Bodily Nature/The Great Orifice

Body Piece, 2014-2015, pubic hair, horse hair and oxidised silver

A body piece made with pubic hair, tightly knotted and attached one by one to a single horse hair, used as a structure to hold the shape. This work can be placed around the neck, preferably a long neck which can suggest a phallic element.

Purus et Promiscuus, triptych

The title is in Latin – Purus et Promiscuus – which means purity and promiscuity. Purity is usually associated with a condition in which a person of the most remarkable qualities maintains sexual purity. Promiscuity, however, is based on a value-judgment, sexual promiscuity is certain to lead to a possible conflict with traditional moral standards or values.

I chose to use a Latin name as a reference to the liturgical language used in Catholic ceremonies because the main propose of this work was to consider the abuse of children that has occurred in the Catholic Church.  

In the exhibition, the issues of sexuality, power, the idea of being corrupt and being corrupted were explored. 

There was purity, but suddenly someone came and took innocence away.

All light was obscured by darkness, and promiscuity reigned.

What was taken cannot be replaced.

What was once hidden will now come to light and be revealed.

Purus et Promiscuus

Body piece, 2014, gloves and pubic hair, detail

The thumb fingers of the gloves were removed, leaving an oval hole to which I attached pubic hair by knotting it in place.

Ready to seduce your virility

Ring, 2009, soap, pubic hair and gold, 70x60x30 mm 

This work was made for the project Lingam. Lingam represents life and fertility, a creative force, a force that is strongly linked to sexual energy.  For this work I used materials such as gold, pubic hair, and soap. The use of hair as a material can cause different reactions: it can be attractive or repulsive. Soap is an important material associated with cleaning.

Full of you II

Brooch, 2008, gold and human hair, 70x55x5 mm

I used hair of a friend to make this brooch.

In the nineteenth century, hair was used as a metaphor to remember and preserve the memory of a loved one and someone special. 

Auto Portrait

Brooch, 2007, gold and my own hair, 70x50x10 mm

In my work I have been exploring the idea of the aesthetics of repetition.

I used my own hair to make this brooch that I titled Auto Portrait.

The hair is part of a person, the person's identity, the person's presence but it can also show on the other hand a person's absence. In a society in which so much depends upon appearance, especially for women hair helps to communicate sexuality but it can also be a means of expression for female individuality. Hair was always a significant and remarkable attribute of bodily appearance. The association of hair with sexuality has made hair the symbol of a remarkable force and the distinction between male and female.

Covered

Body piece, 2007, natural cork, polyester thread, 30 000 mm

 Project 2nd Skin, the idea was to use cork as a material. The skin is the covering of whole body, but does skin show the body or does it hide it?