“Who am I?” Final Project Artist Statement

ARTIST STATEMENT

From the time I was a young boy, I was told I was of Indian heritage.

My great grandmother and grandfather were full Indian, and my mother is half Indian.

The name 'Nakeil' is actually an Indian name. I was also told I have plenty of family living over there too. Many aunts, uncles, and cousins. The reason I decided to go into the direction of making a mask for this project is because I am very proud of my Indian culture. Their style of art is very unique and different from the rest of the world. There's a very interesting cultural flare to their art that I can't put my fingers on. I made this mask by applying paper mache to a plastic face mold. After the paper dried, I outlined the designs I wanted on it. Then I painted over the mask and there you have it! The Element I used was 3 dimensional, I picked this because alot more can be achieved in 3D.