Found Object: Body Adornment

Ms. Gueli

Fashion / Textile Design

Traditional Jewelry

Paduang Woman Wearing Neck Rings

• commonly called the Long Neck tribe or sometimesthe Giraffe women.

• heavy brass rings do not effect their necks ratherthey press down on their rib cage and cause the ribcage to grow downward.

• Rings are snapped around the necks of girlsbeginning at the age of six. A few rings may beadded every year, up to a limit of 20.

• The RECORD : 28 brass rings.

• While no one knows exactly why the customdeveloped, the most common explanation is that"an extra-long neck is considered a sign of greatbeauty and wealth and that it will attract a betterhusband."

• Paduang women are also made to pay a steep priceif they commit adultery.

A women who is unfaithful to her husband ispunished by the removal of her neck rings; since herneck muscles alone can no longer support her head,she is forced to spend the rest of her years lyingdown.

- Dayak Woman in Traditional Dress

• Elongated ears and tattooed hand

• Earlobes of women were pierced andloaded at a very young age

• Over years add rings

• The earlobes can stretch very fardown and the length is considered asign of how much status the womanhas within Dayak Kenyah society.

- Masai Child

- Portrait of a Turkanan Warrior- Portrait of a Turkanan Woman- Asmat Man- Young Woman Dressed in Traditional Indian Clothing- Gadabas Indian Woman Wearing Traditional Jewelry- Berber Woman Wearing Ornate Jewelry

Traditional Indian clothing

• The gold ornaments thatsome of the youngwomen wear on theirheads are an importantsymbol of wealth.

Asmat Man• Indonesia

• They are famous for theircarvings with ironwood andbeing cannibals.

• Nose piercing is veryattractive, and canaccentuate the face, becausethe nose is the face's mostprominent feature.

- Traditional Masai Beadwork-Hmong Children Dressed for a Performance - elaborate clothing everyday to do everything, even to bed- Portrait of Samburu Warrior

- Mongonlian Traditional Dress

- Traditional Masai Beadwork

- Dancers Wearing Traditional Costume

- Young Woman Wearing Traditional Clothing

- Samburu Tribewoman - Kenya- Hand of Bride at Hindu Wedding

- Man Wearing Feather in Nose Piercing - Brazil

African Tribe book

Holly Ann Mitchell

Newspapers,Comics,magazines

Boris Bally• Boris Bally recyclesstreet signs and bottle caps,pressing, forming, andriveting them to createfurniture and bowls.

• He handpicks the rawmaterials for theirthickness, condition, color,and graphics.

• These industrial-strengthpieces celebrate a rawAmerican street look

- Suspension Ring

- Leaf Bling Ring

- Eat Wear Wearable Flatware - Fixator Armform

- Nickel Grabber- D.P.W. Brooch

Bob Ebendorf

• Works with animal parts.

• He doesn't harm any animals

• He uses whatever he finds onthe ground -- crab claws fromthe beach, squirrel pawscarefully collected from roadkill,wire hangers discarded inparking lots.

Necklace made of silver, 24 kt.

gold, coral, 18 kt. gold and a red

squirrel paw. Ebendorf

preserved the squirrel paw by

immersing it in salt to draw out

the moisture and mummify it.

Necklace made of silver,

trilobite fossils, a pull-top

from a lid, coral beads and a

silver spoon, measuring 4.5 by

1.75 inches.

Crabclaw necklace, 2006.

Brooch, 2005seashell, stone, silver, copper2.5" x 2"

Brooch, 2005

wood, tin, copper3" x 2"

Cicada Beach, 2006

Silvina Romero

•“textile jewelry”

•made by Argentinean clothing designerSilvina Romero out of discarded textiles,recycled pieces of fabric and threads.

•Collect scraps from street in BuenosAires fabric dealer neighborhood. Worsttime during Argentinean financial crisis.

•"I love that my pieces are built withanother person’s trash, to make jewelry,usually associated to luxury and ostentation,with waste"

• Lily Yung is a Torontoprint-maker and jeweler ofnon-precious material.

• Born in Hong Kong

• exhibited across Canadaand internationally.

LaPomme

• From her home in the Southof France she makes one-of-a-kind wrist fabric jewelry.

• Uses everything frombuttons and pins to feltappliqués and embroidery.

• She’s put together quite avariety of pieces that delightboth in terms of shape andcolor.

Barneys