These strands of bread beads were created as part of my Living By Bread Alone installation. The stands range from 40cm to 2m (16 inches to 80 inches) and the individual beads are approximately 3cm (1 inch) in diameter. The price is for one strand.
Materials: Bread, Charcoal, bamboo yarn and cotton cord
Rooted in the materiality of the Covid lockdown, ‘Living By Bread Alone’ is an installation of worry beads made from bread. It manifests the experience of lockdown isolation as a physical act. In the same way that imprisoned wild animals engage in repetitive movements to self-soothe, my work explores this purposeless activity. A study by the Medical Research Council indicates that handling objects such as worry beads can disrupt the effects of PTSD. Bread-making became a distraction during lockdown. Sharing stories around the fire is a crucial part of our human experience and it’s as ancient a process as baking bread. I added charcoal to the bread to embody this concept. Mental asylum artists in the 19th century made sculptures from chewed bread as an activity to stave off the isolation of confinement and occupy their time with the only modelling material available to them.
These strands of bread beads were created as part of my Living By Bread Alone installation. The stands range from 40cm to 2m (16 inches to 80 inches) and the individual beads are approximately 3cm (1 inch) in diameter. The price is for one strand.
Materials: Bread, Charcoal, bamboo yarn and cotton cord
Rooted in the materiality of the Covid lockdown, ‘Living By Bread Alone’ is an installation of worry beads made from bread. It manifests the experience of lockdown isolation as a physical act. In the same way that imprisoned wild animals engage in repetitive movements to self-soothe, my work explores this purposeless activity. A study by the Medical Research Council indicates that handling objects such as worry beads can disrupt the effects of PTSD. Bread-making became a distraction during lockdown. Sharing stories around the fire is a crucial part of our human experience and it’s as ancient a process as baking bread. I added charcoal to the bread to embody this concept. Mental asylum artists in the 19th century made sculptures from chewed bread as an activity to stave off the isolation of confinement and occupy their time with the only modelling material available to them.