eyes

 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/photographer-creates-stunning-artwork-by-taking-close-up-images-of-eyes-each-one-is-unique/

What do you see? What do you think this story is about? How has the artist created this picture?

Andriana Green is an artist who uses a part of the human body in their art.

What part of the human body is Andriana using in the picture above?

Andriana uses close-ups of the human eye in their art. 

What part of the eye can you see in the picture? Do you know how the different parts of the eye are named? 

Andriana's art uses the patterns and colours of the iris. She uses the iris because  each pattern in the human iris is unique. She is showing the complex and intricate textures hidden in the human iris which give our eyes character; "Everyone's eye is different, reflecting our personality, emotions and identity."

What do you think about this statement? Can you see textures in the iris in the photo above? How can an iris reflect all those things?

Andriana says, "I used to think people had just green, brown or blue eyes. But with these pictures you can really see all the different lines and areas of the eye, everyone really is unique."

"I find them truly fascinating. They look like something from outer space, almost like planets themselves." Andriana compares the human eyes to snowflakes or fingerprints.

What are the comparisons to planets, fingerprints, snowflakes? How is an iris similar?

- What is art?

- Is this real art? why?

- Why did Andriana think all eyes looked the same before she started doing this work?

- We often talk about just having blue eyes, green eyes or brown eyes... what can we learn from Andriana's art?

- Andriana has used a bike and balloons in the pictures here, what other pictures could she create using the iris?

- Can you recognise someone's race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, sex, age from these pictures of a person's iris? What does that show us about a person and about humans?

- What can we learn from Andriana about humans and humanity?

- Why is this about No Outsiders? (everyone is unique, different, Andriana is using amazing, beautiful differences in humans to make amazing, beautiful art)

- Can we relate this story to British values? (individual liberty/ mutual respect)

No Outsiders: We belong here by Andrew Moffat

www.no-outsiders.com