Hans Bellmer. Les Saltimbanques (The Street Performers) 1964 My friend Claire (for whom I am making the handkerchief) is a fan of sculptural shoes. She admires the work of shoe designers Tracey Neuls and Vivian Westwood. Heels are a good thing in her book.
Hans Bellmer drew beautifully, shoes and legs in particular, exquisitely capturing turn of heel and striped stockings, the crease of leather across the toe. For me, the beauty of the shoes he draws is that they look lived in. They are slightly fantastic yes, but there's an energy there that keeps me looking, following the lines round and round. I would like to carve a small leg for the handkerchief that has a similar energy. Something slightly fantastic, but lived in and worn at the same time.
Hans Bellmer drew beautifully, shoes and legs in particular, exquisitely capturing turn of heel and striped stockings, the crease of leather across the toe. For me, the beauty of the shoes he draws is that they look lived in. They are slightly fantastic yes, but there's an energy there that keeps me looking, following the lines round and round. I would like to carve a small leg for the handkerchief that has a similar energy. Something slightly fantastic, but lived in and worn at the same time.
My aim is to model the leg in clay, take a mould from it and then to cast the leg in a tinted resin, so it has the look and feel of ivory. Reminiscent of a much loved netsuke, polished and warm from use. Something along the lines of the legs below.
Photographer unknown, Erotic postcard. 1920's
Drawing by Gene Bilbrew (Detail) : SM chastity outfit, complete with padlocks and key. 1956
Jean Dulac (Detail) Drawing for Les Dessous d'un demi-siecle. 1956
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