Layering: Diamond Mining Africa

 

I read about the diamond industry in Africa recently. I read that families are forced to work for the mining of diamonds due to poverty. And many make less than a dollar a day. Many of the people are children who are denied an education. These people are put into theses situations and a forced to adjust to their environments. 

Another layering work. I began with a map of Africa, layered over a diamond design, found my figures, and then  found my text. 

Lines and Forms

Another working idea in my drawing class. Same concept with finding the forms within the environment. However, this time I'm finding those forms on tracing paper. That way I am able to obviously show where the form is, but at the same time I can remove the tracing paper and the form disappears. Meaning, they are there, just not seen.

Materials: Paper, ink, marker, tracing paper. tape