My part in the exhibition

I had originally thought I wouldn't take part in the exhibition. I didn't feel very resolved in my work, and felt like I wasn't ready to show it. I decided to just show what I have and thought about ways of presenting that with more of a focus on the concept- using earth or sand as a ground for the pieces to show their 'found-ness' or hang them up, or present them in glass like artefacts in a museum. All of these ideas felt wrong when it came to it, childish even. I didn't want to overstate myself, and I felt like the whiteness of the pieces was nice. I didn't want the individuality of each piece to be lost in their presentation. So I just left them as they were and felt very disappointed in myself. But when I came back to them in my crit and looked at them in the context of the exhibition, I felt quite good about them. They look like they were made with thought and care and the unique tonal differences have space to be seen because of the white setting. It definitely still feels very unfinished, I would like there to be more of a feeling of holiness to the body, maybe some kind of narrative about healing or death or honouring the body.