The brief of this project is to collect objects that describe who I am and what my story is. The idea is to collect objects that could be sentimental, everyday or symbolic. I've started by collecting a few sentimental objects.
Object 1: One of the item that I've collected was my mothers who passed away in 2011.
I remember this object from when I was very young, I remember playing with it when my mother wore it and thought it was beautiful. It was in my mothers jewellery box and I had forgotten all about it until my step father had given it to me and my sister.
It's broken so I cant wear it and the charms keep falling off. I think that by me keeping this object communicates that I think it's important to hold onto memories no matter how vague they are and that broken things have a value if they hold a memory or belonged to someone who meant a lot to you.
Also the bracelet shows me, my sister and my mother though the charms, each one represents each of us. For example the ballet slippers are my sister, the swan is my mother and the little booties are me.
A part of this project is to let other people look at the objects you have chosen and they have to say what they think each object communicates about you. I think that they would look at each charm as it's own meaning, like the ballet shoes would indicate that I may like ballet or I may have done it.
Objects: 2&3 | Inhalers
My next objects are everyday objects and one of the two are sentimental. They are both the same kind of inhaler but there are a number of differentness to them.
They are different shades of blue, they look different in the style (the shape) and size. One has old stickers stuck on it and the other one is clean. Also the dates are different, one expired 2004 and the other expires 2017. One is heavier then the other. It's obviousness that one is old and one is new.
The one with stickers on is my very first inhaler from when I was about 6 and the other one is my newest inhaler.
These objects communicate that I am asthmatic and that I have been for very long (over 12 years). I also take into account that one has ran out were the other has hardly been touched, I think if the date of the year was past the date on the inhaler and it was still full then it would communicate that my asthma would be getting better.
Objects 4: Make-up
I chose to put make-up into my collection of things because I think make-up can have a lot of different meanings for different people. Firstly for me it's a everyday object, saying that I don't wear it everyday but it falls into that category.
Make-up could mean that you like to cover up, you don't like your skin, you feel confident when you wear it/you think you look better, you feel like you have to because other people do, it helps you to identify yourself to other people, you enjoy putting it on (a hobby).
For me make-up is about confidence, I don't wear it all the time and love that I have good-ish skin but sometimes it makes me feel a lot better about myself. I also have it as a hobby, I love make-up packaging and love applying make-up.
Also I like to explore make-up, I have some products that are from drug-stores and some that are that are higher-end. I like to try new things and see what works best for me.
Object 5: Book | Eleanor & Park
Also the bracelet shows me, my sister and my mother though the charms, each one represents each of us. For example the ballet slippers are my sister, the swan is my mother and the little booties are me.
A part of this project is to let other people look at the objects you have chosen and they have to say what they think each object communicates about you. I think that they would look at each charm as it's own meaning, like the ballet shoes would indicate that I may like ballet or I may have done it.
Objects: 2&3 | Inhalers
My next objects are everyday objects and one of the two are sentimental. They are both the same kind of inhaler but there are a number of differentness to them.
They are different shades of blue, they look different in the style (the shape) and size. One has old stickers stuck on it and the other one is clean. Also the dates are different, one expired 2004 and the other expires 2017. One is heavier then the other. It's obviousness that one is old and one is new.
The one with stickers on is my very first inhaler from when I was about 6 and the other one is my newest inhaler.
These objects communicate that I am asthmatic and that I have been for very long (over 12 years). I also take into account that one has ran out were the other has hardly been touched, I think if the date of the year was past the date on the inhaler and it was still full then it would communicate that my asthma would be getting better.
Objects 4: Make-up
I chose to put make-up into my collection of things because I think make-up can have a lot of different meanings for different people. Firstly for me it's a everyday object, saying that I don't wear it everyday but it falls into that category.
Make-up could mean that you like to cover up, you don't like your skin, you feel confident when you wear it/you think you look better, you feel like you have to because other people do, it helps you to identify yourself to other people, you enjoy putting it on (a hobby).
For me make-up is about confidence, I don't wear it all the time and love that I have good-ish skin but sometimes it makes me feel a lot better about myself. I also have it as a hobby, I love make-up packaging and love applying make-up.
Also I like to explore make-up, I have some products that are from drug-stores and some that are that are higher-end. I like to try new things and see what works best for me.
Object 5: Book | Eleanor & Park
This is one of my favourite books. I trouble with dyslexia so it's really hard for me to keep myself interested in a book but I enjoyed the writing so much that I didn't want to stop reading it. I love the story and the characters. I think this communicates that I enjoy romantic teen books (which wouldn't be wrong).
Object 6: Photograph from Disney Land Paris yr 2000.
This photograph is one of my most favourite photos. It was taken in Disney Land Paris when I was 5 years old. The photograph was taken by my mother and in the photograph is (from the left to right) my sister, me and my father. I love Disney and think that the castle in the background looks stunning.
I think that this may communicate that I like Disney Land and have happy memories from my child hood.
