Inspired by Takashi Murakami (@takashipom) - Japanese pop artist known for โblurring the line between high and low arts.โ You might have seen these smiley flowers on a Louis Vuitton bag or a t-shirt. ๐๐บ๐๐ธ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ There is more to the smile ๐ than you think. He has long said that the flowers smile to โhide the painโ โ representing the โface the Japanese people wore to hide the despair following the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima.โ as@tokyoweekenderarticle said. And as@manga_de_japansaid, like the flowers, โEven if there is pain inside, we must keep smiling.โ ๐ ๐ธ๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ I recycled a painting background I made for another piece (Stay tuned! ๐) and I recycled protein bar boxes, magazines, soda cartons, foam packaging, and envelopes for the flowers. โป๏ธ๐จ The links & more on https://wearegoodatthis.com tomorrow. Coronatessellation#33.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7SCYrqjr0I