Collage on paper

analog 960 px x 1280 px

“Release” is inspired by the remarkable resemblance of an 1860 dressmaker dummy to a bell jar. These fashion silhouettes were called cage crinolines and typically made of steel. The collage reflects release from societal confines placed on women. “Now she is flying”. (Plath, Sylvia. “Stings.")

Plath, Sylvia. “Stings.” Ariel: The Restored Edition, Harper Perennial, 2005, p. 86

“I am no drudge”, (Plath, line 23)

“Now she is flying”, (Plath, line 56)

77Krinolinenbuste von 1860. Public Domain.