The Artisan

140 Pages·2014·23.63 MB·English

The Artisan
2014 Volume 25
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The Artisan Editor’s Note

Whenever we lose ourselves in
2014 Volume 25
a story or poem, or when we
take a moment to really drink in
a piece of art, we enter a whole
other world—a world in which
the magical and fantastical exist,
where even the ordinary things
that make up our daily lives become
extraordinary. It is the world of the
writer’s or artist’s mind, but as we
venture into that realm, it becomes
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our own. Even more amazingly,
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whenever we create works of art
and literature ourselves, we too
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breathe entire universes into life.
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Because of literature and poetry,
because of art, there are always
new doors to open, new worlds
to explore, new dreams to dream.
Because of imagination, we have
the keys to all kingdoms.
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12 The Physicist’s Reply 44 A Letter to Atlantis 83 Song for a Mother from a 97 Beyond the Shadow of
r Jacob Lamb MeMe Collier Daughter Doubt
12 Growing Up 45 A Letter to Paris Kat Smith Robbin Reese
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Morgan Ash Robbin Reese 83 At the Police Station to be 97 Right Where I Left You
e 13 Heroes 50 Days and Days Fingerprinted Becky Thielman
Lukas Castellanos Bekah Blythe Rachel Heard 99 Rescue on the Mountain
14 Not Our Home 51 Are You Paying Attention? 84 Numbers David Salchert
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Ellie Tarence Mary Morgan Green Hannah Hall 99 Blue Lips
14 Rotten 51 Making Up Excuses Outside 84 A Confrontation with Rockwell’s Colleen Shuford
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Robbin Reese the Principal’s Office “Saying Grace” 99 Blistering Nature
15 Bitter Fruit Laurabeth Moore Caroline Carlisle Caroline Ward
Tyler Shulman 60 Unity 85 His Response to Norman 104 Thirteen Shades of Ink
32 Hollywood Jocelyn Dillard Rockwell’s “Sunday Morning” Robbin Reese
Colleen Shuford 60 When We Two Met MeMe Collier 105 Effects of Poetry
32 Southern Molly Lattner 90 Sixteen Chapters of The Book Forrest Collier
Jocelyn Dillard 61 To My Beloved MeMe Collier 105 Mr. Collins
33 New York Robbin Reese 91 Beyond the Cover Daniel Bruce
Abraham Lee 62 Shadows Gabby Hartman 108 A Little Girl Wishing
34 Well I Can Dance MeMe Collier 92 The Reflection Victoria Olinger
upon my Toes 63 The Final Lament Miranda Scaffer 109 Alley Cat Hate Song
Christine Kontos MeMe Collier 93 Ellipses Hannah Duke
34 Selecting an Author 63 Yellow Skies Maggie McDavid 109 Guidance
Emma Baker Caroline Ward 93 Monday Afternoon, Sixth Period Gracie Wilks
35 For the Poets 66 My Beloved Eliza Graham 138 Abridged
Nikki Sullivan Colleen Shuford 94 Let Evening Stay Abraham Lee
42 A Staging 67 The Country Husband Robbin Reese 139 The Witness
Caroline Ward Bentley King 95 Draining Sorrows Laiken Pearson
42 Leaves 67 Ghosts Caroline Ward 139 Purpose
Caroline Logan Allyson Payne 95Today Natalie Lett
43 Walking Through 82 Beloved Tyler Shulman
Autumn Woods MeMe Collier 96 Remembrance
Abby Windham MeMe Collier
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69 The Dangerous Adventures of Candyland
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86 The DIY Craze
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52 The Killing
100 The Solution to the Dress Code c
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106 So Much for Starbucks i
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112 A World Unseen

