Joy + Trust = Love

Psychologist Robert Plutchik’s Theory of Emotions classified emotions into eight primary states – anger, fear, sadness, disgust, surprise, anticipation, trust and joy. His model further categorises emotions - much like secondary colours in the colour wheel. Thus 'trust' and 'joy' combine to give 'love'. This sculpture is called 'Trust + Joy = Love' and features visual symbols for these two emotions on opposing sides of a 3D pyramid shape. When viewing the piece, you can see that these symbols mingle and influence each other - describing the ebb and flow of emotions.