The Calm Before the Storm- An In Progress Piece

I started this piece with the idea of a safe place in mind.  Inside the coil of wire are a few pieces of lavender.  The lavender represents the calming experience that is being in the womb.

The "Inner Box" represents the comfort zone people have once outside of the womb.  Once outside of the womb, I have found that people try to stay within a comfort zone.  However this place is often lacking in excitement and is very black and white.  This is why I am planning on making the "Inner Box" with black, and white geometric shapes, in order to convey simplicity and the dihcotomic nature of the thought processes within this comfort zone.

I have cut out triangles in some of the black shapes.  These represent different ways to go about seeing things.  When looking through the cut out triangles I see things differently, it gives light which sheds through to the other side of the paper.  I have also made the shapes bend and curve, in order to give dimension to this piece.

This "Inner Box" will go inside a much larger, and much more colorful frame.  The color will represent the beauty and chaos that can be found outside of the comfort zone.  I believe in the ability to make this a successful piece!


                                   A Detail:                                                     The Inner Box: