TWELVE EARTHEN VESSELS: A BFA FINAL EXHIBITION AND THE IDEOLOGY, THE PROCESSES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE SURFACES BEHIND THE FORMS

Authors

Matthew Tyler Williams, Brigham Young University

Keywords

burial rites, AngloSaxons, Vikings, voyage

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

Abstract

During the past two years I have developed a body of work that’s centered on these sculptural boat forms. I became interested in the boat as a symbol while learning about the burial rites of the AngloSaxons and Vikings. These peoples believed by burying their dead In a ship, or by including a representation of a boat at the grave site, that the souls of their dead were assured passage into the after life. The sculptural boat forms that I have made are meant to also depict this theme of voyage. They are to represent different episodes of man’s voyage through this life and Into the next.

Recommended Citation

Williams, Matthew Tyler (2014) "TWELVE EARTHEN VESSELS: A BFA FINAL EXHIBITION AND THE IDEOLOGY, THE PROCESSES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE SURFACES BEHIND THE FORMS," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 409.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/409