Saguaro - Point Project

Saguaros in Saguaro National Park - Arizona

Description:

Green plant, doesn't move in the wind, covered in thousands of thorns, can have multiple arms but always has only one base, can get up to 50 ft tall, grow very slowly; takes 75 years to grow one arm

Ways to give it attention:

1. Draw a picture of it
2. Identify the park on a map
3. Take macro photos of it, and display them
4. Drawings or Images of just the spines on the cactus
5. Build a miniature model of the park
6. Cut all the Saguaro's down except one
7. Color all the spines red
8. Reverse everything and make it into a large spine with Saguaro's growing out of it
9. Place one in the middle of Alaska or a really snowy place
10. Make the spines massive in a painting

SUPER Sunglasses

Description:

Black face, two horizontal lines in the middle of the lenses, top line blue and bottom line red, from an angle you can see the layers that make up the glasses, each layer is a separate color, no label on the outside, only inside, glossy finish, black lenses, can't see the eyes of the person who is wearing them, slightly oversized, Flat across the top, round on the bottom.

Ways to bring attention:

1. Drawings/Paintings of the sunglasses on a bright colored background
2. Photo shoot the sunglasses alone with a white background
3. Spot light on the sunglasses in a glass case, displayed like a gem at a museum
4. Put them on a pedestal and put large arrows pointing at the sunglasses
5. Painting as if you are looking through the lenses
6. Make a 20ft painting of it
7. Paint a mural on the side of a building of them
8. Wear all white and put on the black sunglasses
9. Wear them on the center of your shirt
10. Wear them at night

Gold 'M' Necklace

Description:

The size of my thumb fingernail, shiny, gold, hangs about a fists width down from my neck, doesn't come off unless I take it off, hangs on a thin gold chain, very rectangular font, you may not notice it when first looking at me.

Ways to bring attention to it:

1. Wear all black and let it hang
2. Change the color to a bright red
3. Make the 'M' upside-down
4. Put it on my forehead instead of my neck
5. Make the 'M' 10x the size
6. Make it glow in the dark
7. Make it hang very low, close to my belly button
8. Make the chain thicker
9. Draw a circle around where it hangs on my chest
10. Paint a picture of a neck with only the necklace on it and nothing else; no clothing

Monica Ahanonu