Comunidade com Expressão

For this year's batizado I decided to create a event shirt that had no words.  I wanted to create a story of community instead of just having another typical event shirt.  Throughout the year our community comes together and shows support for each other.  This event is a celebration of this community.  I could not be more proud of all the support that the students brought to this event. Without all of their time and effort none of this is possible.  Below takes apart all the parts of the logo above to get a better idea of the story behind our community and this event.

 

The sign for greatness in every relationship.  The four dots indicate the four directions.

The rope represents the waves.  In the new year one jumps over seven waves for Iemanja to bring good fortune in the new year.  Seven ropes can be found throughout the design

Arrows show the flow of energy moving throughout space.  It creates balance as it flows in both directions.

A historical sign which stands for a group.

Pemoamsec, the sign of indestructibility and strength of the community.  It is associated with the following saying: “ A broom bound with ties of blood, lowalty and mutual care.  A dress of many colors sown as a sign, as strength.  Whoever isolates himself may see his dwarfish strength break, his beauty split up and incomplete”.

Firmness and the power of self assertion of a self-confident person.

 

Eban / “Fence” – Symbol of love, safety and security.  The home to the Akan is a special place.  A home which has a fence around it is considered to be an ideal residence.  The fence symbolically seperates and secures the family from the outside.  Because of the security and the protection that the fence affords.  The symbol is also associated with the security and safety one finds in love.

Odo Nnyew Fie Kwan: “Love never loses its way home”. Symbol of the power of love.

The star represents Iemanja and is majestic and beautiful, calm and irresistibly fascinating like a mermaid’s song.  Guides the formation of individuality.

The sabers represent Ogum and fiercely pursuing objectives and in difficult moments finding success where another would abandon the struggle and lose all hope.

The double bars represent strength.  The bars within the circle shows the strength of when a community comes together

A Ghana pattern of the broken calabash (bottle gourd).  A motif that is an important symbol of femininity.

 

 

A picture is worth a thousand words.