As yet remains “Untitled” Here I have visualised the feelings one of my question
As yet remains “Untitled” Here I have visualised the feelings one of my questionnaire participants shared in their responses of my study on mental health conducted in 2017. I have also included some of my own thoughts and creativity to help make visual the affects of mental illness so that it can be seen from the perspective of the body. This piece is about the multi layered emotions a participant has described through drawing and writing about their mental health and them visualising what isn’t seen physically. This is my interpretation of those responses from a textile perspective and thinking about these in relation to the body and the weight of those pressures on a human form. This sculpture should be worn and is made from hand felted stones trapped between layers of felt and organza. These weigh down on the body and add pressure to the head and chest. Manipulated and embellished organza signifies the lighter areas of emotion and added spikes add weight with thrusting, bursting feelings that emerge from within and outwards to the surface. It’s a very heavy object which weighs down on the wearer and pulls in at the neck with a corset-like front. Giving the sensation of pressure on the body and restriction in these areas of neck and chest. The weight of the stones and spikes refers to the feelings of low mood. Colour choice is taken from the participants own drawings. The work all in all aims to de-stigmatise mental illness, raise awareness of mental health and show others who perhaps haven’t experienced it first hand what some of the invisible affects of having a mental illness has on the body and mind. -- source link
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