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cover acrylic 22 pen and ink 44 mixed media
MeMe Collier Blake Scordino Chanah Fallin
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MeMe Collier MeMe Collier Will Carlisle
8 acrylic 23 pencil 45 acrylic
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Andrew McGehee Matt Giddens Abbie Gauldin
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Natalie Partain Matt Giddens Carrie Orteza
A 8 mixed media 27 mixed media 46 acrylic
Molly Lattner Charlestan Helton Virginia Bandy
8 acrylic 31 print making 46 acrylic
Caroline Fields Jillian Marovich Ashlyn Boyd
9 acrylic 33 pop-out art 47 colored pencil
Abbey Miles Chanah Fallin Caroline Fields
9 watercolor 34 pencil 47 silhouette on altered paper
Abbie Gauldin Christine Kontos Peyton Calhoun
10 color photography 35 watercolor 47 mixed media
Elizabeth Campbell Jillian Marovich Claudia Day
11 color photography 36 scratchboard 47 silhouette on altered paper
Will Carlisle Josh Laatsch Abbie Gauldin
13 watercolor 36 pencil 49 silhouette on altered paper
Tyler Shulman Johnny Hodges Erin Grubb
14 acrylic 37 pencil 50 pop -out art
MeMe Collier Patrick Lewis Hannah Gulledge
16 pen and ink 37 pen and ink 52 charcoal
Kassie Roberts Chanah Fallin Charlestan Helton
17 color photography 37 pen and ink 54 sihouette on altered paper
Alex Gantt Caroline Fields Tyler Shulman
19 mixed media 39 pencil 58 pen and ink
Jillian Marovich Matt Giddens Chad Hartley
20 mixed media 40 pencil 61 mixed media
Jared Long Chanah Fallin Peyton Calhoun
22 pen and ink 41 b/w photography 62 mixed media
Brayden Housel Charlestan Helton Carrie Orteza
22 pen and ink 43 acrylic 64 image transfer
Claudia Day Anna Durrett Carrie Orteza
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64 acrylic 88 mixed media Katie Lee Charleston Helton
Madison Kimel Chanah Fallin 105 pen and ink 130 pop-out art
64 mixed media 88 silouette on altered paper Jared Long Charleston Helton
Carrie Orteza Victor Jerald 106 charcoal 133 charcoal
65 pen and ink 89 mixed media Tyler Shulman Madison Kimel
Peyton Calhoun Carrie Orteza 108 scratchboard 134 pencil
65 mixed media 89 pen and ink Lizzy Polhill Jillian Marovich
Hannah Gulledge Madison Kimel 109 charcoal 134 charcoal
66 mixed media 91 construction Grant Hester Abbey Miles
Molly Lattner Jared Long 110 acrylic 134 pen and ink
68 colored pencil 92 acrylic MeMe Collier Virginia Bandy
Jared Long Catherine Hancock 110 acrylic 135 pencil
70 pencil 94 acrylic triptych Matt Giddens Charleston Helton
Abbie Gauldin Carson Seay 110 acrylic 135 pencil
73 mixed media 96 acrylic MeMe Collier Tim Robertson
Jared Long Lizzy Polhill 111 charcoal 135 pencil
74 charcoal 98 color photography Chanah Fallin Hannah Hall
Brayden Housel Katie Lee 111 acrylic 136 color photography
77 pen and ink 98 color photography Cleveland Millstead Audrey Halpin
Abbie Gauldin Victoria Olinger 113 colored pencil 136 color photography
80 pop-out art 100 pen and ink Jared Long Josie Slaughter
Hannah Gulledge Ashlyn Boyd 114 pencil 136 color photography
82 acrylic 101 marker MeMe Collier Mary Elizabeth Laatsch
MeMe Collier Abbey Miles 117 mixed media 136 color photography
85 color photography 102 color photography Hannah Gulledge Mary Glynn Scharf
Charlestan Helton Will Carlisle 118 pencil 137 color photography
86 collage 102 color photography Chanah Fallin Elizabeth Campbell
Peyton Calhoun Katie Lee 121 mixed media 137 color photography
86 construction 102 color photography Tyler Shulman Jared Turnbloom
Carrie Orteza Will Carlisle 122 mixed media 137 color photography
86 collage 103 sepia photography Hannah Gulledge Maddie Looney
Maggie Benner Charlestan Helton 125 color photography 138 mixed media
86 construction 103 color photgraphy Will Carlisle Carrie Orteza
Emily Sanders Will Carlisle 126 color photography
88 acrylic 103 color photography Katie Lee
Chanah Fallin 129 acrylic
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Andrew McGehee: acrylic : after Hokusai
Natalie Partain: acrylic : after O’keeffe
Caroline Fields : acrylic
Molly Lattner : mixed media
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Abbie Gauldin : watercolor
Abbey Miles : acrylic : after Warhol
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The school must be purged
of any temptation to dangerously
open a door for a friend.
Bekah Blythe
Briarwood Christian School is a wonderful place
where kids learn all sorts of information they will
probably never use the rest of their lives. Recently,
though, Briarwood has enforced some security
measures. Among these various inconvenient changes, a
nefarious door policy has come about. According to this
vindictive rule, if a student is seen kindly opening the
door for a teacher or another student, he is immediately
punished. The vast majority of students find this rule to be
absolutely ridiculous, and many ignore it completely. This
is causing quite a bit of tension in the lovely Briarwood
Christian School. Therefore, Briarwood should tear down
the current school and rebuild an entirely new school with
no doors at all; this would remove conflict, promote school
unity, and ensure that class could continue as normal.
Elizabeth Campbell : color photography
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