2026

Mixed media

3D cardboard sculpture constructed with watercolour, papier‑mâché, beadwork, card elements, clay, plastic components, LED lights, and additional mixed‑media materials.

40 × 40 x 50 cm

The piece is part of a larger school project exploring the theme of overthinking. This one functions as the work that ties all the other pieces together, re‑imagining the brain as a whole and bringing together the motifs introduced throughout the series.

The central symbols include the fairy, representing an identity crisis; the ants, symbolising addiction; the piano, evoking childhood; and the watercolour background motifs, referencing sleep. Additional elements, such as the Eight of Swords, stand for mental entrapment and overthinking, while the blue bird embodies the written thoughts.