My newest obsession is decontructing clothes. My latest find, a Marc Jacobs slip or lining, with cut hem that I am reassembling and embellishing for a freind. A trip to Girbaud inspires me to cut apart a dress I've never been able to toss, that I never wear, but love all the same. It would be a better night gown, but I haven't gotten to that point yet, which is one I ultimately reach with many clothes I can't part with, but just don't wear.
Considering my art work is so involved with recycled, tossed off and found materials, this new form of expression isn't so unexpected. And exhibitions, even performance art and installations of reconstruction have been happenening for years. Still it would be fun to do a walk in exhibition where people could bring their clothes and I could cut them apart and remake them. Maybe even combine odd elements. But that's another one for the burner. The back burner. On my more recent to do list: the windows at Ansonia pharmacy.
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