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Margaret Klute from Portland, Oregon

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:31:55 +0000

Created by Margaret Klute from Portland, Oregon

Title: Klute Crater

Dream Theme: Science / Technology

Materials: Cotton fabric and batting

Techniques: Photo printing on fabric, machine appliqué, piecing and quilting

I am trying to get to my father.

I studied geology, which was one of his hobbies.
and caught a trace of him there.
I am reading about bombs.
Robert Oppenheimer.
and the secret city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
I am reading about rockets.
and Warner Von Braun.
and the race to the moon.
My father didn’t go to the moon.
but he tried to get others there.
and his name is there.
His work was first about airplane engines.
then purifying uranium to make atomic bombs.
then modeling three dimensional elasticity.
then designing combustion stability in
the chambers of the Saturn V rocket.
And then to end it all all.
there was some kind of explosion.
in the chambers of his heart.
More than one.
And so I cannot get to him.
I sift through the blast debris just for a trace.

(Poem by Margaret Klute, November 14, 2008)

What is your artwork about?

This Dream Rocket panel honors my father, Daniel O’ Donnell Klute, (1921-1964). He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from University of Michigan in 1942 with a degree in Engineering. During WWII, he worked for the Chrysler Institute in Detroit, developing aircraft engines for the war effort while earning his Master’s degree. My mother, Frances Mary Kramer, also worked there, hired for a war time job testing experimental airplane engines. They married in 1945, and moved immediately to Oakridge, Tennessee, where my father worked in the Manhattan Project. After the war, they moved to California, and Daniel earned his PhD at UC Berkeley in 1950, and then joined the Space Race. At the time of his death from a heart attack in 1964, he was working for Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, California. There he played a key role in solving the combustion instability problem in the F-1 engine that would go on to power the Saturn V rocket to the moon. After his death he received a Public Service Award from NASA. In 1970, the International Astronomical Union named a crater on the far side of the moon in his honor, as a representative of the engineers and technologists who contributed to the moon landing.

My parents welcomed nine children between 1948 and 1962. Daniel was a devoted family man, and an avid hiker and camper. Yosemite National Park and Death Valley were favorite destinations. He pursued hobbies of photography, woodworking and geology, and sang in his church choir. He designed and had built an amazing addition to our house in Granada Hills, California, where we continued to live until we were all grown. My mother never remarried, but devoted herself to raising our family until her death in 2006. We have always taken great pride in knowing that our father made a significant contribution to the Space Race, and it is in that spirit that I am contributing this panel to the Dream Rocket.

Did you enjoy working on this project?
This was an educational and emotionally rewarding process for me as I researched about my father's career, and gathered family photos and documents. I finished sewing the panel in 2011, and planned to send it then as a part of the 'closure' process, but found I could not part with it. I have since finished making an exact replica, which I will keep in my home.

Image Captions and Sources:

1. My Father’s Rocketdyne business card.

2. My mother, Frances Klute receiving the NASA Public Service Award from Warner von Braun in May, 1965.

3. My fathers Dissertation defense announcement, University of California, June, 1950.

4. My parents on their wedding day, May 8, 1945.

5. My father with my brother Mike at graduation from UC Berkeley, June, 1950.

6. My father equipped for hiking with camera and binoculars in Death Valley, California, ~1960.

7. F-1 Engine at Kennedy Space Center. (NASA)*

8. The nine Klute children in our backyard in Granada Hills, California, 1963.

9. Me with my parents in May, 1964, about 4 months before my father died.

10. The Klute children and extended families at a family wedding in July, 2009.

11. A montage of Saturn V launches, 1967 – 1973. (NASA)*

12. Location of Klute Crater on the moon.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Klute+Crater

13. NASA Lunar Chart, Sky and Telescope magazine, Vol. 40, No. 5, November 1980.

14. F-1 Engine diagram. (NASA)*

15. View of the Saturn V looking in the 5 F-1 engines. (NASA)*

(NASA)* - Public domain images from NASA, via Wikipedia.
All other images are from family photos and documents.

