160 m squares replica .. on direct ceiling painted within early 2019 .. took almost 3 months till finished .. made by acrylic colors , pastels , charcoal , colored pen and some of gold leafs …. this huge replica inspired mainly by 3 ancient Egyptians famous monuments
1- kv9 tomb of the king Ramses 5th&6th in luxor.
2- the main entrance ceiling of Hathor temple in Dandara .
3- Zodiac of Dandara temple which is now in the louvre of Paris .
*The blue ceiling (Nut Goddess)
inspired by ceiling in the burial chamber at kv9 -luxor ,Egypt .
-Took almost 12 hours to finish the basic coloring on 2 sets .
-Almost 12 kg of blue paints .
-Almost 24 white big sheets of paper .
-stars making took almost 3 kg of ochre color with quantity of almost 3000 Stars
-The basic drawing of goddess nut is quarter diminished of the original one in the kv 9 it’s almost 6 m by 3 meter while the original is 12m by 6 m approx.
-Almost 8 weeks of continued work until finished with exact copy for the hieroglyphs symbols as the original ceiling at KV9 .
-Medium used ( 6 basic acrylic colors , ink pen , pastel colors and charcoal)
*the rectangular ceiling
inspired by the the main entrance ceiling from dandara complex .
-Took 10 hours to draw and settle the basic line drawings on surface.
-10 white big sheets of paper for whole area
Finished end of January 2019 .
-took as a total timing almost 2 weeks of continues work .
-sacred texts from the book of gates .
-Medium used ( 6 basic acrylic colors , pastel , charcoal and ink pen )
*the zodiac ceiling
-Inspired by the famous zodiac from Dandara temple south of egypt , original one now placed in the louvre museum of Paris and just a copy placed on it’s original place .
-Took almost 3 sheets of big white paper to instal the lines
-Took almost 2 weeks of continuous work to be finished
-Medium used (3 basic acrylic colors , pastel , charcoal and ink pen )
-Overall the project took almost 15 days of work started from 15 feb 2019 ended 1 st of March 2019
Shenouda Esmat 