WHAT IF?

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Divine Uwadiale
01/11/2017
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Angie Lewin
Influence Maps
Moederaarde Travelogue
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 ANGIE LEWIN
Angie Lewin is a British printmaker working in linocut,
wood engraving, lithography (printing from a flat
surface) and screen printing. Angie was born in 1964 in
Cheshire. Angie studied BA (Hons) Fine Art Printmaking
at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design
between 1983 and 1986; followed by a years part-time
postgraduate printmaking at Camberwell School of Arts
and Crafts. After working in London as an illustrator, she
studied horticulture for a while but then decided to
move back to Norfolk in order to make a return to
printmaking. Printmaking was a definite passion for
Lewin. She now mainly lives and works in Scotland. As
well as designing fabrics and stationery for St.
Jude which she runs with her husband Simon. In 2006
she was elected to The Royal Society of Painter-
Printmakers; in 2008 to The Society of Wood Engravers;
in 2010 was elected to The Art workers guild, and in
2016 was elected to The Royal Watercolour Society. Her
work can currently be seen in these galleries.
INFLUENCE
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 MOEDERAARDE - TRAVELOGUE

After wandering in the deep temperate forest reading a crumpled old map, and hours of studying the despondent thing vigorously and repetitively,
in a hopeful desperation to find the hidden city of Moederaarde; the disappointed traveller lay down on the humid grass, in despondency, facing
the tall trees whilst in the presence of a soft buzz of sound from the insects and the smell of fresh air. You hear laughter and angelic choruses up in
the trees which you adhere to by attempting to climb the muddy thick barks and the rough trunk. Succeeding, you reach for the branches in a
sudden realisation that you had grabbed a camouflage ladder. With raised spirits, you climb further and further up the extensive ladder until the
City of Moederaarde is in view; it is purely a city of beauty handcrafted by the talented people.

You are still struck by the obscurity of such a thing as a hidden city in the trees. Looking around you are in a city and filled with awe as you see the
complex structure of what seems to be houses made completely from wood nicely cut off trees and smoothened by a Quang-sheng, you never get
tired of looking at the unique patterns carved into the woods and the dull, fading paint on the houses. The wood is finely cut by ripping strips
continuously and mending them together with sap from the trees beneath them making the curves surrounding the building. The city has an
authentic look that adds to its extraordinary look. The floors are covered in brown crispy leaves and smooth wood which disappears into the crown
of a tree and connecting with another long piece of wood where you find yourself in another well--sculptured fascinating house; the wood therefore
takes the place of a concave bridge or path. One house is quite transparent as it is made from large pieces of glass (like windows) but supported
by average pieces of mouldy green wood. Through the glass, you can see healthy flowers and mud covering the ground. You could say that the city
has an advantage in the growing of healthy food because it is above the trees where it is closer to the sun and therefore warmer. Now you are
inside the house and gazing through another glass window looking at a line of houses, you can see wood cut into a fine path that is convex and
concave as a fun way to get across to each building. There are a lot of bridges covered by leaves and the bridges seem to express the peoples
creativity. They believe in keeping nature healthy and clean encouraging citizens to use bicycles to travel in the Moederaarde.

Moederaarde is a city believed to have been created by Mother-nature herself designed for people who are willing to keep the earth healthy. For
this belief the Moederians follow the golden rule to treat each other as equals even, vulnerable insects and animals. The people here are vegans.
They make sure they are always happy and keep their pessimistic
character deep down within them. To show equality and no discrimination, they all wear uniform which are chic clean rags. They grow their food
themselves by planting seeds given by Mother Nature in a special building which is made out of glass and supported by flexible wood that is regularly
taken care of by the workers in the building. Inside this glass there are corns, apple, oranges, wheat and anything you could ever think of that can be
grown by seeds.
Following the bridge, that is connected to the special building going downwards and disappearing into the crown of the tree and going back upwards,
you finally reach the heart of Moederaarde. When you walk to the end of the bridge and remove the branches and leaves obstructing your view of a tall
structure, you realise you have walked into the towns temple of Mother Nature where you see everyone worshiping a different statue. The wood is
magnificently constructed and flexible as if it is dancing joyfully.
Looking to the right of the temple building, you can see waterfalls and little stones punching the surface of the water and little waves battling each other.
Next to this, you see a big symmetrical building covered in fine, bulging curved wood where the dictator lives. On the left hand-side of the water fall
there is a farm created by the Moederians made especially for the dictator. When you look closely at the waterfall you can see polished gold stones in
the water however staring at the gold for too long would anger the king and the villagers. So, looking at the left side of the temple.
There is a tower also made from wood surrounding a tower however clean water falls down the tower, like a waterfall, into largely curved bowls. This
bowl has a tube at the bottom which connects to wooden pipes where the villagers can drink clean water from. Next to this tower was a beautiful
wooden bridge known as De Eerste Brug. This bridge had a wooden path which is a shorter way of leaving the town. Around this path were wooden
circles patterned and positioned in order from tallest to smallest and then back again where the middle point has the smallest circle.
After letting yourself get distracted, you look ahead and see people worshiping a beautiful woman covered in leaves and bushes. This woman was
beautifully sculptured with knives and smoothened with a Quang-sheng. The wooden floor covered with ivy is connected to the woman lying down on
the floor looking towards you. As you come closer you encounter little stairs on the wooden floor. There is an ongoing amount of leaves falling from the
skies. The closer you walk in the closer you feel connected to the woman lying on the floor. Walking silently round the woman you see a tall building
behind her covered by tall trees that escaped the village above them trying to reach for the sun. This tall wooden building was covered in moss. At the
top of the building, the wood was clean and there were two globes. To enter this building, you had to get on a long bridge which was constructed in an
x shape. Surrounding this building are pieces of wood bulging from different angles. They say the protuberant woods leads you to different parts of
the world.
You enter the building and choose one path that will lead you to another city you are going to explore.
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