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attempting to make a milk carton out of hessian. i cut out the net shape of the carton and using the same woven wire technique, pressed it into its shape. i’m happy with the result, and i would love to try this in an array of materials, and more accurately by using my sewing machine.

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weaving wire through sections of hessian to create shapes that hold their form. i’m happy with how well these turned out. had i been given more time, i would love to experiment with different fabrics, and also with weaving different materials through them

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plaster casts of some milk cartons. I figured using plaster is the easiest way for me to create a material similar to what Klute used

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I went to see the new Luke Kelly sculpture by Vera Klute in Dublin. I loved her use of materials- the shared characteristics and differences between them. The skin is so smooth and marble-y while the wire hair is incredibly solid, while looking soft from a distance

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excessively edited photographs the emphasise light and dark in the hessian

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creating new vessels to stuff my hessian into. i am so intrigued by the seemingly random folds and lines created

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Hyper-edited photograph to highlight the light and dark in the hessian folds.

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stuffing the milk carton with hessian. i cut little windows into the plastic to see the shapes being made inside

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more stop motion work. i’m looking at how my two objects interact

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Stop motion GIF making. I am still so intrigued by hessian, so I decided to bring it into my project.

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Quick studies of silhouette and form. I chose to work with a milk carton.

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Sculpture day one!

Organising found objects by size

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Sculpture day one!

Organising found objects by colour and my material

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Looking for the idealised female shape in objects around me

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I made very obvious edits to the photos to highlight the light and dark and depth in my corsetry pieces

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Using hessian to create the same idealised body shape. I chose hessian for two reasons; It is a rough, coarse fabric and would be totally impractical and uncomfortable to use for real corsetry- the whole idea of corsetry is just that, impractical and uncomfortable.

It also follows on nicely from my previous idea of weaving and knot work. Being a natural fabric, it features imperfections in the pattern and texture which makes it so intriguing to me

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As I was experimenting with  the hyper-idealised female silhouette, I decided to do some research into the history of corsetry. During my studying, I found a jingle of sorts from a corsetry shop in the 1800s - “Contains the strong, sustains the weak, brings back those who have strayed”. I found this absolutely fascinating. It sounds so preposterous yet just like something you would hear in the modern day.

I had previously touched on weaving, sailors’ knots and methods used on ships of making materials stronger when I was looking into dazzle. I decided to create a woven sheet of paper and make a corset shape out of that.

This is a very crude shape, and I hope to remake it with different materials and in different styles.