Shadow
Shut
year of creation: 2025-2026
materials: shiny sheets, posca pen, linocut print, star sticker, paper, scissor, glue, canvas
process: An artistic study from an old sketchbook resulted in some collage leaves for this work containing colors and pen marks. Shiny sheets from childhood were glued directly on, or glued onto A4 papers to provide more stability and then then cut into pieces. These shiny, memory filled materials can be found on parts of the fortune card too. Parts of the hermit linocut were glued on, creating objects in the sky and a person’s back.
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Kemet is one of the glorious African civilizations, in Egypt and Sudan. Kemet means Black land, possibly named after their fertile soil. They believed in one source of life, evident through their multiplication method, taught by Danita.
Math in Ancient Kemet: Multiplication #ancientkemet Danita Smith
https://www.youtube.com/live/jxXwldckbzE?si=mvoUorzZKy6tvV8M
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Shut is one of the aspects of the human soul in Kemet, translating to shadow. Shut represents a shade of a person, containing some and not all of their expression.
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Neteru (NTR) are forces of nature, representing concepts. Het-Heru is a daughter of Ra who represents imagination. The alter ego of Het-Heru is Sekhmet, a lioness. In a myth, Ra was angry at humanity. Sekhmet, raging, retaliated.
