Bon Bon Stories
In 2021 I was facing the fact that my only child would be leaving our life together, to start his own at university. To deal with the impending anxieties I made three bonbon dishes which contained the three things I was most anxious about. Bonbon dishes make offerings to others and the message of each dish was designed to symbolically pass responsibilities that I felt for my son, onto him and to create an opportunity for talking about it together - communication containers!. After the cathartic effect of doing so was notably felt, I continued making bonbon dishes about other aspects of my life, absolutely anything that was on my mind at any one time - memories, conversations, issues etc - then almost a year later, I stopped at 100 dishes.
When the categories for Grayson's Art Club 3 were announced, 'Inside my Head' felt like it was made for the bon bon dishes and the rest, as they say, is history...or more accurately, is still available to watch on All4: Grayson's Art Club series 3, episode 4 and 'The Exhibition'!
"They're just so pro!" - Sir Grayson Perry






























