I’m trying to figure out where my hands are in all of this. My dear shaky hands. My best tools that also vex me on a daily basis. I’ve trained my hands to perform the best they can in all types of circumstances, but still the tremors. There isn’t anything to be done, really. I adjust my posture, take tea before coffee, apologize to my students, and shake on. I’ve made my peace with the circumstances, it is just who I am and it isn’t life threatening. So yes, annoying, but also, embarrassing. Embarrassing at dinner switching between hands throughout the meal to see which will perform better with each new utensil or dish. Embarrassing at the buffet style self serve situations with unwieldy foods, these really get me. Or the hold-two-things-at-the-same-time and mingle with friends...There are certain actions and specific arm placements that are my undoing, and so many of them happen to coincide with eating and drinking, especially in public.
It isn’t lost on me that I can more comfortably make a spoon than eat with one.
So here I am feeling my way quite literally through my work. I typically try to cover up, avoid, or work around my quivering ways, but I wanted to see what it would be like to let my practice embody this chaotic energy and channel it through the objects that most beguile me.
Erin S. Daily
Left to Right
Essential Spoon
Fine silver
5 1⁄2” L x 1” W x 1⁄4” D
2024
Familial Spoon
Fine silver
5 1⁄4” L x 2” W x 1⁄4” D
2024
Kinetic Spoon
Fine silver
5 3⁄4” L x 1 1⁄2” W x 1⁄2” D
2024