Visual Interpretation of a story in the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

I chose to create a piece of artwork highlighting a few lines in the poem about Hypatia. Hypatia is a city taken from the Cities and Signs chapter. The text “…at the bottom of the water, crabs were biting the eyes of suicides, stones tied around their necks, their hair green with seaweed was illustrated in a watercolor painting. I chose to use watercolor to illustrate the water and details in the painting because I personally enjoy working with watercolor. I decided to illustrate the scene in a fun and meaningful way. 

I also chose to do the artwork as a stamp. If I were to develop a lesson plan to highlight a story in the book Invisible Cities I would have students create artwork on stamps. Because this book highlighted many cities and travel. Having students create unique stamps would be a great way to interpret the stories in the book.