FIELD NOTES / CHL / South America
Chile
Stone figures & ceremonial platforms.
START WITH A PLACE
Rapa Nui National Park
Rapa Nui National Park contains moai and ceremonial structures made within a Polynesian cultural landscape. This island reference represents Rapa Nui heritage, not a shorthand for every design tradition in Chile.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Study the relation between an upright stone mass, its platform and the distant horizon. Keep ancestral meaning visible in any interpretation.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)