In this project, we choose a story from childhood as inspiration for the narrative or source of imagery and create a maquette to draw and photograph.
Build a shoebox sized 3-D Model. Using the existing silhouetted figures created in the previous section as physical cut out forms we will simulate space, by arranging the forms and lighting with a spot light. Our figure drawings from class are used as stand ins for characters in the story.
Narrative: Once there was a monkey monk, he found a way to be immortal, and that made him arrogant. He stole, lied, did whatever he wanted. No one could stop him, so the victims started to pray, pray for a punishment or at least a way to stop him. God heard them, so the god sent an enormous mountain on top of the monkey as a way to stop him. After a thousands years, the monkey monk was still under the mountain, nothing grew but hate, for the mountain, it became a lonesome valley, and spiky rocks grew instead of the trees. An other thousands years later, the mountain became a face of demon. Now, people wonder, what will happen after an other thousand year.
Three stages of the change of the mountain.
The model I build, it’s not only a mountain but also a mask, so that it could be worn on person and make the mountain actually alive.
Sketch of someone wearing my piece.
Work in progress.
The final piece worn by actual person.
