an accordion idea

This is the concept I plan to use. except the tabs will be longer. The photos will be in the inside fold, and ELIMINATE will be stenciled on the outside

My refined 9 images of my word, "migration"

Here's the negative of our trial cut out. We cut out each letter twice, then glued them together and stood them up by pushing push pins into the back near the bottom to act as a kickstand.

Margie had some good ideas on the arrangement and placement of our word. She suggested moving the letters, maybe placing them in groups. Also there is a dumpster outside of art and design that she suggested we have our word going into.

prior to gluing them together

a look at our beautiful cut-outs

a better angle

an initial thought on placement

the work in progress

Nathan had the good idea to trace our printed paper so we didnt ruin the original

Our initial letter cut outs

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eliminate

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e·lim·i·nate

 /ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt/ Show Spelled[ih-lim-uh-neyt] Show IPA

–verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

1.

to remove or get rid of, esp. as being in some way undesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.

2.

to omit, esp. as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist.

3.

to remove from further consideration or competition, esp. by defeating in a contest.

4.

to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.

5.

Physiology . to void or expel from an organism.

6.

Mathematics . to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.

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Origin:
1560–70; 1915–20 for def. 4;  < L ēlīminātus  turned out of doors (ptp. of ēlīmināre ), equiv. to ē- e-  + līmin-,  s. of līmen  threshold + -ātus -ate¹

—Related forms

e·lim·i·na·bil·i·ty  /ɪˌlɪmənəˈbɪlɪti/ Show Spelled[ih-lim-uh-nuh-bil-i-tee] Show IPA, noun

e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective

non·e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective

pre·e·lim·i·nate, verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

un·e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective

well-e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective

—Synonyms
1, 2.  reject.

—Antonyms
2.  include.

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eliminate  (ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt)
— vb
1.	to remove or take out; get rid of
2.	to reject as trivial or irrelevant; omit from consideration
3.	to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a contest, usually by defeat
4.	slang  to murder in a cold-blooded manner
5.	physiol  to expel (waste matter) from the body
6.	maths  to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations
[C16: from Latin ēlīmināre  to turn out of the house, from e-  out + līmen  threshold]
usage Eliminate  is sometimes wrongly used to talk about avoiding the repetition of something undesirable: we must prevent  (not eliminate ) further mistakes of this kind
e'liminable
— adj
elimina'bility
— n
e'liminant
— n
e'liminative
— adj
e'liminatory
— adj
e'liminator
— n

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Word Origin & History

eliminate

1560s, from L. eliminatus , pp. of eliminare  "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine  "off the threshold," from ex  "off, out" + limine,  abl. of limen  "threshold." Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c.1795. Related: Eliminated ; eliminating .

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Medical Dictionary

elim·i·nate definition

Pronunciation:  /-ˌnāt/
Function: vt
-nat·ed ; , -nat·ing ; :  to expel (as waste) from the living body

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We did a big critique in class today. It was nice to see everyone's work, but would have been more beneficial if we were able to look at each one individually. 

this video inspires me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUAV_1jBJB4