I am a glass artist and a photographer. I did a nude photo series where I photographed 12 people (most of my models were LGBTQ). My whole show was about vulnerability in short but I wont go into a lot of detail. I will be displaying my work at a show in November. I want to do some glass castings as part of my show. I want the theme for my glass castings to be about vulnerability or personal, related to one person (since each nude photo I took is isolated with just one person). I am considering casting lingerie, but I have also thought about human hands. I even considered casting sex toys but my show is not inherently sexual, it is personal. I was wondering what objects you consider to be personal? Thanks!
A brain. A closet? I'm not really materialistic, but I guess lots of people would say their phone? A diary? A ring? A tattoo? A photograph?
probably an accessory, like a bracelet or necklace. a lot of people have some interesting story behind it.
A heart. When I care about someone, I tend to have a feeling in my chest that makes me smile and want to expose my heart/soul and share it. A plush toy/pillow. I was a very touch-oriented child. I still have some of that lingering to this day. So anything soft that I can grab on to reminds me of holding someone I hold dear.
Well uh, I have an "art journal" so to speak where I put a bunch of old embarrassing drawings from when I was 10 slowly up to the new ones, and a bunch of blank space as I improve. It helps remind me to not give up, as anyone can learn. I'd get all flustered if anyone went through it so I keep it tucked away like a diary. Other than that... well, I have this large carapace I found as a child. It's weird, but I still hold onto it. When I was a kid I thought it was the "Dome Fossil" from Pokémon, and about five or so years ago I learned it was from a creature called a "Horseshoe Crab". Can't really think of anything else, I don't own many things anymore.
Different parts of the human body: neck, hands, lower back, sides, eyes... They are personal seeming to me. But in a nonsensual manner: a plush (such as a child's teddy), a well-worn book or diary, glasses, a watch, a shelf of CDs, and so forth. Honestly though, what is "personal" varies greatly depending on the individual.
My plushies! I still love them and get new ones even at my age and they still bring me comfort. To me people and animals are more personal than objects, and when I am alone I guess I live in my head most of the time, so my plushies are really the only objects I can come up with which I would consider "personal" in any way which would also be linked to vulnerability. I don't consider any of my body parts personal either, except my breasts and downstairs. I mean the other parts are definitely my own so naturally they are personal, but I don't consider them "personal" in the way I interpret the word to mean here. They just are there, doing whatever that body part does.
Definitely books, music, anything related to talent or hard work (ie: gloves?), momento mori (which could be anything; I have two rings that were my mother's), a quilt; Just some more ideas.
Well for me, my binder is very personal to me because it is very important for me to be able to cope with my body. I'd also say my bed, because it's where I've slept for over a decade, and where I've spent so much of my life. I guess I find my hands very personal, my ears, and my eyes because they some of the few parts of my body that aren't affected by my sex so I feel like they actually belong to me. I think painting or drawing a bed would actually be quite fascinating. I remember hearing about this artist a while back who caused an uproar because she installed her bed in an art gallery as her piece of work. Except it was also really dirty with used underwear, tampons and stuff all over it
Obviously my 2TB external hard drive full of porn!!1! Although, seriously, some of my knives. And the latest version of my (short) claws
I'd say a journal or a box. People can put mundane things in either one or they could be chock-full of personal things
