Mascots

A handyman of one’s own awkwardness, a porcelain Pierrot of today, a product of oneself.

The presented collection of figures engages the fascination with a downscaled world and the human urge to talk to such objects. The work brings an original product that portrays the author as captured in three situations via corresponding costumes – a shark, a rocket, and a fly agaric.

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The shark costume speaks to my desire to be more progressive and predatory as it seems to be the necessary skill of today.

Fly agaric shows us that not everything that looks charming is actually edible and the Rocket speaks for the omnipresent feeling that we should be as quick as today's age.

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As if you were sweating on a temporary job while clad in a mascot costume; it’s just that the costume was designed by a more ardent handyman than you. People tend to sew costumes onto their own life situations, thus becoming mascots of themselves. Partly a mask, partly an armour, partly a dose of sentiment. We do select some parts ourselves, others get stuck onto us on the road, and something is simply given – such as the size of our shoes.​