Christine Dhein
San Francisco, California
Strictly Rubber Boa (back view)
rubber boa, recycled bicycle inner tubes, latex, sterling
silver, beads, 48 x 6 x 6 inches
When
designing this piece, I challenged myself to create a wearable object so visually
stimulating that anyone who viewed it would feel the incontrollable urge to
touch it and try it on. As I often do, I also limited myself to working with
recycled materials, available locally. After many years of creating wearable art from recycled rubber, I knew
just where to look for my raw material. I rode my bike down the street to my
local bike shop, collected their discarded inner tubes, and transformed them
into a tactile and visual feast.
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