Trousseau

The Trousseau series uses a transparent plastic-like material that results from a facial peel-off mask. This bizarre beauty product picks up and retains the detailed impression of texture and hairs on one's skin. In Trousseau, remnant facial peel is used as "fabric" in constructing the sculptures for the series. Some of the sculptures are embellished with embroidery using abstracted anatomical, biomedical, botanical and ornamental imagery as decorative motifs.

Hoopla:
The Art of Unexpected Embroidery

By Leanne Prain
Foreword by Betsy Greer

Available September 2011

Arsenal Pulp Press