Emily Joyce | Bored in Class Spinner Ring

Artist: Emily Joyce, OhioMaterials: sterling silver, spinner bearing, brass Size: 8 Artist Statement: When I was younger, the fidget spinner wasn't invented. I would handle my anxiety by coloring in the white spaces of the composition notebook with a pen. I would fold paper into mini airplanes, and quietly tear off each perforated piece of paper from the edge of a spiral-bound notebook paper. I would listen to the click of a rotating fan which would heighten my anxiety, and I would watch the tick of the second hand of a clock slowly pass through 50 minutes which felt like an eternity. I use the imagery of the composition pattern because it evokes these memories of boredom for me. The merry-go-round has become a symbol of pushing through time. In school, every day felt like a repetition of the one before, and the feeling of being trapped while in motion. Feeling like you can't get off unless you jump, or nauseously waiting until it slowly comes to a stop. This imagery summarizes my chil