Talisman

This project started because I was frustrated. My brain moves really quickly, and always feels very chaotic. I tried my very hardest to grow as a person, look at my shadows and learn from the mistakes I have made. But so often I kept falling at the same hurdles, having a moment of realisation, but when faced in a similar situation, I would make the same mistake again and again out of habit or fear.

I fell for the same kind of people, hid myself away from others in the same way, resisted and kind of stability, and pushed down my true desires- all to my own detriment. I failed to recognise it as that at the time as I was so busy pushing through my manic life. I needed something to cut through the chaotic- something physical that I could take with me. Over the last few years I have made myself a talisman to remind me of every lesson I have learnt- a ritual that follows after my learnings to solidify them forever.

I start with hand carving out a design in clay. I then melt down and cast recycled pewter into the mold, then engrave a phrase or word that will transport me back to what I have learnt.

Now when I wake up, I think about what I need to remind myself of the day, and I choose a talisman to take with me. I have started to sell a few of these talisman. But only via market stalls, because I want to talk to the potential wearer about the meaning behind each one, what they need to carry with them throughout the day. You can have a look at them on my shop and see when the next stalls I’ll be at are!