A gown made from Napa leather and approximately 10,000 dressmaker pins is absolutely stunning. This garment couldn’t be worn at all, it holds all elements off loss and incredible pain that is unbearable, like wearing this dress would be. On first glance the gown looks made from soft fur further from the actual truth of material used, the pins are sharp and edgy which could do some real damage. It is said that the pins represent a women’s identity: “Look if you will, but touch at your own peril”. A dress made out of sharp pins is an insight to how Susie Macmurray sees things, she is inventive and her choice in materials is thoughtful and curious.
This sample below was created taking influence from Susie Macmurray's work above. I used her choice of materials and applied them in a different way, using them as a way of drawing. Using the dressmaking pins and thread was a material I have not used before so it was challenging as well as awkward but the outcome was pleasing. These samples were about creating a structure that is reliant on each other to stay the same, if I removed one pin the whole structure would fall and fail. This concept gave me the idea on how this project will start. My project will start with the word
'Temporary'.
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