Suzanne Forbes, a New Yorker thriving in Berlin. Crowdfunded documentary art made possible by the generous support of her Patrons. https://www.patreon.com/SuzanneForbes.
I spent much of March and April 2022 working on two soothing decorative arts projects.
This is the second one!
Made of iridescent snakeskin PVC, UV resin and Angelina Fantasy Film, with heavily bead-embroidered dark blue Guipure lace.
Plus loads of pearls, Czech glass spikes, tons of DMC Montana crystals and AB jet crystals, gradient half-pearls and micro-trims. Here is the companion piece, Day!
I wish I could say more about this piece, but I am so tired these days.
Of course, I want to be very clear: I am a huge fan of the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head and lingered there, vomiting. It is Mike Pence who I am deeply opposed to.
This piece has so much queer love woven into it.
It is sewn on white muslin from the voluminous white muslin gown that came with my Sideshow Bride of Frankenstein doll, like the Devil/Flower Mantis.
I’ve been cutting that gown up and using it for years, it’s the only piece of white fabric in our house! (You can see the custom burlesque outfit I made for the doll to wear instead here.)
The fly has layers.
There are three shades of tulle, grey crystal beads, pearls, smoke Swarovski crystals, many shades of black and grey and Anthracite crystals, two kinds of black sparkle thread, two kinds of silver embroidery thread, and three tiny piss-yellow crystals.
The fly has a hundred threads of RAINBOW holographic filament over each eye.
Using the holo filament, which is incredibly fine, is time-consuming. But it is ritually important, like in this piece.
The fly piece is a fundraiser for a US friend who is in big trouble. It’s part of a big fundraiser art sale coming soon, WITH shipping cause my hub loves this friend too and is gonna handle it. It’s a 250 euro donation to the friends’ paypal plus shipping. Email me if you’re interested!
I spent much of March and April 2022 working on two soothing decorative arts projects.
Made of iridescent snakeskin PVC, UV resin and Angelina Fantasy Film, with heavily bead-embroidered dark blue Guipure lace.
I wish I could say more about this piece, but I am so tired these days.
Please enjoy the pictures!
