“The Sucrologist” – A sucrologist collects sugar packets to cope with the break-up of their partners and their longing to meet someone new.
Additional piece to “The Sucrologist”.
“The Galanthophile” – A galanthophile with substance abuse collects snowdrop flowers that are used to treat headaches, and relieve physical pain.
“The Brandophile” – A brandophile collects cigar bands to remember his roots of being a Cuban immigrant from the help of his deported father.
“The Vitrumarisologist” – A sea shard collector experiencing the consequences of homelessness while collecting dangerous fragmented material in order to sell hand- made jewelry.
“The Tyrosemiophile” – A tyrosemiophile in a Korean household collects cheese labels to remember the childhood memory of eating with family while struggling to adapt to western culture.
“The Arenophile” – An arenophile who seeks to find their identity within various sand samples for their desire to become whole through constant spiritual healing.
“The Helixophilist” – A collector of corkscrews deals with their twisted past of alcoholism and downward spiral of depression.
“The Scutelliphilists” – A cult of facial patch collectors communicate with each other through tacit language without revealing their true appearance.
“The Philluminist” – A philluminist collects matchboxes to remember their childhood memories and deals with the loss of their mother while surviving without their mothers teachings.
“The Deltiologist” – A deltiologist collects postcards of famous landmarks in Italy to delude the image of the effects of climate change in Venice.
Covet
“Covet” illustrates stories by rediscovering obscure collections that were popularized in the 20th century, to investigate the dangerous psychological impulse of attaching personal connection to monotonous objects.
