A Welcome Mat IAR 202

to kick of the new semester our first project is to design a welcome mat for a visitor from a country we selected from a hat, without using text. we need to create a prototype and is due at the end of the week.

My Country:

Jamaica

• art is influenced from culture
• island on west indies
• small
• made of volcanic hills, blue mountains, limestone plateau and coastal lowlands.
  
• discovered by Christopher Columbus on May 4, 1494
• resources include - sugar, coffee, spices , and tropical fruit
• constitutional parliamentary democracy
• weather: average 82
• currency: 62.50 to $1 US
• "Out of many, one people" - motto
• African and European influences ( include Music)
• English- main language, and Patois, a combination of english, spanish, portuguese and african
• landscapes made up of vibrant colors
• multi racial roots
• Economy: tourism, agriculture, mining, construction, and shipping

Symbols:

• Jamaican Coat of Arms
• Jamaican Bird: Doctor bird ( swallowtail humming bird)
• Jamaican Fruit: Ackee
• Jamaican Flower: Blue Mahoe
  
• Jamaican Tree: Lignum Vitae - wood of life

Ackee

Blue Mahoe

Jamaican Coat of Arms

Lignum Vitae

Doctor Bird