Drypoint reflection.

The type of printmaking technique that is used for dry points is from the Intaglio family, where an image is incised into a plate or sheet by a "needle" like sharp metal. The lines are produced by the burr thrown up at the sides of the incised lines, in addition to the depressions formed where the ink can leak into. They produce soft and heavy lines which also include thick and thin lines. You hold the needle like a pencil but of course since plexiglass is heavier and denser than paper you would have to apply more pressure. The angle of the needle determines the burr. Of course, the greater the pressure the greater the depression in the plexiglass. The lines with less depression and burr will be least likely to print. Tonal areas are built up by cross hatching or stippling (close dots). To wipe the excess ink off the plate you rub it with a old towel or multiple paper towels then wiping it with a tarlatan pad (folded in) in a circular motion. We use the edge of a cardboard square to swipe the ink on the plate. Don't use excess pressure so you can avoid damaging the burr. Lino block printmaking and dry point printmaking are similar in some context but of course have their differences. Stating the obvious, Lino block printmaking uses lino while dry point uses plexiglass to produce the product. Another difference is that the ink is engraved into the plexiglass while the rest on the surface is wiped off while using the lino block technique it is the opposite. Ink on the surface creates the image. The only similarity between the 2 are that incisors are used in both to create depressions in order to produce the print and ink is involved. I prefer to use dry point instead of lino block because it is a much easier option and brings out more fine detail in the needed image that you want to produce.

Persuasive writing

Breaking copyright to download music is not really a crime. Everyone listens to music and I bet the majority of the people who are, copyrighted the tracks off the internet. I think breaking copyright to download music is not really a crime. A lot of people copyright music because there are a lot of servers that make it easy for us to and if we were charged with copyright then a majority of young people would be charged. Also listening to music calms some people and controls their attitudes but a negative point is that the artists making the works also deserve to be paid.

It is very easy to download music to your phone. Using data when you don’t have wifi takes up a lot of gigabytes. I know an alternative for music is paying for Spotify, to listen offline, but some people either can’t be bothered or just can’t. For example, if Beyonce brought out this new banger that you absolutely love, listening to it whenever you can is extremely convenient. Therefore, downloading music shouldn’t be a crime since, for most people, music is a necessity in their everyday life.

Since you should be charged for copyright because of illegally downloading music tracks then most of the adolescence in schools would be charged. I know multiple people who download music through servers and they haven’t been charged yet for copyright so is it really a crime? A multitude of teenagers would be charged and wouldn’t be able to pay for the charge which leaves us at a major loss unless our parents pay for it or some of us have a job, which is hard to acquire these days considering that some of us may be too young for a job.

I know, whenever I listen to music I feel what I’m listening to. To expand on that I mean, listening to certain genres will make us feel, as in emotion wise, what is being said or played. For instance, if you were listening to Jocelyn Flores by xxxTentacion you would feel grief or sadness, or if you were listening to I like it by Cardi B, Bad bunny and J Balvin you would feel high in spirits and very active. Because I know I do! Other than that listening to music is beneficial for many people since it somewhat helps them with what they’re feeling and could be a coping mechanism for themselves.

But through all these positive points there is a negative and that is why copyrighting music online is actually illegal. It is because you are basically stealing the artist's product from them. How are they meant to get paid if everyone is not paying for their product? I still agree that downloading music isn’t really a crime but we, or I, still need to consider the hard-working artists that are creating our therapeutic harmonies.

Downloading music isn’t really a crime to me. All the easy access servers, the large mass of adolescence that could possibly be charged, and how therapeutic music is are my reasons for agreeing with this statement. But I still had to include that what we are doing is somewhat wrong, in the eyes of the world, but to us, it is immensely beneficial. Music is a big factor of this world and I don’t think that slice of the social world will ever die.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Volcanoes

Volcanoes form when a convergent boundary, which is the boundary of a tectonic plate, is pushed up creating the mountain like shape of a volcano and the magma from the mantle comes up. This is the lava that comes out of the volcano causing a pyroclastic flow. Here is an example of a famous, ancient volcano.

Mount Vesuvius.

Vesuvius volcano is the only active volcano in the main lands of Europe. Its on the West coast of Italy, overlooking the Bay and the city of Naples. It is a volcano made up of alternate layers of lava and ash which is named a Strato-volcano.The last eruption it has had was in 1944, where even now it stands a great danger to the surrounding cities, especially the city of the Naples.

As you can see mount Vesuvius is right above a subduction zone formed by how the African plate descends beneath the Eurasian plate. Magma produced by the melting African plate creates the large and destructive volcano named Vesuvius.

This image is some victims of the 79 A.D eruption. From the devastating eruption of Pompeii. This eruption is recorded as one of the most destructive eruptions in history. They were covered in the Ash cloud because they had no where to run. This eruption may have killed over 16,000 people.

Vesuvius is the only recorded volcano to erupt, in Europe, in the last 100 years. It is regarded as the most dangerous volcano because of the mass of civilians surrounding it. Approximately 3 million people.

The last eruption was in March 1944 which destroyed the villages of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, Massa di Somma, Ottaviano and part of San Giorgi a Cremano. Pyroclastic flows appeared within the rim which were followed by small explosions until the major explosion happened on March 28th. The tephra and ash damaged Pompeii's airfield which damaged an estimate of 88 aircraft. The massive eruption could be seen from the Naples.

Cool Facts about Volcanoes!

The word 'Volcano' comes from the Roman name "Vulcan" which is the Roman god of fire.

350 million, or one in 20 people in the world live within “danger range” of an active volcano.

The world’s largest active volcano is Mauna Loa in Hawaii standing at 4,169m.

The “Ring of Fire”, a 40,000 km Horseshoe shaped area of the Pacific Ocean, is home to 90% of all volcanoes on the Earth.

In 1883 Krakatau in Southeast Asia erupted, releasing 200 megatrons of energy, the equivalent of 15,000 nuclear bombs. This generated the loudest sound reported in history.

FAULTSPK

In this image, there is data about the number of Australians born overseas. The graph at the bottom of the image indicates all the key factors you need to know on how to do a graph.
'FAULTSPK'  is the acronym for all the key factors a graph needs. Frame, Axis, Units, Labels, Title, Scale, Plot, Key. This allows the person that is looking at the graph to see all the essential information clearly.

Persuasive Class Writing

I learnt more complex sentence starters. And I learnt how to use writing techniques which will have a more powerful effect. We did it as a class so we could communicate our ideas and make something better by collaborating with each other and Mr Aitken. I will try to speak up about my ideas in a sentence. Could we have used better sentences and made the writing more interesting?