Digital photograph of a teabag printed/engraved on aluminum.

Carley Gancher. (Hanover College Graduate, 2018. Greiner Award winner of 2018).

Artist Statement:
During a transitional time in life, it's easy to cling to what's familiar: maybe it's a significant other; a lucky charm; or even an emotion, such as anger. These are the things that give us the greatest sense of comfort, despite our recognition that we may need to let them go.

For me, it's the places I've lived.

Tea holds a personal and cultural connection to each of these places. The connotation of coziness and nostalgia that it brings inspired me to manipulate tea bags and use them as the subject of each of the photographs in the Twinings/Pinings. Using tea as a personal symbol of comfort and through the inclusion of contradictory materials, I'm representing the internal struggle one faces during a transitional moment in life when they may long for the securities of the familiar while simultaneously recognizing the need to transcend beyond their comfort zone in order to grow.

Creator

• Gancher, Carley (HC 2018)

Subject

• Engravings

• 21st century

• Art, American

Publisher

• Hanover College

Identifier

• 2018.9.1

Keyword

• Hanover students

• Greiner Purchase Award

Date created

• 2018

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Extent

• 30x20in.