GAIL SHAW-CLEMONS' CONTRIBUTION in ADJOA BURROWES'S BOOK


"Say their Name" is the title of Adjoa's book, which inspired me to create this page. It was a challenging experience because I had to design it to withstand an origami fold. Working with collage made the paper too thick to fold, therefore I had to leave spaces on the fold lines so that it could fold easily. Hopefully, my measurements were correct.

The mask is a gel medium transparent print of a drawing. The transparency print allowed me to add colored shapes behind it while still being able to see through it. On the sides of the face I reversed the process by collaging colored paper on the top of the image.

I strategically intersected parts of the face with "BLACK LIVES MATTER" because Say Their Name is almost synonymous with that mantra. At the bottom of the face under the mouth is a list of people who have been wrongfully killed by the police.

The request to "Say Their Name" is to ensure that they aren't forgotten and to understand that they deserve to still be alive right now, instead of on this list of people who have been killed by the very people who get paid to protect them, in a country where we are suppose to be free, under a judicial system that is suppose to be equal.

Sample of my processes:
Inking process being printed on black paper.

Deciding the layout, while leaving space on the fold lines.

Developing the composition, while deciding where to include the names.











 

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