Objects: 7, 8 and 9 | Winnie The Pooh Books
These books are early-ish edition. ''Now We Are 6'' is a sixteenth edition and it filled with poems. ''Winnie The Pooh'' is a twenty-sixth edition book and ''The House At Pooh Corner'' is a fourteenth edition book.
I found these books while I was on holiday in Felixstowe. They were in a recycled books shop. Inside of them is writing from 1942 and seem to be a gift to someone. I love to think about them when they were bought new with the intention of being a gift for someone and how that person felt when they had been given them. And also what kind of gift they were, a birthday gift or a get well gift.
I love everything about them. The oldness of them, that they were a gift to someone, that they are early-ish editions. I also really love A.A. Milne stories and the illustrations.
I think this my communicate that I like the work inside of the book. I also think that people will ask about how I have became to have them, if they were in my family or if they had been bought.
Objects: 10,11,12 | DVDs | Musicals
Theses are a few of the musicals I own. I love plays and musical and have done since I was little. I love how you can tell a story or a feeling though song and movement. I would say that I collect musicals and own about 6 more (that I can think of) and own and book of the play ''Blood Brothers''. I also have seen a few plays/musicals such as ''The King and I'', ''Witches'', ''Cats'', ''Blood Brothers''.
I think this communicates that I enjoy music and enjoy the theatre.
Objects: 13 | A Pair Of Socks
These socks were given to me by my sister for my birthday. She got me 2 other pairs with animals on them too. The are my favourite socks and make me so happy when I wear them. I also really love the pattern on them and the illustration aspect of them. I think this communicates that I like cute things/cute accessories. Also I think that they could mean I don't like feet (which I don't) because socks hide away your feet so it might mean I like to cover up my feet (which I do).
Object: 14 | Alice In Wonderland Pocket Mirror
I bought this in the Natural History Museum in Oxford. I am in love with all things Alice in Wonderland and always have since I was small. I love the art work on it and think that it is beautiful. I think that this communicates that one, I like the art work/like Alice in Wonderland and two, feel the need to carry a mirror with me to check on my appearance making me seem self aware. Also think that it shows that I like imaginary things.
Object 15: Pin | Cancer Research | Marie Curie | Daffodil
I decided to put this in as a symbol for Wales. I donated to Marie Curie and I support it very much but I wanted something to show Wales as I had lived there for 9 years before coming back to England. I think that people will think that this communicates that I know someone with cancer or there had been a death in the family from cancer.
Object 16: Record | Ben Howard | Every Kingdom
Ben Howard is a folk singer. I love his music and it has helped me though some rough times. This is one of my favourite albums and have been for 4-5 years. It is a record and I do have a record player, this may seem a little odd to people but I love listening to records, I think it sounds a lot better and I love the crackle sound the record makes. I also have a big interest in history from the 1920-1950s so I think my interest from the record player and older ways of doing things started there. I'm not really sure what this will communicate about me or what others will take from it.
All my objects together
So I wanted to talk about my objects all together, there are a few objects I didn't write about on there own so I'm going to quickly go over them.
The umbrella: I included this because of the pattern and the designer. The pattern is a floral print and the design is Cath Kidston. I want this to communicate that I like vintage style/ designed things.
The Elton John Record: I really like Elton Johns music, I think his voice is great and he writes beautiful and fun music. Again I'm not sure what people will think of this as Elton John is a little bit before my time.
Photo of my brother: I wanted to show that 1. I have a brother and 2. that he is very important to me. Words can not describe how much I love him. He is wonderful in every way and is very caring.
So all my objects have been placed in a way were there is enough space around them and some things have been over layed and stacked. I wanted to get across a kind of scrap book style, sort of like a pin bored but layed down on the table. My mothers charm bracelet has been placed at the front along with the photographs of my family, the inhalers and the Alice mirror which communicates importance. My mothers bracelet is seen as most important as it is at the front in the middle of everything and is place on top of a paper bag which looks like fabric/a blanket, this shows that it needs to be protected, it needs to have its own placed where its not going to get broken or ruined.
What other People thought of my objects
The DVDS: They fingered out that I enjoy the theatre.
The charm bracelet: Some people thought that it was my own bracelet and everything on it said something about it but one person questioned if it was my mothers or someone in my family's.
The umbrella: Someone said it may be because I like to protect my hair from the weather, which I don't think I do, I just don't like getting wet with soggy clothes. Also someone said that if they was to see me in the street with it they would think I was sweet.
The photograph of my brother: People said that he must be very important to me as the photo is well looked after and it is just him in the photo.
The books: Some people thought I like to read alot, which I do enjoy reading but I find it hard because of my dyslexia.
I hope you enjoyed learning about me and my objects. Thank you very much for reading.
Object 6: Photograph from Disney Land Paris yr 2000.
