Fiona Long Art

My whiteways art project. The first task was to take a white item of clothing and change the meaning of half of it in some way. I took a white fish net stocking which I think of as a youthful and sexy item of clothing. I sewed the bottom of it shut rendering it impossible to actually use. I used hand spun, natural wool turning the bottom of it into an old ladies’ frumpy stocking. The top of it is machine made and regular with man made fibre and the bottom contasts with this by being natural and irregular. I also took a pair of alluring white lacy knickers and attached sharp plastic spikes to them! They are my 21st Century chastity knickers. I like the contrast between the soft and alluring with the sharp and prohibitive. The glue gun left stands of glue which I kept and wrapped around the spikes as women sometimes say “it’s been so long, I’ve got cobwebs down there!” I then tried recreating the spikes on different materials with different media. I then developed these ideas until I did my somewhat conceptual heart rate monitor piece using sand representing the sands of time.Sept/Oct 2006.

Here are my first attempts at photoshop based on photos and scans of my art work; in particular, my 21st Century chastity knickers that I did for my Whiteways project.

Part of my water filtration system. I was asked to imagine that the World had ended and that as far I knew, I was the only survivor. Wandering around the lonely planet amongst the strewn debris, I had to make myself something to help me survive so I chose to make a water filter!