Amazing_Warrior
Feb 8, 2009, 07:40 PM
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The group photo shows (from left) Prof. Ed Garcia, Ms. Ma. Rowena Dimaano of the Caloocan City Government, Dean Celino Santiago, Ms. Marylou San Buenaventura of the Caloocan City Cultural Affairs Office, Prof. Ellen Villanueva, and CFA students Ellaine Ibarreta, Sherwin Regalado, Jhoana Rae Soriano and Jordan Cruz at the awarding ceremony on Dec. 20.
The UE College of Fine Arts has made yet another grand prize-winning Christmas lantern, the latest entry winning for the Caloocan City Government and UE CFA the Grand Prize in the Department of Tourism’s “D.O.T.—Paskong Pasko sa Metro Manila 2008” Lantern-Making Contest.
The competition was open to all local government units of the National Capital Region, with each of the LGUs’ entries on colorful display at Rizal Park along Roxas Boulevard in Manila, from December 15, 2008 to January 5, 2009. Per the contest’s mechanics, the entries were required to be “symbolic of the participating LGU,” preferably used indigenous materials that “must be all-weather,” “must be adequately illuminated” and had an overall height of 12 feet. In addition, the “LGU’s sponsor’s name [in the entry], if any, must be discreet and in good taste.” The Caloocan City Government then turned to the UE College of Fine Arts.
The UE CFA faculty members involved were Advertising Professors Ellen Villanueva, Ed Garcia and Alex De Jesus. The UE CFA students who primarily worked on the project were Sherwin Regalado, Jordan Cruz, Jhoana Rae Soriano, Androu Fael Raye Valeriano and Ellaine Ibarreta—all 3rd-year Advertising students. UE CFA Dean Celino B. Santiago, who provided the structural inputs and scaled drawings and dimensions that guided the group, notes that other students also provided support during production.
The finished product is a marvel of design intricacy and attention to detail, even if the UE CFA team had just one week to make it. The traditional parol was the template, and Caloocan City was amply represented by a likeness of the famed Andres Bonifacio monument. Several, mainly indigenous materials were used. The star shape was formed using raffia fibers, while the circular enclosures were made of metal frames. The inner, star-flanking curls—on which rested the multi-colored bulbs of the Christmas lights that were used—were made from rattan poles half an inch in diameter. A mesh of loosely woven, spray-painted abaca mat served as the wraparound cover. The “monumento” replica was fashioned out of plywood, with the human figures sculpted out of Styrofoam, and the entire thing covered with saw dust using an adhesive for a bronzed appearance. Perforation patterns, which were added for a stained-glass look, were made on the tower and base parts of the replica, while cellophane sheets of various colors were placed at the back; the base perforations depicted the Nativity. The entire piece stood on a wooden platform.
The award-winning, UE-made Christmas lantern won a P70,000 cash prize for the College of Fine Arts and a trophy for the Caloocan City Government. (There were 14 entries in all. The creations representing Taguig and Manila won 2nd and 3rd prizes, respectively.) The lantern is on display in UE Caloocan, at the lobby of the Tan Yan Kee Academic Building beside the Information Kiosk.
At the end of the display period, Dean Santiago observed, the Caloocan entry and only a few others were still standing; many of the other entries had collapsed due to strong winds during the 22-day exhibit period. The Caloocan-UE entry’s sturdy metal frame ensured that this winning star would stand—and proverbially stand tall—at the contest and the exhibit. Bert B. Sulat Jr., from a report by Dean Celino B. Santiago.
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Congrats UE College of Fine Arts*okay*
The group photo shows (from left) Prof. Ed Garcia, Ms. Ma. Rowena Dimaano of the Caloocan City Government, Dean Celino Santiago, Ms. Marylou San Buenaventura of the Caloocan City Cultural Affairs Office, Prof. Ellen Villanueva, and CFA students Ellaine Ibarreta, Sherwin Regalado, Jhoana Rae Soriano and Jordan Cruz at the awarding ceremony on Dec. 20.
The UE College of Fine Arts has made yet another grand prize-winning Christmas lantern, the latest entry winning for the Caloocan City Government and UE CFA the Grand Prize in the Department of Tourism’s “D.O.T.—Paskong Pasko sa Metro Manila 2008” Lantern-Making Contest.
The competition was open to all local government units of the National Capital Region, with each of the LGUs’ entries on colorful display at Rizal Park along Roxas Boulevard in Manila, from December 15, 2008 to January 5, 2009. Per the contest’s mechanics, the entries were required to be “symbolic of the participating LGU,” preferably used indigenous materials that “must be all-weather,” “must be adequately illuminated” and had an overall height of 12 feet. In addition, the “LGU’s sponsor’s name [in the entry], if any, must be discreet and in good taste.” The Caloocan City Government then turned to the UE College of Fine Arts.
The UE CFA faculty members involved were Advertising Professors Ellen Villanueva, Ed Garcia and Alex De Jesus. The UE CFA students who primarily worked on the project were Sherwin Regalado, Jordan Cruz, Jhoana Rae Soriano, Androu Fael Raye Valeriano and Ellaine Ibarreta—all 3rd-year Advertising students. UE CFA Dean Celino B. Santiago, who provided the structural inputs and scaled drawings and dimensions that guided the group, notes that other students also provided support during production.
The finished product is a marvel of design intricacy and attention to detail, even if the UE CFA team had just one week to make it. The traditional parol was the template, and Caloocan City was amply represented by a likeness of the famed Andres Bonifacio monument. Several, mainly indigenous materials were used. The star shape was formed using raffia fibers, while the circular enclosures were made of metal frames. The inner, star-flanking curls—on which rested the multi-colored bulbs of the Christmas lights that were used—were made from rattan poles half an inch in diameter. A mesh of loosely woven, spray-painted abaca mat served as the wraparound cover. The “monumento” replica was fashioned out of plywood, with the human figures sculpted out of Styrofoam, and the entire thing covered with saw dust using an adhesive for a bronzed appearance. Perforation patterns, which were added for a stained-glass look, were made on the tower and base parts of the replica, while cellophane sheets of various colors were placed at the back; the base perforations depicted the Nativity. The entire piece stood on a wooden platform.
The award-winning, UE-made Christmas lantern won a P70,000 cash prize for the College of Fine Arts and a trophy for the Caloocan City Government. (There were 14 entries in all. The creations representing Taguig and Manila won 2nd and 3rd prizes, respectively.) The lantern is on display in UE Caloocan, at the lobby of the Tan Yan Kee Academic Building beside the Information Kiosk.
At the end of the display period, Dean Santiago observed, the Caloocan entry and only a few others were still standing; many of the other entries had collapsed due to strong winds during the 22-day exhibit period. The Caloocan-UE entry’s sturdy metal frame ensured that this winning star would stand—and proverbially stand tall—at the contest and the exhibit. Bert B. Sulat Jr., from a report by Dean Celino B. Santiago.
http://www.ue.edu.ph/manila/uetoday/news/2009/01/images/cfa_parol_materials_labels.jpg
Congrats UE College of Fine Arts*okay*