Outlet of Joy
Developing an Art and Design practice is what helps to define the artist and designer. In the art world and the creative industries, artists and designers will often pursue individual concepts and themes, which come about through a series of proposals to organisations and pitches to clients. Sometimes this will be for a one-off project (together with its own restrictions - such as time, materials etc.) whilst for others their projects could last up to decades, in a state of continuous development and flux...
My work has the underlying themes of mental health and fixations in autism. By forcing myself to discuss uncomfortable issues, I re-focused these negative feelings into the things that make me happy, like my friends and music (my special interests and hyper fixation). I want to normalise the discussion around these often taboo subjects.
