The Creation of the Emanuel AME Church Sculpture by John Aaron - ModernARF

The Creation of the Emanuel AME Church Sculpture by John Aaron

This gallery documents the creation of the Emanuel AME Church Sculpture over its three month creation and its subsequent place as a recognized memorial that pays tribute to the Emanuel African Methodist Church of Charleston, SC and the Emanuel Nine.

“Emanuel AME Church: Tribute to the Emanuel Nine”
Glazed porcelain, mixed media 5’6” x 3’8” x 5” Created at the Thacher School, Ojai, CA 2017 under the Visiting Scholar Program
Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SC
This porcelain sculpture is a portrait of the Emanuel AME Church; this gallery shows the step by step process of the creation, transportation and delivery of this memorial that pays tribute to the Church & the Emanuel 9.
How it begins...
Haji porcelain c/5
Tile study- Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SC
I was contacted by the Low Country Freedom Reigns Festival to create a relief sculpture of the Church. This was the first study I did, a 7" x 6" porcelain tile. It was designed to be produced as an edition of 1000 to help as a fundraising tool for the Church. All proceeds are to go to the Church once the edition is struck.
Template drawing for Emanuel AME Church sculpture; 6'9" x 4'2"
This type of drawing, referred to during the Renaissance as a "Cartoon" is the map used to shape the wall relief this will turn into.
Laying out the slabs of clay...