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Hi Ms. PanaresHi Ms Panares, I’m Arnold Deric Ong, of Hope Christian High School Juniors - Justice, when will you post our test on art? Been waiting for it to be posted since last Tuesday. Thanks! = )
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Hello Arnold. Please read the content on Philippine Jeepney and study it well. The exam will be done during class, it won’t be posted. I’m sorry if I didn’t make this clear to you. Good luck!!
Your projects look great! Will upload more when I get more pics of the finished products! 
Your projects look great! Will upload more when I get more pics of the finished products!
TitleWell done guys!!! Congratulations to the Top 15 Product Designers!
Jeepney Project!
Jeepneys are the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II and are well known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating. They have also become a symbol of Philippine culture.
The word jeepney is usually believed to be a portmanteau (combining 1 or more uses) of “jeep” and “jitney”.
Another word for jeepney is fierra but it’s almost never used. It is best known in a song called Ang Fierra ni Juan Ay May Butas Sa Gulong (The Jeep of Juan Has A Hole In The Tire).
# Jeepneys are a popular means of public transportation in the Philippines
# They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II
# Jeepneys are known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating
# Although the original jeepneys were simply refurbished military jeeps, modern jeepneys are now produced by independently owned factories within the Philippines.
# The word jeepney is commonly believed to be a conflation of “jeep” and “jitney”, or “jeep” and “knee”, the latter referring to the jeepney’s crowded face-to-face seating.
http://www.jeepneygang.com/jeepney/index.htm
History
When American troops began to leave the Philippines at the end of World War II, hundreds of surplus jeeps were sold or given to local Filipinos. The Filipinos stripped down the jeeps to accommodate several passengers, added metal roofs for shade, and decorated the vehicles with vibrant colors and bright chrome
Chrome plating
Chrome plating, often referred to simply as chrome, is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto a metal object. The chromed layer can be decorative, provide corrosion resistance, ease cleaning procedures, or increase surface hardness.-Process:The component will generally go…
Hood ornament
A hood/bonnet ornament or car mascot is a specially crafted model of something which symbolizes a car company like a badge, located on the front center portion of the hoods.
The jeepney rapidly emerged as a popular and creative way to re-establish inexpensive public transportation, which had been virtually destroyed during World War II. Recognizing the widespread use of these vehicles, the Philippine government began to place restrictions on their use. Drivers now must have specialized licenses 23jmnnnn, regular routes, and reasonably fixed fares.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Jeepney
THE ART
Jeepney art is a combination of the “art of the accessory” and the “art of the color” applied on a basic canvas shell of galvanized metal or buffed and glimmering stainless steel. Accessories are, for the most part, decided or handpicked, altered or added on at the owner’s whim. The “art of the color” is usually applied by airbrush or sticker artists. Many jeepneys concentrate the art on the front, insanely cramming the hood area with accessories, the sides with empty galvanized expanses or scatterings of ads and small art. Some are gleamingly and colorfully wrapped with accessories and airbrushed or stickered art.
No two jeepneys are alike. Even the drab generics show distinct differences. Customization starts with the shell, a detail here and a detail there. Then the myriad of personal touches - a choice accessory, horses and horns, lights and mirrors, flaps and guards, names and dedications, a color preference, an art theme, a religious icon or invocation - a composite of details that proudly blazons a signature, a personal statement and ownership.
The art of the borloloys
Accessories are often more defining
to jeepney design than color. Usually symmetric and for the most part concentrated and insanely crammed on the front-hood area, they number from a few to many to excessive to pathologic-excessive: A composite of guide bars, racks and rails, grille-works, chromed horses and horns, a profusion of mirrors and lights and antennae functional and faux. Then, there are the panel boards and the crowns, the decorative mud flaps and splash guards, fenders and bull bars, and of course, the finishing touch on the center-grille, emblazoned with conspicuous and over-sized automotive emblems, most often, the “Mercedes Benz.”
