Metaphors of Life. A visual essay on the transitional object

Genesis; like the human being and mother earth, the baby and its mother are configured as one being. With the passage of time, these two beings separate to become two individuals in their own right. This harrowing and terrible episode for the baby can be overcome with the arrival of the transitional object (Winnicott, 1971). In this way, the object becomes indispensable to soothe the sobbing and grief.Once again, the passing of life will bring about a new rupture, this time between the child and the object, and it is precisely this milestone that gives life to our work. Work that is born from the undercurrent of the unique and profound histories of the objects and, at the same time, belonging to a global world that endows them with universal meanings. Tenderness, affection, joy, sadness, fear or longing are universal emotions and also our own personal ones, which connect us to the objects. Corners and traditions that make us recognise ourselves and guide our behaviour. Beliefs that condition us and set us free, biographies of life that narrate our journey.The work we present here, a series of doll-objects, is born of those hidden and secret, sometimes magical, meanings with which they are charged. Through them, we aspire to tell the story of life, that story that speaks of the inherited and familiar attachment that connects us to our origins. We reflect on life's journey towards death, with the need to treasure tradition with devotion to nature, protecting the customs that are our own and identify us. We look at those veiled and traditional taboos, questioning the prejudices that stifle our existence.