Caged In

These show the final structure of the wire mannequin I designed in a earlier post. I got the 

shape by moulding the wire to a mannequin, I originally used a copper colour wire but it wouldn't keep the shape properly so I changed the wire to a thicker, less springy silver.

While making the mannequin I started to think of the materials and shape of it and how they contrasted. The wire is strong, which is seen more a masculine feature wheres as the shape is much more softer because of the curves, seen as a more famine characteristic. 

The horizontal pieces of wire hold the shape of the mannequin to create the just as a corset would force a body to be a certain shape.

The wire mannequin reminds me of a cage and how a corset would cage women, I think I would like to do some research into the restrictions of women in the past for a future project.

Mannequin Design

Here's the design for my wire mannequin and a little prototype made from copper wire. I like the colour of the wire but I don't know if copper wire would spot wield, might see if I can find any copper coloured wire instead

Tape designs

These are a few designs I've made using video tape and then free stitched on top. On the second image I stitched around the drawn mannequin then I had the idea of making a mannequin from wire. I stripped some cable to get the copper wire to make a mock up of a mannequin to see if it's possible, I'll post a finial image of the mock up when it's complete