Wood_cover.qxd (Page 1) - National Council of Teachers of English

88 Chapter 4Still opening these doorsheavier nowwith my own hands,weathered brown on brown.Artist Statement for Stanza Three:KevinThe line I liked most in this stanza was the last one, “weatheredbrown on brown,” so I decided to show how the hand and thedoor are both weathered. Ms. Wood brought in a bunch of scrapmetal and leaves from outside, and I found the perfect piece ofmetal. It was almost the same color as the leaves and it really washeavy. It was hard to make a hand out of crunched up leaves, butI wanted it to look as weathered as possible. I drew some glue inthe shape of a hand and made it look like it was reaching out toopen the door.Still holding soles and hammermending leather stubborn as my palmsgently drumminggently drumming.Artist Statement for Stanza Four:ScottFor stanza four, I made a hammer out of Model Magic and thesole of a shoe out of construction paper. I put the hammer above