Personal Connection To My Final Piece

My final piece is extremely personal to me as the patched up skin represents how once something is torn, it can be put back together, but will never return to the same previous condition. In my case this symbolises my family as I am currently in foster care for personal reasons. I haven't coped well from being torn from my family and I have tried to show that even if it was to be brought together again, it could never truly be the same due to traumatic events in our lives. I haven't included any symbols of blood in my piece as I do not believe it should be there. This is so because my family always told me that "blood means something" and "blood is thicker than water" when it has always been my family who have hurt me, so these statements do not apply to my life therefore should not apply to my final piece. The stitches binding the pieces of "skin" together represent child services. I also chosen to mount my piece on glass so it is easily seen through, to represent all the people looking in on my families life (councillors, police etc.). It clearly shows that my life is transparent, every professional body is always trying to look in, to find more reasons why and to constantly look for who's to blame.