Take a have a look at Daisy Collingridge’s oddly shaped, barely off-kilter forms blowing a kiss to the camera or striking a pose, hands on hip and you simply might wonder what exactly you’re gazing at. Collingridge’s costumes show different parts of the body, resembling boobs, big stomachs or muscular systems, through quilted textiles. At first, chances are you'll not even ensure that there’s an actual person under all those layers, but that’s what makes her pieces all of the more surreal.
Unconventional and thought-provoking , the London-based textile artist specialises in squishy, wearable costumes, done up in unusual pastel colors, with bulbous overlapped forms and shapes. Each bit is a novel vision and a press release on the complex aesthetics...
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