I have decided to collect my used make-up wipes. Doing this has took my work a lot more personal than I first imagined but I feel like they could be interesting used in my work due to that personal link with them. I decided to explore different ways of displaying them and what effect that can have on how we view them. By doing this it allowed me to see what made them look more effective and hopefully give me ideas on how to next explore them.
I originally attached them to the wall individually letting them hang down to show each wipe as its own and hung some on the string attached across my space with pegs to symbolise a washing line. This created a a space where each wipe was displayed as its own although all looking very similar. This gave quite an enclosed feeling in a way as you looked up you were surrounded by the wipes.
I next stitched some together in rows of two which when hung from my space created a piece resembling a hammock. I felt that with my old wipes being attached like this is gave it something more. They weren’t now just wipes, they had been used to actually create something…it was like they had been recycled and turned into something new.
This reminded me of Alexandra Bircken’s work where she stitches together the gussets of tights. I feel this relates back to the abject feel towards my make-up wipes. Although these tights generally speaking are not a disgusting piece of material, the thought of someone having already worn them could bring that abject feeling similar to my make-up wipes, with the thought of the make-up wipes with that close contact with the skin.
