The Canvas

The Lost Art of Creation

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The Canvas
Artist: Clive Whitt
Creation Date: Unknown
Date of Destruction: Unknown

"Had we been aware how unique it was, more effort would have been taken to preserve it. To us, it was just another item-not made with the traditional material we used, but an object nonetheless. We didn't know the care, the creativity that had been impressed on it through the artist's gentle hand-It took us days of scanning old records to even find the original artist. It likely decayed in the thousands of years since the Memoria's demise.
Just one of many lessons we have brought with us from the past, going forward."

— Dr. Gearmo, on the Canvas

Significance

The Canvas is unique amongst Memoria artifacts as it is not made from the traditonal materials of plastic, metal and [item]. It was canvas, on a wooden frame covered in oil paint. Mechanicals have stated that most 'art' created by the memoria was purely ephemreal, and could be erased as easily as it was brought into existance. It was The Canvas' permeance that gave it its unique qualities- It persisted beyond the probable death of its creator.

Item type

Art

Destruction Date

Unknown

Rarity

While canvases decorated with glorious works of art are common in the Mortal Lands today, in the time of its creation it was unique; The Memoria did not create art in physical forms. Their art was either created digitally, or comissioned to the fleet of robots at their disposal. The Canvas is the only known Memoria artwork that was created in a physical form.

Notes on the Artist:

While The Canvas itself remains a mystery to both Mechanical and Human alike, its artist is far less of an enigma... to a point. Clive Whitt was the youngest of five children, one who wanted to pursue a career in the arts when the very concept of a "Career" was dying entirely. While he never made money from his art, He pursued his passion relentlesly. His last recorded location was a park on the south side of the city, before vanishing into history entirely.