By
Rae Clark
Reading
I have an ambitious art project and I'm crowdfunding to make it a reality!
I've been making tentacles out of upholstery foam to be used in the 3rd year art exhibition this year. They will not only be used as fun seating for an alternative vantage point for viewing our exhibited pieces but also as a thought provoking and interactive sculpture.
I’m Rae and I am a 3rd year Fine Art and Literature student with a hands-on artistic practice and a love of sculptures you can touch!
Did you know that an octopus, when threatened, can remove one of its own tentacles as a distraction?
Not only that, but because they have a decentralised nervous system, the limb contains some of its 'brain'. So when it removes the limb, it's still alive, sentient and moving with its own sense of self-preservation.
My work is heavily inspired by this remarkable biology. I hope to make a giant congregation of 'lost tentacles', made of super soft foam that feel great to touch.
I hope the pile of tentacles will be like a support group for these lost and traumatised bodies. When a viewer sits in the work, letting the tentacles reach out to them, they participate in this healing process - it is like they are reckoning with their own personal traumas in some small way.
By supporting this project you'll be helping to manifest this amazing experience.
The minimum funding target of £150 will allow me to buy enough foam to make 30 tentacles.
If I reach the full target of £400, I can make 30 tentacles, plus a super-efficient 3D printed mould that means there will be less wasted materials.
I've got some really cool rewards to say thank-you for donating, from just a small handwritten personal thank-you note to having you very own tentacle after the show!
Follow me on Instagram to see how the project is going! @rae.n.c
You can help in lots of different ways:
Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
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An email to say thankyou, with high quality digital images of the final work.
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An A6 (postcard size) screen print with a handwritten thank-you note, plus the above.
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An A3 screen print edition, plus all above reward tiers.
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Your very own, one of a kind soft tentacle sculpture! Plus all above reward tiers.
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