Statement
The metal busts are based on 18th and 19th century dress patterns. I am interested in the relationships between the 2- dimensional dress pattern, the metal bodice and the body. I see patterns as maps for the body. By concentrating on the surface I hope to describe the cultured layers, which, in form of our clothing become a second skin. Skin possesses a process called osmosis, by which this semi-permeable membrane lets certain things pass in both directions. Clothing communicates but also absorbs values. I use metal to increase the awareness of the architectural construction and constriction of clothing. At the same time, metal speaks of armour, and both Athena and Joan of Arc have worn armour. Finally the shaping of the female body into very different forms through constructive clothing, seems always more apparent in hindsight, than current fashion trends.