Upon the Strand

EDIT: Flash is gone away, so you can watch the animation on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QivMb_…

In the year 1595, British poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) composed a series of sonnets which he titled Amoretti. This animated short is an adaptation of sonnet 75 of Amoretti translated into American Sign Language.

Not only is the language of the original sonnet archaic and beautiful, but also the concrete imagery and the concepts are quite romantic. For these reasons, I chose this sonnet as the subject of an animated short I wanted to make in American Sign Language.

This animation is the result of a collaborative project. Artists and other contributors in six different countries and eight states in the U.S. have contributed art, music, and linguistic consultation to this project. Please click on this www.ASL.land/toby/uts/#product… to learn more about these talented people.

The artists Rex in St. Petersburg, Russia; Kristan (kaykaykit) in New Brunswick, Canada; and Kris Lewis in the United States have especially contributed a lot of work to this project. Rex alone drew almost 100 keyframes of the sign language.



The music in this animated short is copyrighted by their respective composers, and I received their permission to use their music in this collaboration.

You can visit ASL.Land to learn more about deafness and American Sign Language.