Xerox Project








For this project, I drew inspiration from Plant Park when I was there hammocking. I used my hand fingers overlapping each other for the grass, my arm in a couple of different positions for the palm tree, my hands for the leaves, and my fingers for the circle and the rays of the sun. This piece is inspired by the surrealist movement since it is out of the ordinary and I had to get creative to come up with an idea for this project. 

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