Add to ORKGMy thesis is about my experiences growing up as a LGBT youth in a conservative household and how that has affected my familial relationships, my identity, and my self image. Through a steel skeleton replica of my childhood bedroom wall, the viewer is invited to walk through the white wooden door into the space I spent most of my days in. Inside the “room” are two pieces that represent those childhood experiences. The first piece is Balance, a found object and steel kinetic sculpture, which represents my precarious relationship with my father. Hanging in the middle of the mobile is one of my favorite childhood toys, a Barbie airplane, and hanging on either side of the airplane are concrete cast objects containing bits and pieces of my other ...