Bridget Gurrie
RMIT Bachelor of Fashion (Design)
‘The pieces you left behind’ is a combined collection and textile project that explores personal reflections of experiences with heartbreak, grief and trauma. In particular, how these experiences and emotions can manifest internally and externally in the body. Through my work, I have aimed to produce tangible, wearable art pieces in combination with interactive soft sculpture to visually represent my own experiences as well as the collective responses I have received from loved ones. It is important to me within my practice, to provide an opportunity for viewers, who are also struggling with the heaviness of these human experiences, to reflect and hopefully feel that they are not alone in their emotions.