Fringing is a type of coral reef and so it seems appropriate that this second ‘coral form’, built on a vintage mannequin, be fringed with reclaimed edging lace. The lace comes from various table-linens that I have used over the years to extract embroidery and lace from. In contrast to the vibrantly coloured Coral Form 1, this piece references the calcified ‘architectural’ structure of the coral, left behind when bleaching sadly occurs due to climate change.
Photos show the development of Coral Form 2, in the studio with Coral Form 1, (pinned to the studio wall and the vintage mannequin extended with plaster bandage, that it will eventually embellish, in the background). The larger mannequin was bought in a Warrnambool junk shop several years ago and the 2nd mannequin was rescued from hard rubbish in my neighbourhood a year or so ago, (coincidentally both mannequins were covered in the same 1970’s paisley pattern). My plan is that the larger Coral Form 1 will be suspended from the ceiling on a fishing swivel, in the same way that my earlier work, Let The Jungle In 2013 was.