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Sophia, a 4th grade student at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:56:03 +0000

Created by Sophia, a 4th grade student at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI
Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak
Title: God Loves Everyone
Dream Theme: Community
About: God Loves Everyone. The world with a cross and heart ~ radiating.
Materials and techniques used: Acrylic paint on primed canvas.

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Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:37:25 +0000

Created by Amina, Katherine, and Ava, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Peace for the World

Dream Theme: Peace

About: This artwork is about how we want to design world peace.

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic paint on primed canvas

Created by Ethan and Aldo, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: World Peace

Dream Theme: Peace

About: To make the world a better place

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic paint on primed canvas

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Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:32:24 +0000

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Quest Students from Meridian, Mississippi

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:44:59 +0000

Created by 4th Grade Quest Students from Meridian, Mississippi

Teacher: Mrs. McDaniel

Title: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Which do You Choose?

Theme: Conservation, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Conservation

Materials and Techniques: Cotton, sharpie markers, acrylic paint, newspaper, and masking tape

Created by 4th Grade Quest Students from Meridian, Mississippi

Teacher: Mrs. McDaniel

Title: Helping Hands Will Heal Our Land

Theme: Be Kind to the Earth and the Earth Will Be Kind to You, Conservation

Materials and Techniques: canvas cloth, cardboard, weaving looms, yarn, beads, acrylic paint, and sharpie markers

Created by 4th Grade Quest Students in from Meridian, Mississippi

Teacher: Mrs. Mindy McDaniel

Title: They Need us to Save Them

Theme: Conservation

Materials and Techniques: weaving looms, recycled bands of nylon and cotton, iron on transfer, and sharpie markers

Created by 3rd Grade Quest Students from Meridian, Mississippi

Teacher: Mrs. McDaniel

Title: Hands Will Heal Our Land

Theme: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Conservation

Materials and Techniques: canvas cloth, acrylic paint, weaving looms, recycled bands of nylon and cotton, and sharpie marker

Created by QUEST Students from Meridian, Mississippi

Teacher: Mindy McDaniel

Title: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Dream Theme: Conservation, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Materials and techniques used: Recycled materials such as plastic bags, crepe paper, aluminum foil, ribbon, acrylic paint, sharpie marker, canvas, and thread for stitching. Students used the recycled materials and beads to create a weaving. They used the acrylic paints to create the Earth and sharpie markers to write their words.

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Quest Students from Meridian, Mississippi

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:27:07 +0000

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Kristina and Amber, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:34:16 +0000

Created by Kristina and Amber, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI
Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak
Title: Education for Everyone
Dream Theme: Education
About: Everyone should respect others no matter what color. No one should make fun of others.

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Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:11:06 +0000

Created by Marie and Yazmin, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Helping the World

Dream Theme: Recycling

About: Helping the world become a better place by recycling and not wasting supplies.

Created by Adam and Madison, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Green School

Dream Theme: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Conservation

About: A green school that sends the message to people that they should recycle

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic paint on primed canvas.

Created by Alina, Claire, and Morgan, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Recycling Team

Dream Theme: Recycle

About: This art work showed how important recycling is. Because if we don’t recycle there will be very, very bad oxygen, oceans, life in the oceans, pollution too!

Materials and techniques used: Pencil, sharpie, acrylic, primed canvas

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Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:52:40 +0000

Created by Nicholas and Nolan, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Peace around the World

Dream Theme: Peace

About: Giving peace to the world

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic paint, paint brushes and primed canvas

Created by Arabella and Emily, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Peace to the World

Dream Theme: Peace

About: Ribbon and crosses around the world

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic paint on canvas

Created by David and Michael, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Peace to the World

Dream Theme: Peace

About: We draw two hands shaking to show peace and an earth in the background made out of a peace sign to show peace to the world.

Materials and techniques used: Paint, brushes, water, and primed canvas.

