My 3D-Printed Weighted Blanket

(Left) Comfort Food, Megan Weaver. Comfort Food and My 3D-Printed Weighted Blanket both examine the role of the weighted blanket as it relates to marginalized identity and mental health. Comfort Food aims to reckon with body image anxiety while My 3D-Printed Weighted Blanket uses the weighted blanket as a tool for material exploration and self-actualization.
(Left) Comfort Food, Megan Weaver. Comfort Food and My 3D-Printed Weighted Blanket both examine the role of the weighted blanket as it relates to marginalized identity and mental health. Comfort Food aims to reckon with body image anxiety while My 3D-Printed Weighted Blanket uses the weighted blanket as a tool for material exploration and self-actualization.
My 3D-Printed Weighted Blanket, 2023
Emily Burkhead (she/they)
Flexible TPU, thread, pony beads
My 3D-Printed Weighted Blanket is made from a neurodivergent perspective. The filaments’ textures, sounds of clacking pony beads, and bright colors allow the user to stim while sitting with the blanket. Its amateurish craft alludes to the subversion of conventional artmaking while embracing incompleteness.
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