The art of the color
It is a rare jeepney that does not use color - that rare specimen of pure gleaming stainless steel nakedness or dreadfully barren galvanized shell. Color dresses up the metal shell. The front, usually so crammed and crowded with accessories, take on simple accenting and decorating stripes of color on the hoods and fenders. Some jeepneys cram the all the accessories and art in front, leaving the side bare and barren, typical of many jeepneys plying the San Pablo-Tiaong-Candelaria route. For many jeepneys, the “visual art” extends to the sides, long expanses of metal for more proletarian doodling of sticker-art collage. And sometimes, the art and the color extends all the way to the back. (See: Jeepney 88 and Jeepney 87)
The art is usually the handiwork of jeepney artists. Although there are set-designs, the prospective owners may request certain themes or the addition of religious images or favorite quotes that are easily accommodated into the vast canvas of its metal shell. Most of the art is done through the use of colored plastic stickers, available in 6” wide rolls, costing P35 per foot, an average jeepney using between 150 to 220 feet, painstakingly and economically cut into design and seamlessly applied to the outside metal work, the labor cost ranging from P2,500 to P3,500. With the limitations of sticker art and colors, some prefer the use of airbrush painting allowing an expanded thematic spectrum – ‘heavy metal’ and fantasy-type art –and tonal values unachievable with sticker art . Not uncommonly, the side-art accommodates an incongruity of themes, an image of Christ juxtaposed with fighter planes, religious icons jostling for space with heavy metal images, a Disney character or NBA team logo or a sundry of things American for any leftover space big enough to accommodate it.
In jeepney art, anything goes. Some are “passive” artworks, compositions of jeepney artists commissioned by the manufacturers, remaining unchanged in its original form, except for the personal touch of a doodad here or a name there. Some are kinetic, frenetic, constantly mutating works by owners – frustrated artists or rabid incarnate of artists long-dead – unendingly adding and slapping details of colors and accessories.
And they are out there, alas, buried in ubiquity. But seek and you shall find – rare pieces of metalworks, strutting design and screaming attitude. They deserve a smile, a nod, or a thumbs-up.
It is art… Rococo. Baroque. Pop. Dada. Mobile art. Construction art. Collage-on-wheels. Art-on-wheels. Graffiti-on-wheels. Folk art. Pinoy art. People’s art. Proletarian Art. Masa Art.
In a country devoid of any populist program of art, where art is an indulgence of the literati and bourgeoisie, jeepney art is probably the sole venue for expression of true proletarian art.
Styles and sizes.
Altars and angels.
Ads on wheels.
Styles vary regionally. The use of “borloloys” (accessories) are typical in the urban-suburban areas and most provinces. There are cycles and regional preferences for certain accessories, colors and sticker art. In some regions , horses and mirrors might dominate the hoodspace; in others, lights and antennae. Jeepney-gazers can spot and identify details of color, art and style and say: That’s a mid-80s Amante! . . or… That’s an Armac!
The jeepneys in the Biñan-Calamba area are stylistically spartan with a minimum of sticker art and accessories, and a distinctly different roof style constructed with padded canvas, The Baguio jeepneys sit higher up off the ground, almost all with roof -racks for top-load hauling and the spare-tire, weather-proofed with double back doors and sliding windows, and an outside art showing showing an affinity for American places and icons, cowboys and indians, NBA logos, and their signature wide-stripes of colors.
The inside has not changed much in the past decades — relatively barren compared to the frenzy of colors and accessories on the outside. The back’s length dimension may be custom-stretched to accommodate as much as 28 passengers, 14 abreast. On average, passenger jeepneys sit 16 to 20 in the back, on padded bench-type seats; 2 passengers in front, plus the driver. There are ceiling hand-rails to hold on to. Roll-down window shades for rainy days or a touch of frau-frau with frilly crocheted sliding curtains.
The dashboard area is the driver’s personal space, filled with personal knickknacks, controls for ear-splitting stereo sounds when deep pockets allow, and not uncommonly, a space for religious icons and occasional elaborate miniature altars.
