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.