Trying to make things that look ancient. 1st experiment.

Hello!

So, after seeing some of Markus Selg - an artist whose sculpture make you feel like you in a museum rather than a gallery. I thought I'd look into some of the artefacts he may have been referencing and decided to make my take on a Boli (here's a small article on them http://www.randafricanart.com/Bamana_Boli_PB.html).

It's plaster and straw. I think I'd like to try mixing some more organic materials into it as with the Boliw themselves; although I can't say I'll be going as far as blood which has been found in some Boliw.

Sorry the location isn't more glamourous but as the figure is LIFE SIZE it is flipping heavy!!!

What do you think?

Chicken wire base.

Because if you're portraying an epic story you have to have a naked lady.

Day Eighteen: A portrayal of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Pastel, Pen and Watercolour

This was really tough!!! Trying to capture the epic nature of the story in one image was hard but I hope I've done it some justice.

Garrr, this didn't photograph very well but I'm still pleased with it. A friend of mine requested my interpretation of roughly these verses of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:

'Are those her ribs through which the sun
Did peer, as through a grate?
And is that Woman all her crew?
Is that a Death? and are there two?
Is Death that Woman's mate?

Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.'


I must admit I sacrificed being completely accurate for appearance when it came to 'skin as white as leprosy' as the piece was lacking some colour contrast to the cold colours - I'm sure I could have made it work but alas, time constraints!


I am really pleased with my night sky and giving Death a cow's head - I didn't want to do the archetypal image of death yet still wanted him to recognisable so I tried a few different skulls. 


And if you haven't read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and don't really understand what's going here there's a boob for you.