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Changing the dimensions of your body!
Think of all the ways in which you might change
the size and shape of your body:
very tall or wide hats or headpieces
very wide or long
skirts, dresses or trousers
very wide cloaks
and wings
invented shapes
like "arm or finger extensions"
Use withies to create structural shapes which
you can wear. Think how you might wear them:
make a withie "brace" which
holds the wings or cloaks
a hat which rests, but if its tall
maybe it needs two withies hanging down which you can
use to steady the hat in place
think of the parts of your body structures
could hang off, such as shoulders, heads, waists,
wrists etc.
Tips
Don't forget to keep trying your costumes
on as you make them.
Make your structures in pairs and help each
other. You could even make something a group of people could
wear.
Decoration
The withie structures you make will be really
attractive, but you could brighten your sculptures by adding
other materials such as
feathers
tissue paper
cling film
tracing paper
string
fabric
Keep the structures light in weight to make
them easier to wear
Artists
Research the early work of artist Rebecca
Horn who made sculptural arm extensions and sculptures
which obscured the natural shape of the body.
