Dome of Religion
The object that I chose has a very religious aspect. The designs on it are Arabic letters and they say Allah. When I got home to think about what I should choose, I asked myself, if my house got caught on fire and I only can save one thing, what would it be. There are many things I would save, but I wanted to pick things from my room and I saw this. I wanted to keep the religious theme and wanted my box to be religious. So I decided to do the Dome of the Rock located in Jerusalem.
I made my octagonal structure out of cardboard. The dome, however, is not made out of cardboard. Instead it is paper machete over a balloon. The balloon deflated overnight, but the dome shape remained. So the dome is only paper towels and glue. I'm surprised it did not break. The paint that I used was not regular acrylic paint. It was puffy paint. After it dries it stays puffy. That is why the texture looks unique and cool. I chose the colors that were very similar to the actual place. Obviously, the designs are not just one "doorway" with written words in it. I came up with this idea. The written text is the 99 names of Allah. I chose eight because there are eight sides. The final result is amazing and what I wanted it to be. |