Bra/Breast
Challenge
Co-hosted by Susan Storey and Delores Hamilton Women's breasts and/or the varied contraptions designed to hold them have long been a source of interest. Augmentations, including exercises and creams to enlarge them, have been endlessly advertised. Surgeries to reconstruct them or to reduce or remove them have been endured. Emotions associated with one's own breasts run the gamut, not to mention the fascination most men seem to have with the female breast. Women have been offered the tools to train them, push them up, carry them around with or without straps, and lift and separate them (for eighteen hours at a time)! Bras have been embellished, burned, and bemoaned, and finding a really comfortable one still eludes many! So, a challenge has been born. Say what you will--or should we say, sew what you will--about female breasts and/or the bras that contain them. Everyone is welcome to participate. Requirements for the challenge: Theme: Whether offering whimsical interpretations or social commentary, creatively express yourself using bras and/or women's breasts for your inspiration. Form: Art quilts, art bras, or art dolls constructed using 80% textiles. We encourage you to use all or parts of actual bras, but that is not a requirement. Size: Art quilts--make one side at least 12 inches. Art bras and art dolls--any size. There is no restriction on the maximum size. |
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Carol Bruce
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Colleen Maria Casey
Marietta, Georgia, USA
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Susie Kline
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Susan Lewis-Storey
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Susan Lewis-Storey Artist's statement: For this whole-cloth quilt (with added border), I wanted to exalt the female form as in the classic nudes of fine art. |
Susan North
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Cynthia Paugh St. Charles
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Julie Schlueter
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Susan Schrott, Artist's statement: This
piece was inspired by an original photograph taken by Victor Friedman,
photographer. My aim was to create an image of the naked breast
that was luscious, textured and completely revealed. The intricate
thread painting around the girl's breast creates both intimacy and
vulnerability in this very serene setting. |
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Construction techniques: This bra is entirely handmade with Timtex, manipulated commercial cotton fabric, shot dupioni silk, hand-dyed wool yarn, rayon thread, hand-painted cotton scrim, cotton tape, and wool and acrylic felt stitched, painted with oil sticks, distressed, and embossed. |
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Michelle Verbeek
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Sabrina Zarco
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