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Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:32:43 +0000

Created by Evan and Rebecca, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Pets Have Rights Too

Dream Theme: Animal Rights / Freedom

About: Pets have rights too! Pets can have freedom.

Created by Sydney and Kate, 4th grade students at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, MI

Teacher: Sharon Wnetrzak

Title: Freedom of the World

Dream Theme: Freedom

About: It is about having freedom in all countries.

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Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:53:07 +0000

Created by Mrs. Ashcraft’s 3rd Grade QUEST Students at Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Organization: Lauderdale County Intellectually Gifted Program

Teacher: Mrs. Ashcraft

Dream Theme: Peace

Materials and techniques used: Glue batik with acrylic on canvas

Participants: Kayde, Jabarence, James, Maggie, Natalie, Brianna

Created by Mrs. Ashcraft’s 4th Grade QUEST Students at Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Organization: Lauderdale County Intellectually Gifted Program

Teacher: Mrs. Ashcraft

Dream Theme: Peace

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic on canvas

Participants: Annessa, Christian, Kaitlyn, Olivia, Makayla, Chaquez, Evan, Hallie

Created by Mrs. Ashcraft’s 3rd Grade QUEST Students at Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Organization: Lauderdale County Intellectually Gifted Program

Teacher: Mrs. Ashcraft

Dream Theme: Peace

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic on canvas with iron on transfer

Participants: Jonathon, Patricia, McKenna, Kayla, Kylah, Zariah, Raven, Cody, Jakayla, Trinity, Allen, Matthew

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Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:30:47 +0000

Created by Mrs. Ashcraft’s 3rd Grade QUEST Students at Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Organization: Lauderdale County Intellectually Gifted Program

Teacher: Mrs. Ashcraft

Dream Theme: Peace

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic on canvas with iron on transfer

Participants: Jonathon, Patricia, McKenna, Kayla, Kylah, Zariah, Raven, Cody, Jakayla, Trinity, Allen, Matthew

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Allen Family from Enterprise, MS

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:19:29 +0000

Created by the Allen Family from Enterprise, MS

Title: Help Our Earth

Dream Theme: Reuse and Recycle

Participants: Jack Allen, Winki Allen, Dylan Neal, Daniel Bryant

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Allen Family from Enterprise, MS

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:13:33 +0000

Created by the Allen Family from Enterprise, MS

Title: Help Our Earth

Dream Theme: Reuse and Recycle

Participants: Jack Allen, Winki Allen, Dylan Neal, Daniel Bryant

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Girl Scout Troop 524 from Milton, FL

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:32:48 +0000

Created by Girl Scout Troop 524 from Milton, FL

Organizer: Pat Madison

With the Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle

If you could choose the next International Fiber Collaborative project, what would you like to see?

A national display in Washington DC where fibers and yarns are utilized in a unique way.

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Quest Group E (2nd IG Gifted Students) at Northeast Elementary School

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:11:38 +0000

Created by Quest Group E (2nd IG Gifted Students) at Northeast Elementary School

Teacher: Mrs. Cynthia D. Willis

Title: Love Is the Key to Equality

Theme: Equality

Materials and Techniques: We used painter drop cloth canvas, fabric markers, acrylic paints, and fabric for backing. We used the sketches we made and each member of the group added items to the panel. The teacher sewed the fabric to the panel for the border and backing.

Why did students choose this theme and design? The group enjoyed working on this project. The class did a unit on Inventors and Inventions and learned that the future belongs to those who dare to dream. Everyone must learn to dream and use their imaginations. They used the quote by Albert Einstein- “Imagination is better than knowledge” as their inspiration. The students learned that we must be willing to try new things and take risk. They learned that many of the inventions we enjoy are mistakes that people made when they tried to invent something else. Each student added quotes to the panel to encourage others to use their imaginations.

