Émouvan
Émouvan is an organ in the body that dictates human emotions. This specimen suffered from a mutation that creates skin layers that hinder communication with the nervous system and dull emotions.
Growth
This piece aims not to mimic nature, but to create my own version of nature. Through this piece I also hope to convey a sense of community by the cluster of organic objects nestled in the tree. The lone organism further down the tree serves as a reminder of what it’s like to be outside the comfort of a family or social group.
Sewing Project Inspiration
With the theme of “domesticity”, I’m more interested in what makes something a home, namely the comfort found from the family that lives within. As with most of my work, I look to natural forms for inspiration. Many things nestle together in cozy clumps, forming a sort of “family” whether they’re genetically related or not.
This clumping , much like hugging or cuddling between humans, provides the support and comfort of a family unit.
Throughout my life, I have felt rather excluded from any family-like clump, whether one between friends or actual family, I have always felt on the outside. Through my piece I want to create a clump of sewn objects bound together by many threads, with one object so loosely bound that it’s falling far away from the main clump, to give that individual object a feeling of loneliness, rejection, and abandonment.
Artists with Effort
Rot
Rather than forward progress, I chose to represent a backwards progression. Beautiful gem or stone-like objects decay and fall apart. They spew the earth that they came from and will return to, while maggots aid in the process.
Sculptors
Tim Prentice:
particularly ‘Biplane’, ‘Proposal’, and ‘Yellow Zingers’
his works aren’t necessarily soft (this particular one is made from woven toothpicks), but they have a similar soft, organic appearance to Ernesto Neto’s work