I was thinking about making a wooden jewelry box and filling the inside with stiff foam to hold all my rings. And then I would either bejewel the box or maybe decoupage it with black and white photos of rings. I also am playing with the idea of making a kind of backdrop for the box with three poster boards forming a three-sided box and with the poster boards having words related to my story printed on it. That way the rings and the box would be in this isolated space, kind of how this memory is in an isolated place in my brain.
I also wanted to add a performance element to this collection when I presented. I was thinking of telling my story of my mother's ring as I opened the box and maybe even tried on the rings. How does that sound?
Materials I would need:
-rings
-foam
-jewelry box
-jewels
-tacky glue
-poster boards
-decoupage glue
-pictures of rings
Hilariously enough I have a similar story where I lost a ring on the playground and the whole class was looking for it...only I had brought it for show and tell and said it was my mom's engagement ring only it was just a cheap cocktail ring! I was thinking that if you are going to invoke the memory you could use the entire memory...use grass concrete other playground materials...perform a search for the ring... whatever you do im sure it will be great!
ReplyDeleteHi Eunice. Sounds good. Maybe the box and the box's environment could look terrible, a la Barbara Kruger... I like the idea of a performance element, putting on and taking off many multiple rings even, as you speak... Let me know if you need any more specific feedback from me.
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Marcus