Emma Novak and her teacher, Jackie Wargo, hold Emma's elephant art project. (Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)
Using more than 5,400 brads and nearly 1,800 yards of thread, Emma Novak brought her creativity to life, winning the top prize at the Illinois High School Art Exhibition in March for her drawing of an elephant.
Emma, the daughter of Margaret and John Novak of Homewood, is just a sophomore, but her technique so impressed the judges that many said the picture was on par with work expected . . .
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