Task 4: ‘Forgotten Objects’ Project:
Object: a sword. It came from a slain soldier and got stuck in the ground. Nature has taken a hold of it. Ivy is starting to creep up on it and animals are crawling on it. The sword is happy with this. He likes the peace and quiet. He likes being a force used for good. The moonlight reflects on it at night, and it shines despite the lack of sun. It shines bright and rust leaves it alone. It’s owner rots and so does his bloody history.
The story will be from the snake’s perspective:
He moved down the curvature of the sword, wrapping tightly around it as if to claim it as his own. The shiny thing had been standing for a few years, its owner lay slain beneath it, her body strangely not succumbing to the rot that most earthly beings eventually fall too. He mused this as he watched the stars shine brightly, illuminating this strange scene. He reminisced upon how the object came to be, with a 1000-year war, fighting over something they had long forgotten and forgiven each other about, just war for the sake of competition, and proving who the stronger would be. What a strange rivalry, he thought, and how very human.
I wanted to show the contrast between the ethereal and beautiful sword and natures scenery with stars and clouds and the rotting dead corpse lying beside it takes up half of the page. I specifically made it stick above the pictures so the audience can’t ignore it, as it is a part of nature. Death is beautiful and uncontrollable is the message this triptych is bringing across.
This is a mood-board for triptychs – this is where I got the idea to have it partially stick over the separate pictures, as well as to have each image have a slightly separate style and colour.
Thumb nail sketchesThis is a link to the final design