My instalment

My instalment will consist of My fathers british forces standard issue helmet a Kevlar mk 3

I wanted to grab the onlookers attention by giving them something to deeply and really think about, the modern day soldier heading of and having to leave family behind. It's been a huge part of my growing up as a child and family history in the military dating back to the Zulu wars. 

So i thought about what troops carried on there person to remind them of home and family, for example a photo of a loved one and kids? Or a letter.

So I took photos of my son Coyan and printed this and one other of my family, my wife and my son and myself all together, then I asked my wife to rewrite a letter to me as though I was serving over seas in a confict this letter was rewritten from a letter my mother sent my father whilst he was over seas.

Once a placed the items on a white plinth I wanted to place the photo of me and my family just outside of the helmet I wanted to paint my hand red and then place a hand print on the photo and slide it away, to give the impression of the soldier being wounded and trying to grab the photo almost in a last attempt at holding on to his family before he passes. 

Family

Simon Cudmore 2014

Instalment 

Family

Simon Cudmore 2014

Instalment