Hi everyone, we are Henry Sacks and Brandon Schall and we decided to use two pillars and planet Earth to represent the harmony between truth and peace. When we chose the verse from Pirkei Avot that the world stands on truth, justice, and peace, we decided to take this concept and create it in a literal sense. So, we made two pillars. One that says truth and one that says peace. We were motivated to design our prototype in this way because we believed that if a person can be truthful and peaceful, the world will become a better place. We can fix the world (Tikun Olam) if we can act in a way that portrays these characteristics. The goal of our visual representation of this idea emphasize the effect that truth and peace have on our world. They may seem like “normal” traits of a typical human, but when you think about it, truth and peace are fundamental aspects of having a thriving society.

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     We also used symbolic representations of truth and peace to enhance the appearance of our model. Included on the truth pillar is a dove. From Parshat Noach, the dove represented peace and deliverance as it brought back the olive branch to Noah’s Arc. Included on the peace pillar is a peace sign which adds meaning to the design. The earth on top of the pillars represents the cycle of life. The earth has the ability to spin around on top of the design. This conveys that life is a continuous process until death.

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     Finally, we chose to 3D print all of our prototypes because we felt that it was the best way to express our detailed extrusions in Fusion 360. With the text and details on our Earth, 3D printing these elements along with the pillars would allow the features to “pop out” to the viewer and catch their eye.

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     The digital model differs from the physical art piece in many ways. First of all, in the digital model, you can not convey the real colors that will be seen in real life. In the real-life model, the Earth will be blue and green to convey what the Earth really looks like. Also, we will paint the pillars and the support black which will make the visual of the model more appealing and really emphasize the colors of the earth. The pillars being black really show off the earth's features and the meaning of our piece because it makes you really see how special the earth is. The motivation for our art piece is that if someone can attain truth, peace, and justice the world will be a better place. We show this with the color because when someone can attain those 3 main attributes the earth will be a colorful and great place. The grass will be greener and the water will be pure blue. When you look at the model in Fusion you can not see the beauty that those attributes really make but in real life, the colors really illustrate what truth, peace and justice can really do and how important it is for all people to make sure they possess those three extremely important qualities. Furthermore, on the earth and our pillars, we have symbolic pieces that represent truth and peace. We have a dove and a peace symbol. On the fusion design the dove looks boring and the same color as the rest but when we fully create the art piece we will be painting the dove white will really make the dove appear so much more special and bring the whole art piece

together.