I was inspired by my lack or loss of a daily routine.
This displacement in daily ritual is one of the things which caused me to feel low and homesick so I wanted to try and use it as fuel for this investigation/assignment.
“It’s confusing and overwhelming and terrifying. I have these contrasting feelings where on the one hand I’m so happy to be here and I’m loving life and everything about it but there’s this other feeling that is tight and hurts and is full of anxiety and self deprecation and only wants me to isolate myself and actively miss home”
I wrote out this paragraph using wire and then crafted the little copper bowl using the type. although it may just look like a bowl made from scrunched up wire it is in fact a genuine ‘bowl of my thoughts’ and has a lot of deeper underlying meaning
I am very interested in handwriting and how each person has a different handwriting style which is personal to them. The act of hand writing something out is very personal and by ‘handwriting’ using the wire I felt it connected me closer to this project.
I fear, and becoming increasingly aware of my own personal and growing anxiety which is almost definitely rooted in change. I’ve struggled with anxiety for a rather long time and am becoming conscious that I need to control and calm these anxious thoughts and feelings before they affect my college experience.
I chose to work with wire since it is malleable, tactile, tangible, and allows me to visualise my thoughts and feelings in a real and tangible visual form. It is rather therapeutic to express your most visible and present feelings and transform them into a physical object, whilst working on this project I found the process of writing out my feelings using the wire interesting and allowed me to reflect and process my feelings in a visual way.