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Student Narrative
This Artist book is a chocolate box dedicated to the part of us that still hopes. It opens up to reveal a tissue paper with all of my childhood beliefs, past, present, and future. Some illusions are childish ones we gave up on when we grew older, such as "Santa will bring me gifts in Christmas if I behave" and some are bittersweet ones we are still holding onto such as "I will inspire millions of people with my stories". When you lift the tissue paper, you will find 8 clay chocolates that each reveal my 8 dearest illusions. In a world that constantly dismisses our dreams as immature and unrealistic, this project implores people to hold onto these illusions close to our heart, for the tender, beautiful, and everlasting part of us that still dares to dream.
Publication Date
Spring 5-1-2025
Description
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2027
Major
Illustration
Faculty / Course
Oren Sherman, Visual Strategies
Materials + Techniques
Sculpey clay, vellum, wrapping paper, chipboard, ribbon, cupcake liners, and gold foil
Photo Credit
Sabrina Love, FAV 27
Recommended Citation
Chen, Xing; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "To the Part of You That Still Hopes" (2025). 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026. 8.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest12th2026/8