“Transitional Objects (for adults) is an installation that was the culmination of two years of research, development and a lot of fun on the MFA at Wimbledon College of Art.
A Transitional Object is an object that can be used as an alternative comfort by a baby when the mother, or breast, is not available; a blanket with a satin edge or a soft toy ( Donald Winnicott, Child Psychiatrist.
Buying a blow-up sex doll in the first term led to an exploration of adult attachment to objects that ‘comfort’.
I was interested in the sensuality of materials that may have tactile memories of childhood as well as sexual references.
Sex is adult play. (Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis.)”