Swimming in Knowledge

The Sunday Sketch I made is of a whale (or just a little ball) with the tail of the whale drawn on paper. Where the name came from is pretty clear, it’s swimming on top of words/texts in different languages. The reason I chose to do this had something to do with this little clay ball you see in the photo.
This clay ball was actually something I made back in middle school. It was meant to be a little whale with a tail, but the tail broke off because the connective part was too thin and fractured when the clay was “cooked” to dry in the oven. The body part of the whale is actually hollow inside with small clay balls inside, meaning it can make sounds similar to a bell.
Anyways I’ve always thought it was unfortunate that the tail broke off of such a well-made piece, so I took this chance to give it its tail back drawn on paper. The reason why I used the newspaper/paper with text was just to save paper and make the photo a little less bland.