I would define my work at mixed media, choosing what methods and materials I think suit best what I'm trying to explore. My work is currently exploring prop making and performance, capturing the interactions I make with my props through the use of photography. A consistent theme through out my work is connection, either with myself or the audience. I use my work to explore how I feel in that moment, using my work as the physical embodiment of my diary.

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I chose lo-fi materials mainly because the feeling they evoke of an amateur play production, a messy yet hopeful depiction of emotion. Knowing that the materials aren’t delicate, costly or being shown as my final work allows a sense of play.  Exploring the idea of play has led me into my research of nostalgia and girlhood, how indulging in such interests as an adult can be a joyful and depressing experience. Relating it to my own experiences with grief, I use mundane expressions with fantastical props to discuss the comforting world of glamourizing the past. The aesthetics and concepts that are associated with girlhood is where I get inspiration for my colour choices and imagery. 

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Overall, my aim is to explore the inner workings of my own thinking, how my experiences with mental health and grief has impacted the way I interact with others and myself. By focusing on the mundanity of existence through humorous props and photography, I hope to connect with others and draw focus to emotions, thoughts or states of being we simply discard as not being worth our time. Using cheap materials and provisional methods of making, I hope to evoke a sense of light-heartedness to the dark periods of life we believe we must endure. My goal is express the mundanity of how we speak about our mental states through colloquial terminology, poking fun at the ridiculousness of hiding behind a humorous façade.

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