Masked Identity











Beautiful Misery

When I think of masked identity, I see someone who is trying not to conceal their face, but who they are on the inside. By hiding who they are, they conceal the parts that the other should know by showing only what they want others to see. They entice people with the fantasy they present, hiding facts about them that could hurts others behind a beautiful facade, thus the transformation from a purple bloom to represent fantasy, to a rich blue of thorns to represent the melancholy that represents the sorrow they bring to those who are not wary. People are scared of revealing everything about themselves to others out of fear of being rejected as s people might not want to deal with someone that could hurt them, so they draw them in using selective facts about themselves to attract others. The ring seen on the model holds a ruby, which symbolizes life-force and courage, to symbolize the courage needed to keep growing and how much more fulfilling life is after overcoming such hard ships. This flower is for the people who have been hurt and have struggled through their life. That struggle has made them grow all the more beautiful and they have turned the sadness in their life into something beautiful. That beauty is frail though, and is easily damaged, and so it has developed thorns to drive people away, to hurt them before the flower gets hurt anymore. It is a piece that shows the beauty in sorrow and the strength that can come from pushing through the sorrow and struggles in life.

Materials: Wire, Masking Tape, Tracing Paper, Gel Medium, Blue Ink, Violet Ink, Gold Foil

Inspiration Artists

Gladys Paulus

Key Russell

Silvia Heger

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