For my Methods of Iteration Project, I have chosen to explore digital sculpting using 3D software. Primarily using Cinema 4D, I plan to take a traditional iterative approach with a focus on improving my making skills and learning a new process by repetition.
Over a series of iterations I hope to produce a digital 3D rendering of a Silé na Gig. Though present in a variety of cultures, these carvings are closely associated with Ireland where they are often found over the doorways of ancient churches and other such buildings. Suggested meanings ascribed to Silé na Gig range from protection against evil spirits to fertility totems. In recent years, the carvings have seen a resurgence in the island’s cultural conscious as an emblem associated with Irish feminism.
I recreating this poem, I am drawn to the contrast between the ancient dimensions of my chosen subject and the throughly modern method by which I am interpreting it.
1 – Available at http://www.jameskitto.co.uk/photo_1827786.html (Accessed: 17 January 2021).
2- Available at http://tripfreakz.com/offthebeatenpath/sile-na-gig-sheela-ireland (Accessed: 17 Jan 2021).
3 -Available athttps://parabola.org/2020/01/21/sheela-na-gig/ (Accessed: 17 Jan 2021)