Originally, this idea started out with a few pieces of cooking equipment, including those shown above. I was originally going to try to attach parts of smaller cooking equipment, often for baked goods, to the cookie cutter, to form decorative bracelets.
However, after viewing the wearable art on prazzleinc I challenged myself to take this idea even further.
My expanded idea originated when washing one of the above items in the kitchen, in readiness to attach to the cookie cutter bracelet.
I looked at the paper muffin cases and thought, what if I could make a longer arm sort of bracelet, using three paddle pop sticks length wise as the base, and three muffin cases upside down.
Kind of like a Viking style forearm shield, but made out of biodegradable (not plastic) cooking equipment or utensils.
I thought I could use hair ties at the bottom and top of each forearm structure, to attach these. However, I think rubber bands might be more practical, although unfortunately they are not environmentally friendly.
Alternatively, staples – however, the sculpture will only be a one- off thing – which is not necessarily a bad thing, giving the sculpture a unique identity, like a live piece of music, or sand mandala.
Yes, the wearable art would exist as not reusable, but can be renewed and recreated using the equipment for another unique piece of work, solidifying the message that no two pieces of art are the same, even when people are given the same equipment and environment to create it in – due to their own biases, influences and preferences, the artworks will always be different.
This theme or message of the impermanence and evolution of art would also tie in nicely with the weather or nature theme, if I decide to pursue that instead.
