01/02/2026
Footage of my latest piece: waiting for mental health services
2026
This artwork is a diorama made from foam clay, fabric, wood, and acrylic paints
The two-sided diorama features on one side, a typical mental health waiting room, complete with satirical posters and flyers, poking at the lack of funding going into mental health services, and how none of the wellness groups ever seem to be right for patients in one way or another. The lone figure on the standard waiting room chair is slumped slightly and entirely blank while they wait.
The reverse of the diorama presents a similar, albeit dilapidated version of the waiting room. This marks time's passage - much time has passed and yet the lone figure continues to wait, though their chair is broken and disfigured. now, rendered in cardboard, the figure is metaphorically fading away.
The posters are the only constant between the two sides.
Both sides are painted with what I have dubbed 'NHS Yellow' - the colour that the NHS paint the walls of their mental health settings in order to make patients feel more calm and happy. It's a notorious sore point for me, I abhore this yellow with a passion - so much so I wrote a poem about it.
Stay tuned for close up photos of 'waiting for mental health services' and the NHS Yellow poem!
- mud ✌️
