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Abstract
The creation of this research fulfills the cultivation of the inspiration, and the process of the copperplate printing. It helps the author turn the negative emotion inside his heart into the energy of creating, solving the antagonistic relations between mind and reality. The process of the spiritual totem is like a ceremony; it arouses the inspiration hidden in the conscious mind and subconscious mind, and creating the final art work. It contains animals, plants, technology symbols, and it is presenting by the combination of totems, spilt screens, and modeling. Then through the concept of creation and self-examination, exploring art theory, the theory and the fulfillment of art have mutual corroboration in this research This series of works are presented with copperplate printings. The author’s paintings and words combines with the engraving, making the creating process feels like a ceremony. The current awareness comes from the experiences in our lives; it contains the imagination from the past, the present, and the future. Through the explorations of the awareness and the relationships of the deep mind, and the stories created by the author which express the inner emotion and the thought of self-creations, it makes the creations of the spiritual totem. The purpose of this research: 1. To develop the creative ideas by theoretical basis. By the analyses of the romanticism and the spirit of freedom, the demonstration of symbolism and the issue of the art mind. And through the influences of the prototype of surrealism and Jung, collective unconscious, individuation process to the creation. Then discuss the influence of semiotics and symbolism to self-creation. And the discussion of the artist thorough its theme, creation, shape performance and the inspiriting artists to the author that helps understanding the contents and forms of the art works, and gaining creative ideas. 2. Based on the creative concept of the natural environment, existence, the imagination of mind and the ideal place for the spiritual totem, making the series works of the “spiritual totems”. I chose the copperplate in intaglio to be the main form. As to the techniques, I used etching that combines with direct carving method, engraving, aquatint, abrading method to create copperplate art works. 3. To explain the series works of the “spiritual totems”. Analyzing the contents and forms of the art works, and evaluates self-creation in order to make the thought in consistent with the art works.
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