This installation was created as a response to the theme of "The Commons" exhibition at The Museum of English Rural Life. Six artists showcased their perspectives about the common capitals that we share in this world. For them the commons were indicative of air, water, and land; very physical aspects of life but for me the commons were more visceral and intimate; quite intangible. Hence I created "A Bosie mends the heart" with the concept of Love being a common capital.

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"A Bosie mends the heart" is a collection of ideas that are associated with love, all arranged in a suggestive installation. There is a kitschy chrome heart; a very  generic yet identifiable representation of love. Three hexagons that caricature the chemical structure of morphine, a long tube that depicts a flat line in a heart monitor and blue heart strings that wrap around the body of work. I choose to configure these components, that I had made, in a very spontaneous manner but to my surprise it took a very anthropomorphic form. I decided to acknowledge that form because it fit the context of the work which dealt with very human indicative actions surrounding love.

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The installation stands about 4m tall. It rests and leans on the ground whilst being supported by a beam on the ceiling. The leaning body is representative of a giant opioid and it leaning is indicative of a body under the influence of one. The structure is made out of wood, yarn, and acrylics with paracord, nails, wood glue, and a carabiner being used for structural support.