Manga boy loses it then feels terrible...

This exhibit is still evolving but will have two 10 year old boys standing back to back. One is in full flight of having an angry outburst ( angry, shouting, defiant and oppositional) in class and the second is moments after this when he has observed everyone’s reaction to him and settled down…shame guilt and rejection. This current sketch is very basic, but I will re work the 2 boys in a crazy manga style, once I have worked out how to do that…

A 2-piece work looking at how anger and aggression are often used to mask feelings of sadness and vulnerability, particularly in young boys.

I considered this work after working in a youth detention centre and seeing that aggression and violence were often a defense against feelings of sadness and vulnerability. With the garments I will draw on cultural pictures of threat and aggression  such as tattoos. Tattoos also can be a strong representation of manhood for young boys to identify with.

I thing I’ll put him in a more aggressive silhouette. After all, that is the first thing that people will recognise…

This exhibition will show a young girl of 10 wearing a beautiful butterfly dress crafted out of hundreds of butterflies made out of silvery and blue metallic thread. These represent the beauty and lightness that the girl feels as she imagines that she can fly. The cube on which she stands will show reference images she has in her head when she senses this feeling such as looking into her mother’s face as her mother is smiling and delighting in her.

This shows a 12 year old boy standing in oriental inspired jacket and pants that are crafted out of different shades of indigo in fine wool and silk to evoke a sense of softness and comfort. These colours represent water, use the traditional japanese design to symbolise this and represent the bodily sensation of complete calm when he is in water.