My senior thesis project was called: Arbejdsglaede, or rather it's pronounciation "ah-bice-gluhe."
It is a Danish word that literally translates to: “work happiness”. In other words, it’s a simple way to say that you love what you do in your career.
I believe in doing what you love, and finding happiness in your everyday work. My project was about helping students in the creative arts field learn and discover how to do just that. Art education is important, and has proven to be beneficial to every student, as well as having an effect on their performance in other subjects. Many students don’t have the opportunity to create art in schools, or realize they have a talent for it because of the lack of support. My arts education was so important to my path and success in school, that I needed to create something that could help other students discover what I did.
I created a set of folders that could easily be implemented into schools, depending on level of education in consideration with the amount of resources available in each classroom. Each folder example teaches the basics of patterns, which includes a step by step walk-through and an artist feature that highlights how someone is using this art form as their career.
Each folder is in black and white and printed on a material that allows for a student to color it in however they wish. Though my examples only highlight making patterns, the idea is that these folders could be modified for many different subjects, such as: photography, painting, ceramics, logo design, embroidery, and so on.