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The Abstract Text: Adinkra Symbolism As A Narrative In Drawing, Sherae Rimpsey
The Abstract Text: Adinkra Symbolism As A Narrative In Drawing, Sherae Rimpsey
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Objectives:
i. Discuss the history of Adinkra textiles and its processes.
ii. Establish the origin and significance of Adinkra symbols.
iii. Situate the Adinkra symbols within Abstraction and examine its narrative potential as a non-discursive mode of communication in drawing.
iv. Create iconography to be in dialog with Adinkra symbols as part of a constructed narrative.
Methodology: I utilized the three key principles of methodological research – participation, observation, and interview in order to have direct experience with Adinkra cloth processes. I felt that this was necessary in order to effectively make sense of and analyze Adinkra symbols. I interviewed …
The Social Lives Of Pots And Potters In The Kathmandu Valley, Briana Foley
The Social Lives Of Pots And Potters In The Kathmandu Valley, Briana Foley
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This paper investigates the changing status of ceramics in Thimi, Nepal. Pottery in the Kathmandu Valley is an ancient tradition, dating as far back as 400 AD. However, the rich craft is currently at a crossroads between extinction and innovation. The author’s project is to trace the lives of pots and the potters from the mid 20th century until present as they are imagined, remembered, and enacted by the human and clay inhabitants of Thimi. Rather than focusing on the aesthetic properties of pots, the author instead emphasizes the social relations that both surround and encounter them. This method aims …
William Hodges And Thomas Daniell: Picturesque Representations Of “Hindoostan”, Nathaniel Fitch
William Hodges And Thomas Daniell: Picturesque Representations Of “Hindoostan”, Nathaniel Fitch
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This independent research project is a case study and investigation of William Hodges (1744-1797), Thomas Daniell (1749-1840), and his nephew William Daniell (years). Through the mediums of drawings, oil on canvas paintings, and aquatints prints, these artists created representations of colonial India during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. As such images of India were lacking before they traveled to India, investigating their work is fruitful to addressing the power, challenge, and impact of representation.
This research begins with a description of these artists, the art aesthetic and political context in which they worked. Then, the question of how …