77
wp-singular,portfolio_page-template-default,single,single-portfolio_page,postid-77,wp-theme-stockholm,qi-blocks-1.4.3,qodef-gutenberg--no-touch,stockholm-core-2.4,qodef-qi--no-touch,qi-addons-for-elementor-1.9.3,select-theme-ver-9.6,ajax_fade,page_not_loaded,vertical_menu_enabled,menu-animation-line-through,side_area_uncovered,,qode_menu_,wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-6.13.0,vc_responsive,elementor-default,elementor-kit-17

‘Perfect Parents’, 2014

Perfect Parents is a project that questions the idea behind the phrase “perfect parents.”

I chose the form of a locket necklace because it carries intimacy and weight. A pendant is something you keep close to your heart, holding what feels most precious or sometimes most frightening.

As children we often believe our parents are perfect. With time that illusion falls apart and we come to see that such perfection is neither real nor possible. What remains can be unresolved feelings, expectations, or even wounds that follow us into adulthood.

This piece plays with the idea of what a “perfect” relationship could be if it were to exist. Inside the locket one parent is blind and the other cannot speak. With no sight and no voice there is no conflict, no disappointment, no hurt. In this silence and blindness lies a strange, playful imagining of perfection.