As children we are surrounded with ideas of dreams, fairytales and cautionary tales. Yet our curious minds stay with us.There is something interesting in how children are tempted by the new and dangerous; stories told about grand adventures and choices leading to consequences that arise once we give in. However, that does not stop us from continuing to wonder and play with temptation. The artist wanted to play with concepts of desire and consequences tied to the mind of a child.

This project idea formed a couple of months after the artist experienced a severe hospitalization for a scald burn. Aside from the incident, one of the biggest things the artist will remember from that period in her life is learning that children are the majority of burn victims and survivors. Each year roughly 250,000 children in the U.S require medical attention for burn injuries.The weight of knowing this statistic led to more research on the issue along with other dangerous household objects that entice children. The artist chose this cartoon personification of the objects as one way they envisioned the connection between the object and the child. Inspiration was gathered by the 1930s “Golden Era” of animation along with Cuphead illustrations.