#whativemade

This piece explores my experience with body image, as well as societal expectations of us to conform to gender roles/norms/expectations. It also pokes fun at hyper masculinity and sex. I used fabric, porn clippings, photos of my own body, as well as pads and tampons to make this piece.

This piece is a painting collaboration with local Victoria artist, Leftegg. The mannequin is filled with erotica, irony, and is meant to be incredibly obscene. I enjoy that our final piece is a genderless being covered in genitalia.

I worked with a glass artist to collaborate on this piece (@ghazi_glassworks). The charm in the centre is made by the glass artist. The paint is done by me, and the quote "Nice 'till I'm not, bitch" serves as a warning. It is meant to be cheeky, and represent living kindly, but with boundaries (something that can be hard to do as a woman).

This is a face painting project I did in which I created a piece using my face as the canvas. I love the process of painting on and playing with the body.

This collage features myself in the middle, surrounded by actual quotes from covers of vintage porn magazines. The piece is meant to be funny, and points out how ridiculous magazines can be when luring in readers, praying on insecurity and curiosity.

This collage combines drawing, painting, wax, and as well as clippings from my childhood and from vintage porn magazines. The piece is partly about my feeling of losing my innocence, and losing my childhood self through sexual assault.

This Drawing, made with pencil and ink, is based on a photo of my body reflected in water. The piece is partly about my distorted body image. Drawing myself as art, looking at the lines and curves of my body in a non-sexualized way, was an interesting process.

I created this still life set with objects from my bedroom. The lighting was meant to feel comforting, yet somewhat unsettling upon seeing the objects found within. Filled with trinkets, new and old, a photo of my mother, and my sleeping medication, the set is meant to communicate the duality between my childhood self and my adult self.