Comments on: What happens when you get your stockings in a bunch

What happens when you get your stockings in a bunch

hermitosis — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:52:40 -0800

Dutch artist Rosa Verloop's disturbing humanoid figures are made out of nylons all pinned together.

By: arcticseal

arcticseal — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:18:17 -0800

Yikes! That's kind of unnerving. Given the cut backs, BBC props department should contract her for the next season of Doctor Who.

By: ThatCanadianGirl

ThatCanadianGirl — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:24:50 -0800

Holy hell! That was startling.

By: cmoj

cmoj — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:38:47 -0800

Also, Hans Bellmer.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:50:50 -0800

Bros made of hose

By: Joakim Ziegler

Joakim Ziegler — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:53:11 -0800

This is cool looking, but if you think props departments should contact her, you've got it backwards. My mother used layers of pantyhose over foam rubber, painted/shaded with spray paint, to make giant faces, prosthetic torsos, and so on, for theater back in the 80s. While my mom is a creative lady, I'm pretty sure she didn't invent this technique, it's likely it was common quite a while before that.

By: Mister Cheese

Mister Cheese — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:08:26 -0800

Reminds me of dried up apple doll faces.

By: snaparapans

snaparapans — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:29:54 -0800

Also Sarah Lucas

By: smoke

smoke — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:45:12 -0800

Yup that is definitely frickin' creepy.

By: hot soup girl

hot soup girl — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:59:51 -0800

They're kinda like fancy pickled people.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:17:44 -0800

I have one of those big soft back craft books from the 70s with directions on making these. Even as happy Santa sculptures, they're still disturbing.

By: snaparapans

snaparapans — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:24:35 -0800

The Bellmer Photographs that are most similar are from the series he made using his girlfriend Unica Zürn (NSFW)

By: sweetkid

sweetkid — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:43:59 -0800

They're kinda like fancy pickled people. Baagh, people do that as gifts? Scary.

By: Scientist

Scientist — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:20:29 -0800

That is great. Disturbing, but great. Not a lot of art really hits me, but this does. I particularly like the first one linked – the one built around the mannequin – for the symbolism and subversion thereof.

By: mcrandello

mcrandello — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:51:04 -0800

I really want to see a "Faces of meth" style layout going from cabbage patch dolls to this.

By: kurumi

kurumi — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 09:44:24 -0800

Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to you, my lad.

By: Rarebit Fiend

Rarebit Fiend — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:23:14 -0800

I think I saw figures like this in the Salem Witch Museum* when I was a kid. * Not really a museum, just a small set of dioramas that lead into a large gift shop.