Billboard on Wheels
Often, the insane collage of images will include images of commercial products, logos on wheelcovers and fender doodads – getting a free ride on advertisements. Jeepneys are also contracted for short-term rooftop ads or the whole jeepney dedicated to a single product, as in the Motorola and Coca-cola jeepneys. Election years bring a market for political campaign rolling ads on-the-cheap.
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Jeepney.html
One of the more famous painting of Pablo Picasso.
Just so you guys know…I’ve received submissions for exams already! Yey! First Five comes from:
1.Andrew Sy
2. Karlene Siy
3. Samanthat Gaerlan
4. Carolyn Xu
5. Gemberlie Tiu
Congratulations guys! I applaud you for being early birds…I’m very impressed! Others that submitted as of today, Sunday, 9:29a.m. are Arnold Deric Ong, Jack Garcia, Joveric Chua, Camille Yu, Joshua Go and Abbie Arroyo! Good job! I’ve been reading your answers and so far, they’re pretty interesting. Will check and score points later…I’m checking the facts of your answers first. 
One of the more famous painting of Pablo Picasso.
Just so you guys know…I’ve received submissions for exams already! Yey! First Five comes from:
1.Andrew Sy
2. Karlene Siy
3. Samanthat Gaerlan
4. Carolyn Xu
5. Gemberlie Tiu
Congratulations guys! I applaud you for being early birds…I’m very impressed! Others that submitted as of today, Sunday, 9:29a.m. are Arnold Deric Ong, Jack Garcia, Joveric Chua, Camille Yu, Joshua Go and Abbie Arroyo! Good job! I’ve been reading your answers and so far, they’re pretty interesting. Will check and score points later…I’m checking the facts of your answers first.
Following you!Hey kids! If a certain “since1972” is following you, have no fear. That’s just me and a hodge-podge of stuff I post ok? OKidoki. Finished with your exams? : )
3rd Quarter Exams for Juniors
Hi kids! Ready?
Instructions:
1.Copy and paste this exam to a Notepad file and attach it to your email. Please send it to
juniorhope2009@gmail.com
SUBJECT: your section
2. Please do not copy and paste any text or research. Please use your own words when answering the exam questions. Grammar is secondary but please write in complete sentences.
3. There are no exact answers in most of the questions so try to answer with your honest opinion. Think before you write ok?
4. Do well, and good luck!!!
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(Start copy and paste here)
Complete Name:
Section:
1. What is the Gestapo?
2. What is the painting style of Picasso? Describe it. (Hint: is ends in ____ist)
3. In your opinion, what is the purpose of an artwork?
4. What is the relationship of art and politics?
5. Search for one famous painting by Picasso (except the Guernica) and describe what you see. Then analyze the elements or parts of the painting and write down why do you think Picasso painted his subject this way. Why did he want to paint this subject and based on his life story, what is your interpretation of the painting. (This is a toughie but I know you guys can handle it!)
6. Picasso didn’t care for politics for the first part of his life. What make Guernica a political painting?
7.There are many elements in Picasso’s painting, Guernica. Name the elements that you see and why did Picasso put them in the painting, what do they represent? (For example: I see a bull that is angry. This symbolizes….)
8. If you could make a painting about something that made an impact in your life, what topic would you paint about? What elements (or “stuff”) would you put in your painting? What would be the title?
9. What is the first name of Picasso and what is the name of his famous daughter?
10: Name one of the most expensive paintings done by Picasso. Please write the title of the painting and how much it was sold.
11. Name 2 famous artists who are Picasso’s mentors or idols. (They were mentioned in the film)
(End of exam)
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Good luck guys and do good. Take time to answer, and to be honest, the answers take an amount of researching so try. - Teacher Zeena
Pablo Picasso ExamHi kids! Please check this website / blog on
FRIDAY, NOV. 27
I will post your exam then. Thank you!
—Teacher Zeena
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.Pablo Picasso
