EnglishAs stated before, I sought to understand and to read Sappho's poems myself. So naturally, I purchased the book If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Anne Carson and proceeded to take vigorous notes on all 194 poems. Much of the notes contained of me tracing every name she mentioned, recurring figures, themes and motifs, as well as linking every source that I found my information from.
After getting an understanding of who Sappho was, and coming to the firm conclusion that yes, she was a woman- people actually question that- and yes, she was a lesbian, I then proceeded to write poems of my own, and then black them out to show just how much the meaning of a text can be destroyed by removing pieces.
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ArtFor the art portion of this project, I sought to visually display the loss of Sappho's heart and soul as a result of the editing and fragmenting of her poems. After discussing with Mr. Grandi, we decided the best format to do this on was through the medium of 3D printed designs
Full Statue of Sappho design credit: Hugoelec via Thingiverse
Bust of Sappho design credit: SnacksOnSnacks via Thingiverse
I then proceeded to edit the files in four different ways via the website Tinkercad.
I only decided to print two of the four designs, one full body statue and one bust- the second statue and second bust to be exact. Two small statues were printed as a test to see which would work better for the final product.
The bust design ultimately printed better, so I then proceeded to do one more test with the white filament, making the statue 150.0mm in height to be sure that I'd have a final product in case the marble filament I desired didn't work. I also added a layer of clear paint to give it a shine.
My first attempt at printing the marble was... inefficient to put it simply.
But with one final print (and a bit of sanding), she was finally done
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