Title: Into the Afterlife
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches Medium: Block Printing Completion: Summer of 2021 Exhibition Text My Summer Project is to show life and death is about. This world is filled with hatred, war, global warming, and more and with all of that leads to death but with death comes peace. The purpose of my project is to go into the afterlife. My project shows the hand on the left side reaching for the hand on the right side which is the afterlife. The project was for it to connect to "The Creation of Adam. "The Creation of Adam." and was painted by Michelangelo. |
Inspiration
The inspiration I chose for my project is Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born Caprese, Italy on March 1475. He is known for his sculpture, architecture, and poetry. I chose him for inspiration because the painting that inspired me to create this piece was from his painting "The Creation of Adam." In Genesis 1:27 "God created man in his own image, in the image of God He Created him" This quote was from the Bible and was inspired to paint "The Creation of Adam." In the painting, it captures the scene of God creating the first man, Adam. it gave me the idea of 2 hands about to reach other from when God and Adam hands just about to reach each other which inspired me to do the same for my work. My project Into the Afterlife will have similar connection to The Creation of Adam.
The inspiration I chose for my project is Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born Caprese, Italy on March 1475. He is known for his sculpture, architecture, and poetry. I chose him for inspiration because the painting that inspired me to create this piece was from his painting "The Creation of Adam." In Genesis 1:27 "God created man in his own image, in the image of God He Created him" This quote was from the Bible and was inspired to paint "The Creation of Adam." In the painting, it captures the scene of God creating the first man, Adam. it gave me the idea of 2 hands about to reach other from when God and Adam hands just about to reach each other which inspired me to do the same for my work. My project Into the Afterlife will have similar connection to The Creation of Adam.
The Process
The first thing I did was used a pieces of block printing paper and gently made a line around the block paper. From there, I cut out the line and begin drawing. I first begin drawing the hands on both the block printing paper coming towards each other so that it'll look like their about to grab each other hands. For the right side, after drawing and carving the hand, I then drew flowers then shaded the back side for it could transfer to the block printing paper once I drew over it again. Next, I carefully carved it on the right side of the paper. Finally, I added 3 butterflies to the left side, then I did the same thing as to what I did when I drew the flower, I shaded the back side so it could transfer to the block printing paper once I traced all around the lines, then gently carved the butterflies. On the other block print paper after drawing and carving the hand, I then I drew a small bird on a branch then shaded and transfer my drawing to the block printing paper, afterwards I carefully carved the lines around the branch and the bird, I did the same thing with 2 skulls I carved at the bottom after drawing it and the flying crow. After that I tried getting creative with the details using different techniques, carved inside the butterflies, hands bird, and skulls for more details and the texture shows both smooth and rough on the lines.
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Reflection
The best part of this project was trying something new, I've never carving before and for a first timer, I am proud of how my piece turned out. The best part about my piece is the hands reaching towards each other, it looks very realistic and its also what I like about my piece. I do wish I would've thought of more creative ideas to add for the project. This project wasn't easy, It was a bit scary at first because it was my first time and I didn't want to make a big mistake. What was most challenging about this was carving, I would have a hard time with carving on the block and sometimes I wouldn't be to careful on the lines which would go out of the lines leaving a small line carved but I learned that I can't have a perfect piece the way I wanted to beat and overall, I am proud of what I did for my final piece. |
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ACT Response
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause- effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect on your artwork? I chose Michelangelo because his art shows realism which I admire, every details when it comes to his paintings are so realistic. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration? Michelangelo overall approach of his work is to have greater happiness and fulfillment in life. What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research? The central idea or theme of Michelangelo work is that love helps human beings in difficult effort. What kind of (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research? What I learned about Michelangelo was his belief is Spiritualism which is a belief that of spirits of the dead can exist in the living and the spirit world. |