Generating Fashion: Violise Lunn- Paper Cut

Taking inspiration from classic garments exhibited in the costume museum, the artist's Pa-pier M ache dresses and shoes appear to be an eerie ghost-like impression of their rich and heavy counterparts. the objective of the first cut exhibition is to use paper to create an exciting piece of art and I feel that  Violise Lunn has achieved this as her hanging dresses have a delicate and haunting quality.

 The stark white shoes displayed at the staircase of Platt Hall have a vunerability to them as they appear so fragile that it is as though they would crumble at the merest of touch. Each piece has its own narrative, such as the ballet slippers that appear to be frozen in motion.

Similarly, the hanging dresses in the main part of the exhibition almost look ethereal in their starkness in contrast to the rich surroundings.

Here the use of transfer print to depict vertebrae is also striking as it subverts the notions of innocence and femininity we might associate with the dress. The result is a bit disturbing but intriguing as it allows us to indulge in the macabre.