ARCHITECTURE
EXHIBITION
ART
ANIMATION
12 ZODIAC
FALL 20224
CORE STUDIO
INSTRUCTOR: CARLOS MEDELLIN
12 Zodiac Animals is a research-based reproduction project that explores Ancestral Technology through the meticulous recreation of a Tang Dynasty artifact housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Using traditional slip casting and hand casting techniques, this work replicates the original sculptures at their exact scale and material composition, emphasizing the role of water and earth in pottery craftsmanship.
Beyond reproduction, the project includes a metabolic section drawing, tracing the artifacts' origins, ritualistic significance, and complex history—particularly their journey to the Met following the Siege of the International Legations in China. Recognizing the spiritual role of these zodiac figures in funerary rites, the final composition integrates all twelve animals within the drawing, symbolically completing the sacrificial process.
Collaborated with Pinutcha Wiriyapanlert