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“I wanted to make something with the
colours - and that felt like I was giving.
liked the soft sounds, the contrasting
colours and the different materials.
I experimented with the sounds and then
added something on the bottom to
reflect the light.”
“A gift can be intangible.
It can disappear, but the purpose
is still there.”
“The tree had lost all it’s leaves. I don’t want to
cover it. It has knobs for hanging.
I was reading about feeling the vibrations of the
tree when you hug it.
I made hands for hugging, with copper leaves at
the bottom [of the wreath] to make me think
about what the tree feels when it loses its
leaves.”
“I feel nervous and vulnerable
talking about my relationship with this tree.”
What is a gift? What prompts a gift and what does it signify? How does a gift speak about the giver and the
receiver and the relation between them?
Choosing a gift could be process of great consideration or extreme flippancy. This proposal asked for more than
‘shopping’ for a gift. It invited hypothesising, imagining, designing, constructing…. a much more complex and, at
times difficult process.
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