Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2013
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art and Design
First Advisor
Christina West
Second Advisor
Mark Burleson
Third Advisor
John Decker
Fourth Advisor
Ruth Stanford
Abstract
My porcelain sculptural work explores the passage from life to death in the form of boat imagery. Many cultures and belief systems have water and boat references in their mythoi surrounding the passage of the soul or spirit to the afterlife. I combine many disparate boat elements into each piece in order to allude to an archetypal form. The black and white tones refer to mourning rituals of various cultures as well as the traditional practice of scrimshaw, in which sailors once made carvings on whale bone or walrus tusks and then inked the lines. My boats are intended as metaphors for passage into the afterlife and symbols of human commonality. They hold their place in both the physical and the spiritual realms.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/4035706
Recommended Citation
Moody, William R., "Liminal." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4035706