LEFT
1 The Prong-Horn Flag flying by the shore
BELOW-LEFT
2 Long necked bottles of rum as Spanish owned the Rum distilleries and would have sent it out to Joan as part of their agreement.
Mount Gay Rum - Spanish distilleries in Barbados, first made 1703
Labels “spanish owned barbados rum 1743
3 Letter of Marque comissioning Joan to pirate on behalf of the Spanish against the Americans that are threating the Spanish inhabitants of California.
4 Lino stamped playing cards
BELOW-RIGHT
5 Pronghorn - skeleton face with horns (a popular symbol for pirate flags and links in with the name) printed on basic black fabric.
6 Reward poster (illustration by Imy Rowlinson) x8 replicas) American reward poster sent out by George Washington’s office claiming a reward for her arrest.
1 The Prong-Horn Flag flying by the shore
BELOW-LEFT
2 Long necked bottles of rum as Spanish owned the Rum distilleries and would have sent it out to Joan as part of their agreement.
Mount Gay Rum - Spanish distilleries in Barbados, first made 1703
Labels “spanish owned barbados rum 1743
3 Letter of Marque comissioning Joan to pirate on behalf of the Spanish against the Americans that are threating the Spanish inhabitants of California.
4 Lino stamped playing cards
BELOW-RIGHT
5 Pronghorn - skeleton face with horns (a popular symbol for pirate flags and links in with the name) printed on basic black fabric.
6 Reward poster (illustration by Imy Rowlinson) x8 replicas) American reward poster sent out by George Washington’s office claiming a reward for her arrest.
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~Joan “Prong-horn” Davyson
This collaborative week project (set by Flora Fricker) centred around design for tv and film, and graphic props. The character was devloped on day one as a combination of a suffragette, female pirates and our mothers.
An elaborate back story was required to create a full idea of who Joan is...
“ A runaway from South England who wanted freedom from her traditional opressive life. Daughter of Admiral George Davyson and born in 1727 she comendeered her father’s ship ‘The Mothership’ in the middle of the night and now pirates up and down the Californian coast with an impressive reputation throughout the Pacific.”
To the left are outlines of the 5 graphic props made that week.
(Collaborators include: Isobel Wergan, and an illustation by Imy Rowlinson)
