Christmas Art Story Competition
On December 1, James Pal-pal Latoc went to Notre Dame University in Sydney to compete in the Visual Art Christmas Story Competition. 1,100 students entered, and James was one of the talented 88 students chosen to display his artwork at the University. It is a huge achievement to be selected to show his work and we send him a huge congratulations. James spent hours completing his artwork and reflection statement which you can see below.
My artwork was inspired by Luc-Oliver Merson’s ‘Rest In the Flight to Egypt’ which I tried to turn into an origami sculpture. I chose to do origami because it is an interest and hobby of mine that would allow my artwork to be unique and three dimensional. Origami originates from Japan allowing the artwork to link to my Japanese background. The blue colour of Mary’s clothes symbolises peace and the red of Joseph’s robes symbolises his love for Mary. I tried to capture the magnificence of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, that is the reason for the size of the paper pyramids. The water represents the rough journey they had to go through. The sea is treacherous and could bring a boat down at any moment but Mary, Joseph, Jesus and the donkey managed to pull through it.