Bad Hair Day draws on the familiar mechanics of a childhood Play-Doh toy, where turning a crank forces material through a mould to create an ever-growing mass of hair. The figure that emerges is Medusa, her snakes replacing the playful forms the toy was originally designed to produce.

The work combines childhood nostalgia with mythological symbolism, bringing together two seemingly unrelated worlds. The bright colours and toy-like structure create an immediate sense of familiarity, while the growing tangle of snakes introduces something more watchful and unsettling.

At the centre of the work is the repeated action of the crank itself. Rather than simply generating hair, it becomes a symbol of ongoing cycles, habits and automatic responses. Through humour and playful visual language, Bad Hair Day reflects on the ways certain thoughts, behaviours and self-perceptions can become embedded over time, continuing to reproduce themselves long after their origins have been forgotten.