Lucy Baker

My model set is a response to the poem ‘Sometimes a Wild God’ by tom Hiron’s exploring the ideas of the unexpected arrival of primal, untamed forces that can disrupt the order and comfort of everyday life, represented through ‘The Wild God’, who embodies fears and repressed aspects of the self. the poem suggests confronting ‘The Wild God’ can lead to profound change and a deeper connection to these aspects of life. Inspired by the natural world and traditional practices of storytelling, the wooden totem poles are hand carved to represent the chronological narrative of the poem as inspired by the folk-art illustrations and my own interpretations and depictions of the poems story. The totems come together in the form of a forest, to create an imaginative world and surrounding , showcasing the journey that not only the persona partakes in to explore these deeper connections and suppressed feelings, but symbolises the journey we all take as humans in confronting the untamed and unexpected forces that present themselves in our own lives.