Final piece




Final Project 

 A few pictures of my final piece.
The mesh is screen printed. I designed this so the mesh could be detached and reattached when needed.
 
"Monsters In The Wardrobe"

This piece is made from fabric and utilises screen printing and felting techniques.

The piece is a response to my children's experiences of gender non conformity. I have a trans gender child and a non-binary child. Both children have had terrible and negative experiences regarding their gender identity and the clothing conformities which are pervasive in society. Having to dress in clothing which defines them as a gender they do not feel they are becomes traumatic and eventually the clothing in the wardrobe became monsters to them.

The piece explores the idea of owning the problems that haunt you and turning weakness into power.  Gender specific silhouettes and colour pallets were explored as this was central to removing the gender from the garment.


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