Lippy

By Lucy Brown 2017

Sculpture
Craft and Design
Mixed Media
Hair
Textile Art
Fibre Art
Female
Lipstick
Body
Hairwork
Make-Up
Textiles
Exhibition
Studio Practice

Dimensions
2cm w x 10 cm h x 1.5cm d

Lippy is from a series of sculptures exploring the taboo subject of female body/facial hair using make-up cases and tools which have an association with the mouth, upper lip and chin area. Around the Yardley, Ace of Hearts vintage lipstick, human hair has been straightened, twisted and teased into a caged entrapment, keeping rigid rule. Lippy’s tongue in cheek references to songs like ‘Lipstick, Powder and Paint’ (Stone; 1956) and has sexual implications. Materials; Human Hair, thread, hairspray, vintage lipstick (Ace of Hearts. Yardley). Photo credit - Alison Bettles 2018 ©