Inspirataion - artist - Ros Verloop

Ros Verloop

Dutch artist Rosa has extended her body work with nylon sculptures. These textural pieces capitalize on the medium used: stockings, which are tucked and moulded to create a distinctly human-like figure. The colours of the nylon fortify the anthropomorphic qualities of the work, which is manipulated in an organic fashion with drawing pins to create something strangely exotic. (http://inspiringartists.wordpress.com/)

To me, the ability to manipulate different materials fluently is very important.
This way the more materials you can manipulate, the larger the range of art techniques you can master. And i think that is a important part of development for art.
And i find that this artist has a very interesting idea plus she is very skilled in manipulation of her materials. 

She used this everyday material that no one would every think of using to create this sculpture. When i look at this sculpture, i see it with different emotions. Part of me really appreciates how this is made but the other half of me thinks that it looks a little bit gross you can say. She uses pins to pin down the nylon cloth, creating shapes, texture and depth.

Zoomed out view of the sculpture.
Some how i find that if you view this sculpture from this distance, it actually looks quite nice!

View of the whole sculpture.
For me, i think this is the kind of art that i think shocks the viewer and may not appeal to or be appreciated by all viewers. However, the reason i appreciate is not really because of how it looks like but because of the process of it. I can imagine how she had to position all the pins and pinned the cloth down to create the sculpture. When i look at a piece of art, i always think of the process which the artist goes through and how did they actually do it. 

Here are some other works and here is a full body art. The one on the left is actually of this biomorphic image of a figure and i can't say i like how it looks, but i just like the idea of it.
What i really like is the one on the right where a actual person is wearing the costume/sculpture. This makes it a sculpture and at the same time a form of performance art. Because of the effect that the nylon creates, it basically just looks like fats. So I would guess that the work may mean that body image should not trouble people as well like what everyone say ' its not the outside that counts, its whats inside that counts' So inside and underneath the work may stand a beautiful lady.

Here is another one where the artist combines her sculpture ( the one on the right) and a person wearing the sculpture piece/ costume. This is interesting where the person just blends in and fits in nicely.

To me, this is the perfect example of impressive manipulation of material, creativity, and impact. It really creates this impact on the viewer and leaves a very deep impression.

Using this inspiration, i've attempted to also work with materials like nylon to experience the process.
And here are some sock puppets i've made!