This photograph is one of my most favourite photos. It was taken in Disney Land Paris when I was 5 years old. The photograph was taken by my mother and in the photograph is (from the left to right) my sister, me and my father. I love Disney and think that the castle in the background looks stunning.
I think that this may communicate that I like Disney Land and have happy memories from my child hood.
Objects: 7, 8 and 9 | Winnie The Pooh Books
These books are early-ish edition. ''Now We Are 6'' is a sixteenth edition and it filled with poems. ''Winnie The Pooh'' is a twenty-sixth edition book and ''The House At Pooh Corner'' is a fourteenth edition book.
I found these books while I was on holiday in Felixstowe. They were in a recycled books shop. Inside of them is writing from 1942 and seem to be a gift to someone. I love to think about them when they were bought new with the intention of being a gift for someone and how that person felt when they had been given them. And also what kind of gift they were, a birthday gift or a get well gift.
I love everything about them. The oldness of them, that they were a gift to someone, that they are early-ish editions. I also really love A.A. Milne stories and the illustrations.
I think this my communicate that I like the work inside of the book. I also think that people will ask about how I have became to have them, if they were in my family or if they had been bought.
Objects: 10,11,12 | DVDs | Musicals
Theses are a few of the musicals I own. I love plays and musical and have done since I was little. I love how you can tell a story or a feeling though song and movement. I would say that I collect musicals and own about 6 more (that I can think of) and own and book of the play ''Blood Brothers''. I also have seen a few plays/musicals such as ''The King and I'', ''Witches'', ''Cats'', ''Blood Brothers''.
I think this communicates that I enjoy music and enjoy the theatre.
Objects: 13 | A Pair Of Socks
These socks were given to me by my sister for my birthday. She got me 2 other pairs with animals on them too. The are my favourite socks and make me so happy when I wear them. I also really love the pattern on them and the illustration aspect of them. I think this communicates that I like cute things/cute accessories. Also I think that they could mean I don't like feet (which I don't) because socks hide away your feet so it might mean I like to cover up my feet (which I do).
Object: 14 | Alice In Wonderland Pocket Mirror
I bought this in the Natural History Museum in Oxford. I am in love with all things Alice in Wonderland and always have since I was small. I love the art work on it and think that it is beautiful. I think that this communicates that one, I like the art work/like Alice in Wonderland and two, feel the need to carry a mirror with me to check on my appearance making me seem self aware. Also think that it shows that I like imaginary things.
Object 15: Pin | Cancer Research | Marie Curie | Daffodil
I decided to put this in as a symbol for Wales. I donated to Marie Curie and I support it very much but I wanted something to show Wales as I had lived there for 9 years before coming back to England. I think that people will think that this communicates that I know someone with cancer or there had been a death in the family from cancer.
Object 16: Record | Ben Howard | Every Kingdom
Ben Howard is a folk singer. I love his music and it has helped me though some rough times. This is one of my favourite albums and have been for 4-5 years. It is a record and I do have a record player, this may seem a little odd to people but I love listening to records, I think it sounds a lot better and I love the crackle sound the record makes. I also have a big interest in history from the 1920-1950s so I think my interest from the record player and older ways of doing things started there. I'm not really sure what this will communicate about me or what others will take from it.
All my objects together
So I wanted to talk about my objects all together, there are a few objects I didn't write about on there own so I'm going to quickly go over them.
The umbrella: I included this because of the pattern and the designer. The pattern is a floral print and the design is Cath Kidston. I want this to communicate that I like vintage style/ designed things.
The Elton John Record: I really like Elton Johns music, I think his voice is great and he writes beautiful and fun music. Again I'm not sure what people will think of this as Elton John is a little bit before my time.
Photo of my brother: I wanted to show that 1. I have a brother and 2. that he is very important to me. Words can not describe how much I love him. He is wonderful in every way and is very caring.
So all my objects have been placed in a way were there is enough space around them and some things have been over layed and stacked. I wanted to get across a kind of scrap book style, sort of like a pin bored but layed down on the table. My mothers charm bracelet has been placed at the front along with the photographs of my family, the inhalers and the Alice mirror which communicates importance. My mothers bracelet is seen as most important as it is at the front in the middle of everything and is place on top of a paper bag which looks like fabric/a blanket, this shows that it needs to be protected, it needs to have its own placed where its not going to get broken or ruined.
What other People thought of my objects
The DVDS: They fingered out that I enjoy the theatre.
The charm bracelet: Some people thought that it was my own bracelet and everything on it said something about it but one person questioned if it was my mothers or someone in my family's.
The umbrella: Someone said it may be because I like to protect my hair from the weather, which I don't think I do, I just don't like getting wet with soggy clothes. Also someone said that if they was to see me in the street with it they would think I was sweet.
The photograph of my brother: People said that he must be very important to me as the photo is well looked after and it is just him in the photo.
The books: Some people thought I like to read alot, which I do enjoy reading but I find it hard because of my dyslexia.
I hope you enjoyed learning about me and my objects. Thank you very much for reading.
