I first designed this image using only cursive “I”s. The form of the “I”s created a kinesthetic creepy crawly effect as well as the body which creates the illusion of depth and movement.
Inspired by my peers, my sisters from Graphic & Illustration class, I had my A-Ha moment seeing their work. I finally understood how to make an animal with only letters. This might just be the perfect logo for me.
Bugs are my Spirit Animals.
Bugs have saved my sanity, they have given me strength and GREAT power when I felt so scared, alone, sad, small. Centipedes are a Favorite. If you look closely you can see several different symbols for Buddha or a Meditation pose of a figure(s). Bugs have been a place of Peace and Tranquility. #CentipedeSpirit Centipede made with all “I”s “i”‘s Makes sense since “I” feel like a centipede spirit at times. #makemasarte Mirror image of my centipede mades of “I”s. Found my place of PEACE in the center .
THIS HAS SO MUCH MEANING TO ME
You can see the Buddha or a Meditative pose of a figure(s)
Celeste Contreras is a Xicana - Indigenous artist who works in mixed mediums to share stories of ceremony, culture and tradition. Her work includes illustrations, print, book arts and animation. Her research includes storytelling through images and objects, exploring the condition of the book and book form and recalling the palimpsests of intergenerational trauma from migration and genocide of ancestors to relearning and decolonizing through ceremony. Currently enrolled as an MFA student at UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, focused in Print and Narrative Form and holds a BFA from Alverno College. Contreras was the 2019 Gathering Art, Stories and Place Artist-in-Resident with the Milwaukee Public Library where she published a 200 edition box set of artists’ books, Artist in the Library, that will be distributed throughout libraries in Milwaukee and libraries around the country. Contreras is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she lives with her husband and cats in the Riverwest neighborhood.
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