Clay, Cardboard and acrylic paint on canvas
50 x 50 x 10 cm
Crushing me - 2025
Crushing me is an artwork I made after a poem I wrote. It is expressing the heavy aching in the chest after heartbreak.
For a long time I experienced chest pains and feared I was about to get a heart attack. The constant heavy feeling of sadness and pain pressured on my ribs, crushing my lungs and made me feel like I was unable to breathe.
This feeling is heavy.
Crushing the ribcage protecting my heart.
My heart barely beating bellow the weight.
I am afraid it might just stops.
I felt a lot making this piece. Feelings of pride and happiness creating something so special to me. And impressing myself with how good the heart turned out. Enjoying myself building the ribs and learning how many we have. But also tears rolled down my face while writing the poem and whenever I remember why I was making this. Heartbreak really is something, it is crushing me.