'The Burden' 2012
Bone china, silver, binding wire.
Photography Olga Vonderenko
When starting the major project I was interested in exploring the ‘perfect’ body. I wanted to see its evolution and differences from culture to culture. About a month into the project I became very concerned with the monotony of the western media, depicting idealised versions of beauty, which comes with the perfect body, flawless skin, glossy hair and a vulnerable attitude etc.
In my view this has
become mundane. Are we to aspire to fiction? Should we all loose weight, whiten
our teeth; pump our bodies full of silicone and Botox just to look like the
airbrushed girl on the magazine cover?
'The Burden' 2012
Bone china, silver, binding wire.
Photography Olga Vonderenko
I was inspired to make a necklace that confronts our
desires for conventional beauty.
Taking on the form
of a traditional pearl necklace but oversized to hinder the wearers movement,
to give a feeling of shackles and chains. An analogy of what women put
themselves through to meet the aesthetic demands of their society.
'The Burden' 2012
Bone china, silver, binding wire.
Photography Olga Vonderenko
The beads are high fired, plain bone china. They are cast from a
mold to give a repeated circular form. This repetition illustrates conformity,
an issue that I wish to address with my work.
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