Karina Han
5 Seconds
Prompt: Create a deck of cards based on the 52 words you wrote down in seminar. Each card must have some handmade element: hand coloring, drawing, stenciling, painting, collage. They can be 100% handmade if you prefer. They must all be the same shape but they do not have to be rectangles. The backs of the cards must all be the same (like in a deck of playing cards).
For this project, we were tasked with designing a deck based on 52 words we had written earlier in the year, which included words to describe ourselves, six words representing home, twelve words tied to our future academic and career goals, and more. I drew inspiration from my childhood and the sense of home, creating a deck of cards that reflects those memories. I was inspired by the game Spot It, a favorite from my childhood that I often played with my family. It’s where many of my fondest memories were made. The concept of the cards comes from a specific memory of playing games with my family while our dog, Rosie, would roam around and scatter the cards. This memory led me to incorporate clovers as a symbol for paw prints. The name “5 Seconds” came from the idea that it should take only about five seconds to find a match, capturing the fast-paced fun of the game.