The Things Below, prop storytelling experiment.
Research on Stone Age art from Ireland. Photo by Cian McKenna
Photo by Cian McKenna
Photo by Cian McKenna
A Boston-New York train ticket. Photo by Cian McKenna
A distressed passport. Photo by Cian McKenna
The journal. Photo by Cian McKenna
Photo by Cian McKenna
The box. Photo by Cian McKenna
The only authentic element, a coin from 1920... Photo by Cian McKenna
Passport detail. Photo by Cian McKenna
Journal entry about an expedition in South America. Photo by Cian McKenna
Photo by Cian McKenna
The box. Photo by Cian McKenna
Calendar from 1926. Photo by Cian McKenna
A letter from a long-time friend. Photo by Cian McKenna
Photo by Cian McKenna
A screengrab before printing and aging.
This was a storytelling experiment, in the creation of a prop that tells the story and is part of it too.
The pages were created in 2D, then print, anged and bound in a leather journal.
Many secondary props (maps, train and boat tickets, a full American Passport) were similarly digitally created, then printed and aged.
A small amulet was created in polymer clay. Lastly, a coin from 1920 is in only real element of this prop!
The story is a Lovecraftian cosmic horror story taking place both in 1926 and nowadays - the journal only covers the 1926 part.