Memories: Treasure Box

My piece for this quarter is about the relationship between our memories and who we are - the way they contribute to who we are as a human being. We can have experiences but it is the memory of those experiences that allows us to learn and change and develop as a person. Memories are layered and stitched together, colouring and shaping our personalities, and our attitudes to the world.  

I thought about the treasure box I keep under my bed, and about the way the objects in a collection like this represent their owner's individual memories. The collection as a whole is more than the sum of its parts too and also reflects the owner as a person. 

In fact a person is like a treasure box - we are all treasure boxes! Together the box and its contents symbolise us as the keepers, and the product, of our memories.   So here is my imagined 'Treasure Box'.

The box and its contents are entirely textile bar some wire in the corsage, and almost entirely stitched, with the top of the box in crazy patchwork - all to symbolise the way we are layered and stitched together from our memories. Together the box and contents represent an imaginary person and what is important in their life and character . 

There is a (very) extended version of this post on my blog, with (lots) more pictures and details.