Thursday, April 9, 2009

The Transylvanian Shepherd and his sheep (Miorit,a)




The shepherd is one of the main symbols of Romanian/Moldovan folklore as is the magical sheep that helps him commune with nature. I was intending to make a stop-motion animation film about Moldovanness, but that never really materialized. Instead I have the shepherd and the sheep. The shepherd is made of crushed aluminum foil, batting and taffeta with ball joints. The sheep is made from styrofoam, polyester batting, fabric, brushed silk twine... Their faces are from paper clay.

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