Saturday 22 May 2010

What the Butler Saw- Fetish Peep Shows




I have begun to research Victorian Peep Shows and the voyeuristic imagery used involving fetishised women. I love the notion of 'spying' through peep-holes where the viewer is only exposed to a portion of the female body. This relates greatly to my interest in Freud's theories of 'fetishised' objects of the female body that have their own sexual presence even when separated from the body.

I intend to encourage both the viewer and the wearer to question prevailing attitudes towards the female body and aim for my jewellery to act as a tool or device for the wearer to make statements that they may not be able to make with their own bodies.

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