Participants: Cynthia Willis, Teacher of Gifted Students;
Lindy, Shelby, Sierra, Anne-Elise, Regan, Gavin, Kendis, Luke, and Michael

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Quest Group A (2nd IG Gifted Students) and Northeast Elementary School

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:40:55 +0000

Created by Quest Group A (2nd IG Gifted Students) and Northeast Elementary School

Teacher: Mrs. Cynthia D. Willis

Title: Dream Big – Actions Make Dreams Come True

Theme: Inventors and Inventions

Materials and Techniques: We used painter drop cloth canvas, fabric markers, acrylic paints, and fabric for backing. We used the sketches we made and each member of the group added items to the panel. The teacher sewed the fabric to the panel for the border and backing.

Why did students choose this theme and design? The group enjoyed working on this project. The class did a unit on Inventors and Inventions and learned that the future belongs to those who dare to dream. Everyone must learn to dream and use their imaginations. They used the quote by Albert Einstein- “Imagination is better than knowledge” as their inspiration. The students learned that we must be willing to try new things and take risk. They learned that many of the inventions we enjoy are mistakes that people made when they tried to invent something else. Each student added quotes to the panel to encourage others to use their imaginations.

Participants: Cynthia Willis, Teacher of Gifted Students; Tracey LaTayjai, Kymmie, Preston, Katilyn, Eboni, Elizabeth, Kyle, Ethan, Halee, and Elijah

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Quest Group A (2nd IG Gifted Students) and Northeast Elementary School

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:36:51 +0000

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Girl Scout Troop 524 from Milton, FL

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:36:23 +0000

Created by Girl Scout Troop 524 from Milton, FL

Title: Magic of Imagination + Power of Love for Animals = Daring Dreams Taking Off

Dream Theme: Conservation and Imagination

Participants: Emery, Lyric, Shelee, Marina, Sophia, Hazel, and Riley

Techniques and materials used? Sewing machine, stickers, embellishments, vinyl, fabrics, buttons, feathers, markers, beads, photos, scrap clothes, ribbons, paper crafts

What is your submission about: The girls love animals and they are budding artists. They chose imagination and conserving animals. There is also music intertwining within.

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Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:12:43 +0000

Created by Quest Group B (2nd IG Gifted Students) from Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS
Teacher: Mrs. Cynthia D. Willis
Title: Peace Now
Theme: Peace

Materials and techniques used:
We used painter drop cloth canvas, fabric markers, acrylic paints, dot paint, permanent markers and African print fabric for backing. We used the sketches we made and each member of the group added the items to the panel. We used acrylic paint to make our hand prints. Skyler used fabric markers to make tye-dye patterns and peace signs in the dots. The teacher sewed the fabric to the panel for the border and backing.

Why did students choose this theme and design?
The group enjoyed working on this project. The class did a unit on Freedom, Equality, and peace. The group learned that not all people enjoy the peace that we now have in the USA. We each wrote the word peace in another language. The group worked together to create the design because they wanted the world to know that together “Hand in Hand” we can work for peace.

Participants:
Cynthia Willis, Teacher of Gifted Students; Kyley, Tyson H., Monthaj, Gabby, Daniel, Skyler, Aubry, Wallace, and Gabe (not pictured)

Created by Mrs. Ashcraft’s 4rd Grade QUEST Students at Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Organization: Lauderdale County Intellectually Gifted Program

Teacher: Mrs. Ashcraft

Dream Theme: Peace

Materials and techniques uesed: Acrylic on canvas with iron on transfer

Participants: Emma Grace, Mason, Matthew, Bryant, Mia, Annalyssa, Bayleigh, Brandon, Trevor, Justin, Brandon, Toan, Abdias

Created by Mrs. Ashcraft’s 4th Grade QUEST Students at Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, MS

Organization: Lauderdale County Intellectually Gifted Program

Teacher: Mrs. Ashcraft

Dream Theme: Peace

Materials and techniques used: Acrylic on canvas with iron on transfers

Participants: Dayana, Karyiah, Abdurahman, Spencer, Tal, Christian, Brandon

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