In my previous post "A Stone Soup Garden" I talked about bee- the landscape designer who does just that. Her "Stone Soup garden" was inspired and designed from the ability to utilize materials from local areas to design her garden. Bee is just one of the many artists who can create from "without".
A very interesting Designer that I will be blogging about today is Adriana Bertini.
While Andy Goldsworthy's inspiration is through Nature, Bertini's inspiration is from condoms.
Adriana Bertini is a 35 year-old Brazilian artist who creates "condom art" to help raise AIDS awareness. Bertini designs dresses, skirts, suits, pants from rejected condoms that did not pass the quality control test for proper use. In this respect, similar to Bee, Bertini's designs are environmentally friendly. The rejected condoms would be thrown into the trash or be incinerated if is was not for her. When the rubber is incinerated the sulfur that results from this process may end up in Landfills as well. She is able to successfully do this with the help of preservative companies.
These condom designs are very interesting in color. Modern condoms now have different colors and textures, Bertini was able to effectively utilize quality rejected colored condoms to create colorful designs.
Bertini uses "beautiful" inspirations to create her art from. In these pictures, it can be seen that Bertini successfully created condom dresses and a beautiful Asian condom lamp with the use colors and light.
Not only does Adriana Bertini create clothing out of clothing, she also made sculptures, pictures, and even figurines. Currently, Bertini is working on a line of condom clothing for men and also working on a house called "Venus' House"- which is a home with condom art furniture and condom art persons. The purpose to "Venus' House" is to endorse easier and more communication on the subject of sex within families and even easier communication to people in general.
Bertini is the not only "condom artist" out there, many more all over the world are getting into condom art as well.
Images found on http://www.guidespot.com/guides/funny_condoms_clothing_gifts
Condom Art Fashion show in Asia
Works Cited in Blog:
Campos, Gloria. "Would You Wear This? Bertini’s Condom Couture."Inventions, Innovations and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us. | InventorSpot. Web. 10 Oct. 2010.
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