An idea was sparked from a few spoon heads, left over from a batch of rings I had made from the handles.
Making artistic pieces with a function has always appealed to me, so I knew one day the spoon heads would have some kind of purpose (perhaps a sculpture!)
For a few years now, I have contemplated entering the Wearable Art competition at the Australian Body Art Carnival in Eumundi. The whole idea of this particular contest is to make something from recycled/pre-loved items.
I love the Steampunk genre, and when I first saw this years theme - Under the Sea - I had a mental block! As I was driving to the factory a few weeks later, it hit me! Make a bodice out of spoon heads to create a fish scale effect (pretty obvious, when you think about it.) After spending a day cutting more spoon heads off the handles and drilling holes in them and another day working on the bodice (which was made from a retro top) to sew the spoons onto, I entered the competion - no turning back now!
Making artistic pieces with a function has always appealed to me, so I knew one day the spoon heads would have some kind of purpose (perhaps a sculpture!)
For a few years now, I have contemplated entering the Wearable Art competition at the Australian Body Art Carnival in Eumundi. The whole idea of this particular contest is to make something from recycled/pre-loved items.
I love the Steampunk genre, and when I first saw this years theme - Under the Sea - I had a mental block! As I was driving to the factory a few weeks later, it hit me! Make a bodice out of spoon heads to create a fish scale effect (pretty obvious, when you think about it.) After spending a day cutting more spoon heads off the handles and drilling holes in them and another day working on the bodice (which was made from a retro top) to sew the spoons onto, I entered the competion - no turning back now!
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