For part of the display, I hope to use mannequins to show the designs created for the project. After days of contacting shops, outlets and looking on classified ad listings I came across an ad for half bust mannequins. As it was rather close to home I arranged a time with the seller to collect the mannequins, unfortunately, the condition wasn't described and they were heavily damaged and cracked in most cases rather severely. Although they were damaged I decided to take them anyway just to work with them as prototypes. I started by cleaning them up and trying to repair the cracks with glue. Once the glue dried I decided to spray them white as I think it makes them look a little less in your face yet not clinical. I ran out of paint but worked with I had done so far. Below are some images of the mannequins and the process to get them white.
After spray painting some of the mannequins white I began by trying to use tattoo stencils on them. I used traditional techniques to draw out a design, trace it onto carbon paper, apply stencil adhesive to the surface and apply the design to the surface. Although it did not come out perfectly I think this method could be developed further. Below are some process images. I also applied the same design stencil to the skin to show the difference in stenciling on skin and plastic. With the plastic, you cannot move it so the design will not flow naturally on the surface compared to the skin.
After looking for freestanding mannequins I got in contact with a number of charity shops and thankfully the SVP Westside kindly donated two mannequins for me to use for my project. Images below
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