Is changing how we feel as simple as changing our clothes? Are you aware of how you feel when you wear different outfits – do you feel the same in your sweatpants as you do in your little black dress? Tanya Lyons has chosen the dress form to explore the idea that what we wear impacts not only how we feel, but how the people we come in contact with feel when they see us.
Golden, hot-worked glass, brass mesh
Fuyu, flame worked glass, monel mesh, recycled lace, cedar branches
Armour, blown glass, stainless wire
The artist creates life-sized, free-standing and wall-hanging dress and kimono sculptures. Lyons peers inside our psyche to look at how clothing becomes either a shell or a shield, pulling those around us in or pushing them away. The dresses are fabricated from metal mesh and adorned with clear glass elements that act as “a carrier for chosen thoughts, feelings and memories.”
So sorry I didn’t get to meet you when you were in the DC area. I love the images you share and look forward to seeing them every day. Thanks for doing what you do –
jodi