Every rainy day of my childhood my sister and I would build a tent over our dinning room table. With flashlights and stuffed animals we would get lost in a world of our imagination. My mom would often surprise us with homade chocolate chip cookies, it was hours of perfect moments. I wanted the memento to capture the perfection of such a simple moment. I used clear gloss coating to stiffen the fabric, and a small light off the end of a pen to give it a flashlight look. "The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale." -Susan Stewart This visual example illustrates this excerpt to me if the item was not in my hand there would be no way of knowing its true size. Which is fascinating when one considers the power of perception! "Capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience" |
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April 2016
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