Clemson House Tiger

Today, I was basically force to go to the housing fair and wait in line for half of my Saturday. It sucked, especially because I was surrounded by some ignorant people that like to rant about the stupidest things. Anyways, before I actually went into Clemson House, I noticed a piece of art outside and decided that it would be a good piece to use for my English project. So, later that day, I went back to Clemson House and some pictures of the piece of art.

It's obvious that I'm not the best photographer, but I thought it was interesting how changing the angles of the shot kind of made the image seem different. The first picture appears to be a strong and powerful tiger while the other looks as if it is saluting someone. I also thought that this piece of art was interesting because it brings a different type of art to campus and creates a piece that demonstrates school spirit. I have worked with aluminum art before and I know how hard it can be to make a simple piece, so to make this piece a lot of time and effort had to go into it. Aluminum art is popular in Mexico; however, most aluminum sculptures have color added to them in order to make them more unique. Because each year the Mexican population in America dramatically increases, I thought it was fit to have a piece of art on campus that is based on Mexican aluminum art. This piece brings a little bit of the Mexican culture to Clemson.