Last week I had a lot of progress within my work. I needed to build some boxes to house my wax pieces, which are to be illuminated by torch light and viewed by a keyhole sized gap in the box side. I had previously been experimenting with a cardboard prototype, which was not ideal but perfect for calculating distances and hole size and trying out the perspective of the viewer.
I finally built some wooden boxes, 4 in total of varying sizes, each with a different element, mirrored insides, magnifying lens affixed to eye hole etc. I am very pleased with how these turned out and am looking forward to getting the response of the spectator, when I show them in an exhibition at the start of April.
The viewing of the wax pieces is intimate, and the torch light subtly highlights the gestures of the places in which dust gathers, displayed in a relic like form.
