Description
An MC Escher-inspired tessellation (a repeating pattern of shapes that cover a surface without gaps or overlaps), the image depicts the mythical Uktena.
Category
Photography and Digital Art
Jeff Edwards
Cherokee Nation
About the Artist
Jeff Edwards is an award-winning Cherokee graphic artist who has worked for the Cherokee Nation for over 24 years. He is a language activist working with the Education Services Language Technology Group and has worked on numerous projects that have projected the Cherokee language into the global spotlight. He attended Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. His artwork is almost exclusively Cherokee-themed, and he prefers using the Cherokee Syllabary rather than English to promote the Cherokee language. He likes incorporating old cultural concepts while expressing them through modern electronic tools.
