Having been evicted from our usual space (by the builders), MAP are now working in the kitchen. We're not allowed to do any messy work!!!! So instead we've been making memory mirrors from old jewellery and objects from our homes. Enjoy.
Joel
Here is some writing about it by Bea
Efficient memory storage; in style
Our fabulous teacher Emma (and our other awesome teacher Joel, her accomplice who helped us complete this project,) had an interesting idea of collecting the bits and pieces that all of us hoarders of sentimental crap secretly own, and taking them and attaching them to a mirror. We went out raided an old junk store, each of us buying cheap mirrors.
When we got back to our base we began planning and mapping out our individual crazy designs for our unique “memory mirrors.” Everyone really enjoyed this task and there was definatly a unanimous feeling of relief; this stemmed from having gotten ridden of all our old crap, and turning into something that was special, because these mirrors are special, special to each of us because of the memories and thought that have gone into producing them.
So, when I went home I brought back the following –
Seashells,
An old house key,
A sterling Irish coin,
A cinema ticket,
a broach,
a button,
a baggy,
Precious stones,
a bracelet,
A strip of sequins,
A pot of “fairy dust,”
And so on.
The seashells are from a trip to Bournemouth where I went on a day trip with some friends, I‘m someone who doesn’t have a great memory and so keeping objects really help me to remember where I’ve been and what I’ve done as it triggers the section in my mind which stores all the memories.
I’ll admit my old house key is not on my mirror because I have moved house, but unfortunately it’s rather a lot less exciting… (We got a new door!) I’ve stuck it onto my mirror more because it was my first key to my home, and my when my sister got it cut for me she got it painted in a funky design and so it looks pretty.
