DEATHBED BLANKET
"To wear at your RIPEST MOMENT"
A COLLECTION OF NATURAL DYE EXPLORATIONS THAT ALLOW TIME TO ACT AS THE DOMINANT AGENT OF CHANGE IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY OF AGING,
MAKING USE OF AGENT MATERIALS FOUND LOCALLY(RUSTY BITS, PLANTS, ETC), LINEN, RAW SILK, COTTON.
BORDER IS MADE FROM AN ANTIQUE TABLECLOTH OFFCUT FROM A PREVIOUS LOOK.
RUSTY CHAIR OUTDOORS
RUSTY CHAIR OUTDOORS
RUSTY BITS
RUST DYE
POKEBERRY MOLD
COFFEE MOLD
INDIGO SILT
INDIGO SILT
RUST - CONSTRUCTION SITE
POKEBERRY
POKEBERRY
POKEBERRY
GROUNDING
Secondhand silk jersey, iron alloy washers, found rusty bits, black tea, vinegar, peroxide, lambskin OFFCUTS (bra top) and veg tan OFFCUTS (bracelets)
'GROUNDING' IN SPIRITUAL CIRCLES IS COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD AS "TO RECONNECT WITH THE EARTH TO PROMOTE HEALING"
// IN A MORE LITERAL SENSE PERHAPS TO BURY ONESELF IN THE EARTH...
AS YOUR BODY DECOMPOSES I IMAGINE A FEELING OF BODILY HEAVINESS COUPLED WITH UNPARALLELED FREEDOM.
I ASSUME YOUR LIMBS BECOME HEAVY, PERHAPS YOUR WHOLE BODY. PERHAPS YOUR NIPPLES BECOME SO HEAVY THAT THEY HANG FREELY, MORE FREE THAN THEY EVER WERE WHEN JUST AN EXTENSION OF YOUR LIFE.
