Showgirls

In this series, I create custom flip and lenticular prints by photographing my assemblage sculptures and installations. These lenticular prints have a thick plastic coating on the print, called a “lens”, that creates animated or 3D effects when the viewer passes the print. This plastic “lens'“ that is mounted to the print allows me to laser-cut them into common decorative shapes. By also drilling holes into the “lens”, I can adorn the prints with upcycled costume jewelry, trims, thread, and fabrics by sewing and attaching directing through the print surface. Utilizing materials that are often used to embellish or costume a flashy, feminized body, these print-objects blend artifice and excess to examine the alluring qualities of "glamour", an intrinsically deceptive human concept.