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Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – Austin Peay State University (APSU) art student Jeremy Vega utters the phrase often: \u201cI kinda went a bit overboard.\u201d<\/p>\nHe used a version of the phrase to describe a robot he built entirely with cardboard: \u201cI kind of went over.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Austin Peay State University art student Jeremy Vega.<\/p><\/div>\n
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And he wrote those exact words on Instagram to describe the panda he 3D-printed for a friend: \u201cSomeone wanted me to draw a 2D panda playing the cello, so I was like, \u2018All right,\u2019 but I kinda went a bit overboard and made it in the next dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though his friends and classmates might avoid \u201coverboard\u201d when describing his art, they say he takes his class assignments to the \u201cnext level.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI like to go the extra mile,\u201d Vega, a sophomore who graduated from Northeast High in Clarksville, said. \u201cI like to challenge myself with my ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Rolling Cardboard Chair<\/h3>\n![\"Austin](\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/APSU-art-student-Jeremy-Vega-chair_horiz-480x320.jpg\" "\\"Austin")
<\/a>Austin Peay State University art student Jeremy Vega created this fully functioning and mobile chair for an assignment in Foundations Studio II.<\/p><\/div>\n
The assignment for the Foundations Studio II art class \u2013 if not the actual work \u2013 was simple: \u201cMake a chair from cardboard that you can sit in,\u201d Vega said.<\/p>\n
That set Vega\u2019s mind in motion: \u201cWhat would be really cool that everyone likes that they wouldn\u2019t do? I wanted to put moving parts on mine, to make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n
As he puts it, the chair took \u201clots of hours and dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI even burned myself in the process while also cutting myself accidentally countless of times,\u201d Vega said.<\/p>\n
[320left]The chair has a spinning umbrella, a steering feature, pedals and, of course, wheels. The chair rolls and turns.<\/p>\n
He also made a paper robot for the class.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou put the battery in here (the head), and you crank it, and the battery ends up down here,\u201d in the robot\u2019s belly.<\/p>\n
At the end of the class, Vega realized he likes to make art people can interact with.<\/p>\n
\u201cI noticed all my artwork for this class was something that someone could use in some way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Art Is My Passion\u2019<\/h3>\n![\"Austin](\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/APSU-art-student-Jeremy-Vega-arms-480x320.jpg\" "\\"Austin")
<\/a>Austin Peay State University art student Jeremy Vega displays some of the art he\u2019s created recently.<\/p><\/div>\n
Vega wasn\u2019t always this open about his art.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore college I wasn\u2019t social at all, I was very alone, antisocial, so I didn\u2019t have anyone to show my ideas, but here I can show my work and see their reactions, and that makes me want to create more.\u201d<\/p>\n
[320right]The change has been dramatic. He had never dressed up extravagantly for Halloween, for example, until this year.<\/p>\n
Vega was the big man on campus on Halloween day, strutting around Austin Peay as \u201cThe Mask,\u201d popularized by Jim Carrey\u2019s 1994 starring movie role. Vega created his mask from scratch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did some sketches up to college, nothing extraordinary,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I got here, I wanted to use the resources. I feel like I\u2019m pretty lucky to have this art department.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArt is my passion, above anything, above math, above science,\u201d Vega said. \u201cI really like it when someone sees my work and are, \u2018Oh, my gosh, that\u2019s so cool!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a>Austin Peay State University art student Jeremy Vega created this fully functioning and mobile chair for an assignment in Foundations Studio II.<\/p><\/div>\n
The assignment for the Foundations Studio II art class \u2013 if not the actual work \u2013 was simple: \u201cMake a chair from cardboard that you can sit in,\u201d Vega said.<\/p>\n
That set Vega\u2019s mind in motion: \u201cWhat would be really cool that everyone likes that they wouldn\u2019t do? I wanted to put moving parts on mine, to make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n
As he puts it, the chair took \u201clots of hours and dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI even burned myself in the process while also cutting myself accidentally countless of times,\u201d Vega said.<\/p>\n
[320left]The chair has a spinning umbrella, a steering feature, pedals and, of course, wheels. The chair rolls and turns.<\/p>\n
He also made a paper robot for the class.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou put the battery in here (the head), and you crank it, and the battery ends up down here,\u201d in the robot\u2019s belly.<\/p>\n
At the end of the class, Vega realized he likes to make art people can interact with.<\/p>\n
\u201cI noticed all my artwork for this class was something that someone could use in some way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Art Is My Passion\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/a>Austin Peay State University art student Jeremy Vega displays some of the art he\u2019s created recently.<\/p><\/div>\n
Vega wasn\u2019t always this open about his art.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore college I wasn\u2019t social at all, I was very alone, antisocial, so I didn\u2019t have anyone to show my ideas, but here I can show my work and see their reactions, and that makes me want to create more.\u201d<\/p>\n
[320right]The change has been dramatic. He had never dressed up extravagantly for Halloween, for example, until this year.<\/p>\n
Vega was the big man on campus on Halloween day, strutting around Austin Peay as \u201cThe Mask,\u201d popularized by Jim Carrey\u2019s 1994 starring movie role. Vega created his mask from scratch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did some sketches up to college, nothing extraordinary,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I got here, I wanted to use the resources. I feel like I\u2019m pretty lucky to have this art department.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArt is my passion, above anything, above math, above science,\u201d Vega said. \u201cI really like it when someone sees my work and are, \u2018Oh, my gosh, that\u2019s so cool!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a>Austin Peay State University art student Jeremy Vega displays some of the art he\u2019s created recently.<\/p><\/div>\n
Vega wasn\u2019t always this open about his art.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore college I wasn\u2019t social at all, I was very alone, antisocial, so I didn\u2019t have anyone to show my ideas, but here I can show my work and see their reactions, and that makes me want to create more.\u201d<\/p>\n
[320right]The change has been dramatic. He had never dressed up extravagantly for Halloween, for example, until this year.<\/p>\n
Vega was the big man on campus on Halloween day, strutting around Austin Peay as \u201cThe Mask,\u201d popularized by Jim Carrey\u2019s 1994 starring movie role. Vega created his mask from scratch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did some sketches up to college, nothing extraordinary,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I got here, I wanted to use the resources. I feel like I\u2019m pretty lucky to have this art department.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArt is my passion, above anything, above math, above science,\u201d Vega said. \u201cI really like it when someone sees my work and are, \u2018Oh, my gosh, that\u2019s so cool!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n