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Ideas Splat
Full text linkIdeas fall through the cracks. Sometimes the ideas or plans that you believe will be the most successful are those that sorely disappoint your expectations. You fail an exam. You don’t get the job. The issue in your family escalates. The idea for your project doesn’t work out. Life does not go as planned. This sculpture aims to visually embody what happens when your bright idea goes “splat”. This sculpture was created using cardboard as the main base structure. The light bulb was crafted using cross-sections of cardboard filled with crumpled newsprint giving the base volume. This volume was covered with masking tape and then overlaid with layers of paper mache. To add the texture of ridges to the base of the light bulb, I removed the top layer of a strip of cardboard. The hole in the paper mache is ripping and cracking to resemble a cracked egg. Pouring out of the hole are the “drips” of the egg that were built from multiple layers of curved cardboard stacked on top of each other. Part of this “dripping” structure was covered in paper mache to relate it to the texture of the lightbulb and also to give it a smoother quality. The base or stand of the sculpture, consisting of 3 layers of cardboard cut into curved shapes, resembles an egg that just fell on the ground. The egg yolk made of stacked cardboard and paper mache is the only element in this work that shows color. The yellow serves as a balancing point between the overwhelming volume of the light bulb and the relatively flat surface of the base of the sculpture. While this sculpture shows that our plans and ideas may fail us, we serve a God who will never fail. Proverbs 16:9 reminds us that “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
Stampeding Hope
Full text linkStampeding Hope is a piece created to envision hope for the future. It represents the work and toil required to reach pre-determined goals by handicraft and patchwork
Blindness
Full text linkBlindness is a 15x18 oil painting which depicts a figure standing in the midst of a snowy wilderness. Where she stands, a beam of light breaks upon her as it starts from the upper right hand corner until it reaches the figure, spreading across the ground and throwing a shadow behind her. The figure is unable to look directly into the light and instead blocks it with her hands. Blindness is intended to explore humanity’s inability to fully know God. Similarly to how Moses had to hide his face behind a rock in the presence of the Lord when he passed by, so we too cannot fully comprehend or understand the majesty of God’s glory. This piece also reminds me of how Saul was struck blind by the glory of Christ who appeared to him in light on the road to Damascus This piece was first inspired by the thought of the sun hitting dazzling white snow which is almost overpowering to eyes that have grown accustomed to a dark room. The paradox of this piece is that even though we will never fully comprehend God, he still reveals himself to us, making himself known. Even in glory when we see Christ and are made like him, we will never sound the depths of what there is to know about him. And that should not be a discouragement, but it should move us to awe as we consider the depth of his glory and majesty
National Christian College Forensic Association Champions 2025
No full textThe Cedarville forensics team garnered 45% of the available points to clinch the national title. Cedarville students earned 13 individual first places during the competition, with several other top three finishes across multiple events. The tournament was held at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas.
Back Row: Josha Parker, Spicer Wadman, Deidra Hall, Aaron Towner, Issac Piper (Coatesville, Pennsylvania)
Middle Row: Zane Enos, Amelia Elkins, Laura Ball, Lilly Deaton (Milan, Indiana), Eliana Boerner (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Front Row: Serine Warner (Westerville, Ohio), Kayla Sheaffer, Ellia Torlone (Delaware, Ohio), Noah Hollenbach, Cara Enos (Colorado Springs, Colorado)https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/forensics_trophies/1020/thumbnail.jp
