Reflections on my MA journey: Rebecca Davis

“The Master’s degree has been an incredible journey of research and discovery through both theory and practice. Studying at a Masters level has helped to unite all existing skills with newly acquired ones too, developing the work within academic criteria. Designing and structuring a self-driven project has resulted in a body of work that reflects this journey. Guidance in the form of tutorials combined with lectures and workshop technical support has helped to direct the development and understanding of the practice throughout.

Six memory boxes visualising narratives through the use of mixed media and assemblage represent research into Victorian mourning and culture. Memories kept secret inside the enclosed spaces of six box formats referencing Victorian mourning and the Victorian obsession with collecting, recording and visualising a narrative were derived from specific memories and memorial references. Fragments enshrined within these memory boxes speak of the memory of mourning, woven with symbolic meaning. Everyday collected and personally crafted objects were used to inspire the craft production of these final works”.

Rebecca Davis