The body canvas project

October 2021

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THE BODY CANVAS PROJECT

This is a visual collection of how I use the body as canvas to portray several of my handcrafted pieces. My aim is to document all the different body drawings that I have played with during photo-shoots.

I see our bodies as our first canvas. We use- and dress this body in order to communicate with others. We use or bodies to express who we think we are, what we are feeling, how we think people see us and also to protects ourselves.

A long time ago, when we still lived in small tribes as some people still do to this age, people (our ancestors) used to use their body as a canvas. They used to paint on themselves. This was their fashion. This was their way to show to the world; where they came from, who they were, what position they occupied. Now a day we mostly use clothing to do this. Some body modifications are off course still being used, like piercings and tattoos. But now we mostly only use clothes. And we don’t even play around with them. We are fixated with developing our own style, because that would show the world who we really are.