The Celestial Machine – Commission
![Image](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7t5v5vt-xgjZBqVQf52wlVE_J1hwNVUqzwQ34sReS6mGO4_eAdeFsuZ26ie03Qq50lrolU0wSFi3p2QUy_vpMbLZM-QkX-tEXpJSvThuXqVCYZiiadO2InSSvhmlvu2JFeLrzIKub8vqqehaFDh4sDt1NgJeS-aZIZrkCvAJ1-QF-A950i0NieC_xk8Zo/w640-h500/Monolith_Machine_Final_clean_sm.jpg)
A recent commission: The Celestial Machine This was interesting and fun to create. The client ( seeing some of my recent work ) wanted a type of machine schematic but with specific themes. With their Zimbabwean heritage, they wanted to somehow incorporate the Matsatse/Venus elements from the Dhlo-dhlo monolith – an artefact which records the movement of Venus. I included the pattern-path the planet Venus takes “around” Earth as a design element in the background and expanded from that idea of vectors and movement with other elements from southern African motifs. Some references From the full colour finished art, I gave options for duo tone and black and white versions.