PROJECT SUMMARY

The project is about analyzing and understanding a the character Andare , the court jester of medieval Sri lanka, arriving at the concept and represent it through the 3D design.

Andare In the days of the Sinhala kings having a royal jester at the court was a tradition. The job of this royal jester was to keep everyone in the court including king, queen, members of the royal family, courtiers and others entertained and make them laughed As history says Andare was a clever court jester who lived during the 18th century during the reigns of King Keerthi Sri Rajasigha and Rajadhi Rajasigha.

Concept Emphasize Andare as intelligent, opportunistic, fascinating character

The 3D composition is consist of three main parts, head, body and base. Head and the body reflects the qualities of Andare to be intelligent and opportunistic while the base reflects the society where Andare is a fascinating character in everyone’s eye. This works as a lamp shade which its body can be rotate The rotation depicts beginning with the end, end with the beginning which means he is immortal character in Sri Lanka.