Faculty of Art
Sculpture/Installation
Eija Loponen-Stephenson
Sheep Skin
Sculpture
2019
Arm and Hammer "Sensitive Skin" laundry soap, latex gloves, PVC non-slip rug pad, cotton thread, house paint, baby powder, enamelled steel rack
6 ft. x 1 ft
Smells like clean laundry. Finger nodules leak or reach down, reaching toward sensitive skin- what if your sheepskin rug could touch you back? Non-slip rug pad draped over the closet shelf like a hide- a rack of lamb or a wet blanket, the rack in a casual lean. The hand in the latex glove prunes from sweat, unable to breath as the stain remover is applied to his favourite white button up
