Leaping Fish Jackson Hlungwani

Question 1

Subject

Answer 1

Sculpture of leaping fish

Question 2

Natural wood shape

Answer 2

Used to get curving shape of leaping fish

Question 3

Grain of wood

Answer 3

Contributes to visual fluidity of fish, creates motion

Question 4

Style

Answer 4

Expressive
Stylised

Question 5

Title

Answer 5

Evokes energy
Fish depicted as it is gliding through water with forked tail that adds to feeling of movement

Question 6

Shapes

Answer 6

Fins are rectangular
Curved fish

Question 7

Texture

Answer 7

Deeply carved lines on fins
Line on face of fish indicates a smile

Question 8

Face

Answer 8

Has human feel
Due to line creating smile
2 round cavities indicating eyes gazing upward

Question 9

Texture

Answer 9

Sanded to give smooth texture

Question 10

Simplified style

Answer 10

Scales represented in simplified way as small marks are venly spread over body of fish

Question 11

Medium & technique

Answer 11

Wooden sculpture

Question 12

Style

Answer 12

Stylised
Simplified

Question 13

Message

Answer 13

Fish recognized as Christian symbol referring to process of being baptised in water.

Ritual cleansing process through which the person is symbolically reborn in a new life.