I purchased some old keys from an antique shop near Cognac, France. I was fascinated by the way in which they all unlock their own unique door, but no one knows where the door is, and they now have no use.
I decided I’d like to experiment with them this year as part of my degree show project.
I’ve had several ideas about what to do with them but first of all I wanted to play around with the arrangement of keys.
I found a box of memories in my bedroom at home and this is what i made for my GCSE resistant materials project. I made it to store all of my diaries and other precious memories so that i can lock them and keep them safe where no one else can access them.
I had the idea to use the box with the keys as an installation. The funny thing is i cant find the actual key which opens the box. I like the fact that this adds an intrigue to the concept as the memories are unobtainable, locked away.
This got me thinking about all of the things I use to record memory, so I decided to start arranging these items in a similar way that I arranged my artist research; this was quite shocking as I didnt realise quite how many things I use to record memory!
