Journal Entry "Reflection"

After reflecting upon my approaches to my journal entries I came up with this. I began this journal by depicting my research directly thus illustrated in the first thought bubble (ex. "Title Page", "Rapa Nui", "Prehistory Beauty"). An escalator goes to the next because at this time I was easily creating entries. Second I got many freelance jobs so I combined entries with them (ex. "Mystical Tutor", "Tiki Turmoil"). The next thought bubble depicts how in this section I examined the present and tried practices of the past through collecting herbs for dyeing and collecting color studies ("Found Color Studies", "Naturally Dyed Cloth"). The fourth bubble shows how I started interpreting ancient beliefs for my final entries (ex. "African Zombie", "Atlantis Lives", "Medusa" etc). Finally my celebration after completing the journal.

Journal Entry "The Lost Colony"

One of history's mysteries to be sure.

Journal Entry "Fox Mask"

The fox is often the trickster. A mask for one of my professors.

Journal Entry "Ratatoskr"

The Norse squirrel god...

Journal Entry "Norse Moomin Papa Troll"

In many old Norse mythologies there were friendly trolls.

Journal Entry "Medusa"

A quick gouache painting of Medusa.

Journal Entry "African Zombie"

I was researching the origins of the term "zombie" and found the ancient definition of the term to be quite interesting. In Africa a dead corpse can be reanimated by a Bokor (a sorcerer). I thought about the implications of such a power on the corpse of a mixture of creatures, in this case a hyena.

"Atlantis Lives" Journal Entry

Atlantis obviously survived the flood by making their city on the back of a giant crab...

"Tiki Turmoil Tiles" Journal Entry

Concept sketches for a board game Mary and I are designing based on the pacific pantheon.

"Hanging Gardens" Journal Entry

The legendary Hanging Gardens.

"Zeus" Journal Entry

A more elemental interpretation of Zeus.

"Sword in the Stone" Journal Entry

Based on the ancient legend of King Arthur and the sword in the stone. Drawn with Copic Markers

"Naturally Dyed Cloth" Journal Entry

In response to Chad's class challenge I dyed cloth using natural navajo coloring techniques. The process included boiling the cloth with brown onion skins and wild flowers from Colorado. They mostly turned out to be a tan color with subtle variation but was still a fun process.

The Chart I used and the ingredients

Cloth cooking with Brown Onion skins

The finished Cloth

Finished piece based on Colorado landscape