We are just back from a weekend visiting my in-laws. Whilst enjoying lovely food and company I also managed to discuss my work with my mother-in-law, Judith Perry, who is a textile artist. Whilst we both agreed that it was good reproduction of the casket, we wondered if it was enough to just be reproducing the box to explore the idea of faded splendour, damage and repair. I explained how I often thought of the young girls who would have worked with bone needles by little more than candle light to make the beautiful boxes. Judith found this comment about how hard the boxes must have been to make and just how much time was involved, an interesting idea. What will todays generation of teenagers have to show for their spent time? Social media and gaming consumes every spare minute of my teenagers lives. I often shout 'please do something useful with your time, there is a world out there that is passing you by and you will having nothing to show for your many hours spent online'. But, perhaps I might also see why they love the games and why they can be so absorbing. The graphics are amazing and the challenges exciting - will this change my mind?
Could I possibly include some images form their gaming into my design? And if I do, how could I incorporate the modern images? I really do like this idea as I love using personal arguments and issues in my work.
For now, here is an image of the second door, and once the Christmas rush is over I hope to make some sketches and further explore the idea of what todays teenagers do with their time, and what the future generations will deem worthy of preservation.
